Harvest pics (was Fruitset!) - Page 18

montanamato · June 5, 2007

Suze and Feldon...Great pictures ! Suze, I will continue to nurse my Tas BY seedling along...We went from 50's to 87 and windy, now back to 50's and rain...The seedlings are mostly dealing well except a few ( of which Tas BY is one of them)...Monomakh's Hat was one of my earliest tomatoes last year, but this year it will be much later...

Jeanne

duajones · June 5, 2007

as bad as I would like to attend the settfest, it will just not be possible. Hopefully I can make early arrangements for next year

feldon30 · June 7, 2007

Really sorry to hear that.

Well, I don't think it's too early to start drawing some conclusions. First, Duane, you have to get the 1st prize award for Most Improved. I remember the pictures you posted last year and all the problems you had. This year, I think you got rewarded for all your hard work and research!

I'm guessing you've made a few new friends too with extras to give away!

Based on your and my results, I am definitely thinking 2-3 Jet Star and 2-3 Cherokee Purple plants just as staples. Gregori's Altai, Sungold, and Black Cherry were fantastically productive.

For the rest, it's back to the hard decisions. I just don't have the room for plants that give me less than 5 tomatoes. These include Anna Russian (4), Red Penna (2), Tidwell German (1), Cherokee Green (6 and 0), Burracker's Favorite (4), and Wes (3).

Brad's Black Heart and Paul Robeson are right on that threshold of 6 tomatoes per plant. Paul Robeson blew me away with a flavor arguably better than my favorite Cherokee Purple and so now I have to give it 1-2 slots as well. I have not tasted a BBH yet.

Brandy Boy was a huge disappointment. I got 2 tomatoes early on (great flavor) and now there are 5 just hanging there. They'll be some of the last tomatoes I get, only beaten by the lateness of Cherokee Green.

I've already got 35-40 varieties picked out for next year including Vodar and Neves Azorean Red. Gotta pare my list down somehow!

It's looking like for SETTFest, I won't have any purple tomatoes left except Black Cherry.

duajones · June 7, 2007

Thanks for the kind words Morgan. And even though its not over and Im battling those darn stink bugs, my season was definitely a success. Jet Star was probably my favorite tasting hybrid of the year and will definitely return. CP will get more than one spot. Azoychka did really well for me and several liked it best. Im on the fence about NBD as it gave me mainly smallish ugly fruit early on, but noticed yesterday that the 3 plants are loaded and I may get some normal fruit from it before its over. Its definitely one of the stronger tasting tomatoes that I have tasted to date. I have some hard decisions to make as well. Besides what I have already grown, I have seeds for:
Neves Azorean Red
Flamme
Earl's Faux
Green Giant
Gregori's Altai
Aunt Gerties Gold
Gary O'Sena
Mariannas Peace (free with last order)

spyfferoni · June 7, 2007

Okay, I am totally drooling right now!!! I love seeing your photos---it almost makes me want to live in Texas. I'm hoping for a good harvest this year. I planted later than usual, but hopefully the earlies with produce well for me and I can at least get one or two ripe fruits from the other varieties I planted so I can save seeds.

I hear you Jeanne! We have been in the 90s for several days and yeaterday and today have been cold and rainy. This time last year we had a late frost, so I've been watching the weather closely. So far not temps below 40 and things should start warming up a bit.

Tyff

Vince · June 7, 2007

I decided to pick these a little early, do to some possum trouble. I eliminated one that I was allowing to live under my porch after he took my first ripe tomato of the season, but 3 weeks later another started to bite the toms.

From left to right- 1st 3 BW& BW sudduth, Next 3 CP(notice the large bites taken out of the first two), last Earl' F.

Sorry for the dissorganization in this photo. First the large Highly ribbed one, and its smal neighbor are a giant pear with superb flavor from an old Italian guy in the bay area
Below is EF, to the right is Stupice and then GMG, and the other yellow looking one is a premature persimmon.

Cheers all.

Vince

FlipTX · June 8, 2007

Wow that ribbed one! How much does it weigh? The other tomatoes look a little afraid of it.

