Harvest fun

flyfiishn · July 10, 2015

Its been a weird season so far. Beautiful spring weather in Northern California followed by an exceptionally hot late June which wrecked most blooms during that 10 day period. Now July has been cool with chance of rain today. Weather folks are saying we're getting a huge El Nino this winter. Ill take it, we need the water bad.

Anyhow, the tomatoes are kicking out faster than we can eat them, but we're trying and our neighbors are happy to help share.

Black Krim & Black From Tula

I could eat these every day...

Mike723 · July 10, 2015

Looks great! Apart from bruschetta, a nice salad with basil and fresh mozz is my favorite.. That looks like burrata mozz on there?! Good idea if so! Are those some "Orange Banana" I see in the mix?

flyfiishn · July 10, 2015

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Originally Posted by Mike723

Looks great! Apart from bruschetta, a nice salad with basil and fresh mozz is my favorite.. That looks like burrata mozz on there?! Good idea if so! Are those some "Orange Banana" I see in the mix?

Indeed that is Burrata mozz. I cant make them any other way now. It's excellent on the caprese.

I believe you are seeing some slightly green black plums in there. I have to pick all my tomatoes at first blush or the birds will get them.

Worth1 · July 10, 2015

Looks great, how do you like the black plum?

Worth

Hunt-Grow-Cook · July 10, 2015

Looks fantastic. Id' say those mystery toms are a dead ringer for black plum. Mine look indentical. Whats the heart variety? And that heat wave was butal on my plants too, so many fried blossoms.

efisakov · July 10, 2015

I could eat this every day too.
Very nice.

jmsieglaff · July 10, 2015

Great looking harvest! That plate looks so delicious, I can't wait to do the same thing! What are the little light yellow ones--Coyote?

AlittleSalt · July 10, 2015

Very - very tasty looking

AuntJane21 · July 11, 2015

Today is the end