Vince · June 8, 2007

Fliptx,

The ribbed one is probably just under a pound, the second CP in the first photo is heavier. Most of the fruits on the pear tomato plant really look like pears but this guy is a double.

Vince

Warren · June 9, 2007

I will have two okra pods in the next day or so.

Tomatovator · June 10, 2007

I don't have harvest yet but I do have fruitset. Way good for Zone 5/6. Fisrt 2 pics are of my setup. Fruitset pics are of New Yorker, Brandy Boy, Bucks County, Marianna's Peace, Polish (Ellis) and Ugly.

spyfferoni · June 10, 2007

Wow! Your set up looks great! It looks like you've created a micro-climate by planting next to a brick wall, and putting the frost cover on earlier in the season. I like your support system too! What are the red cups for? I think I will try something like that along my fence next year to get a jump on the season.

Tyff

Tomatovator · June 10, 2007

The red cups are just the cups I started the seeds in. They had the plant varieties on them so I just stuck them on top of the posts to keep track of what I planted.

feldon30 · June 10, 2007

I've updated the SETTFest Photo Gallery page with some of the photos from this topic of Texas tomato growers.

feldon30 · June 13, 2007

With the exception of Cherokee Green, the last hurrah in my garden is Arkansas Traveler. Hard to believe my season is over before June 30th, but this does line up with most of the advice I've gotten.

Arkansas Traveler

They're nice and sweet and a good overall tomato flavor. A great way to end the season.

The only Earl's Faux I really get to enjoy (the first one cracked and was bland, the last ones will probably be too riddled with stink bug bites):

Earl's Faux

I'm still getting Sungold, Husky Red Cherry, Black Cherry, Gregori's Altai, Jet Star, Brandy Boy, etc. their days are clearly numbered. The plants look pretty bad now with blight, etc.

duajones · June 13, 2007

Amazingly, my plants look fairly healthy overall with some blight but not really all that bad. I removed a couple of the plants today and the root system was deeper than in the past. My season is pretty much over as well and its a shame. If not for the stink bugs, I would still be eating Big Beef, Jet Star and Black Krim, and I still have 10 CP on the plant which are bug free.

June 7, 2007	#261
Vince Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 942	I decided to pick these a little early, do to some possum trouble. I eliminated one that I was allowing to live under my porch after he took my first ripe tomato of the season, but 3 weeks later another started to bite the toms. From left to right- 1st 3 BW& BW sudduth, Next 3 CP(notice the large bites taken out of the first two), last Earl' F. Sorry for the dissorganization in this photo. First the large Highly ribbed one, and its smal neighbor are a giant pear with superb flavor from an old Italian guy in the bay area Below is EF, to the right is Stupice and then GMG, and the other yellow looking one is a premature persimmon. Cheers all. Vince __________________ Vince

June 8, 2007	#263
Vince Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 942	Fliptx, The ribbed one is probably just under a pound, the second CP in the first photo is heavier. Most of the fruits on the pear tomato plant really look like pears but this guy is a double. Vince __________________ Vince

June 5, 2007	#256
montanamato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 1,038	Suze and Feldon...Great pictures ! Suze, I will continue to nurse my Tas BY seedling along...We went from 50's to 87 and windy, now back to 50's and rain...The seedlings are mostly dealing well except a few ( of which Tas BY is one of them)...Monomakh's Hat was one of my earliest tomatoes last year, but this year it will be much later... Jeanne

June 5, 2007	#257
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	as bad as I would like to attend the settfest, it will just not be possible. Hopefully I can make early arrangements for next year

June 7, 2007	#258
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Really sorry to hear that. Well, I don't think it's too early to start drawing some conclusions. First, Duane, you have to get the 1st prize award for Most Improved. I remember the pictures you posted last year and all the problems you had. This year, I think you got rewarded for all your hard work and research! I'm guessing you've made a few new friends too with extras to give away! Based on your and my results, I am definitely thinking 2-3 Jet Star and 2-3 Cherokee Purple plants just as staples. Gregori's Altai, Sungold, and Black Cherry were fantastically productive. For the rest, it's back to the hard decisions. I just don't have the room for plants that give me less than 5 tomatoes. These include Anna Russian (4), Red Penna (2), Tidwell German (1), Cherokee Green (6 and 0), Burracker's Favorite (4), and Wes (3). Brad's Black Heart and Paul Robeson are right on that threshold of 6 tomatoes per plant. Paul Robeson blew me away with a flavor arguably better than my favorite Cherokee Purple and so now I have to give it 1-2 slots as well. I have not tasted a BBH yet. Brandy Boy was a huge disappointment. I got 2 tomatoes early on (great flavor) and now there are 5 just hanging there. They'll be some of the last tomatoes I get, only beaten by the lateness of Cherokee Green. I've already got 35-40 varieties picked out for next year including Vodar and Neves Azorean Red. Gotta pare my list down somehow! It's looking like for SETTFest, I won't have any purple tomatoes left except Black Cherry.

June 7, 2007	#259
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	Thanks for the kind words Morgan. And even though its not over and Im battling those darn stink bugs, my season was definitely a success. Jet Star was probably my favorite tasting hybrid of the year and will definitely return. CP will get more than one spot. Azoychka did really well for me and several liked it best. Im on the fence about NBD as it gave me mainly smallish ugly fruit early on, but noticed yesterday that the 3 plants are loaded and I may get some normal fruit from it before its over. Its definitely one of the stronger tasting tomatoes that I have tasted to date. I have some hard decisions to make as well. Besides what I have already grown, I have seeds for: Neves Azorean Red Flamme Earl's Faux Green Giant Gregori's Altai Aunt Gerties Gold Gary O'Sena Mariannas Peace (free with last order)

June 7, 2007	#260
spyfferoni Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 675	Okay, I am totally drooling right now!!! I love seeing your photos---it almost makes me want to live in Texas. I'm hoping for a good harvest this year. I planted later than usual, but hopefully the earlies with produce well for me and I can at least get one or two ripe fruits from the other varieties I planted so I can save seeds. I hear you Jeanne! We have been in the 90s for several days and yeaterday and today have been cold and rainy. This time last year we had a late frost, so I've been watching the weather closely. So far not temps below 40 and things should start warming up a bit. Tyff

June 8, 2007	#262
FlipTX Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 271	Wow that ribbed one! How much does it weigh? The other tomatoes look a little afraid of it.

June 9, 2007	#264
Warren Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kilgore Texas Posts: 102	I will have two okra pods in the next day or so.

June 10, 2007	#266
spyfferoni Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 675	Wow! Your set up looks great! It looks like you've created a micro-climate by planting next to a brick wall, and putting the frost cover on earlier in the season. I like your support system too! What are the red cups for? I think I will try something like that along my fence next year to get a jump on the season. Tyff

June 10, 2007	#267
Tomatovator Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Zone 6 Posts: 461	The red cups are just the cups I started the seeds in. They had the plant varieties on them so I just stuck them on top of the posts to keep track of what I planted.

June 10, 2007	#268
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	I've updated the SETTFest Photo Gallery page with some of the photos from this topic of Texas tomato growers.

June 13, 2007	#269
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	With the exception of Cherokee Green, the last hurrah in my garden is Arkansas Traveler. Hard to believe my season is over before June 30th, but this does line up with most of the advice I've gotten. Arkansas Traveler They're nice and sweet and a good overall tomato flavor. A great way to end the season. The only Earl's Faux I really get to enjoy (the first one cracked and was bland, the last ones will probably be too riddled with stink bug bites): Earl's Faux I'm still getting Sungold, Husky Red Cherry, Black Cherry, Gregori's Altai, Jet Star, Brandy Boy, etc. their days are clearly numbered. The plants look pretty bad now with blight, etc.

June 13, 2007	#270
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	Amazingly, my plants look fairly healthy overall with some blight but not really all that bad. I removed a couple of the plants today and the root system was deeper than in the past. My season is pretty much over as well and its a shame. If not for the stink bugs, I would still be eating Big Beef, Jet Star and Black Krim, and I still have 10 CP on the plant which are bug free.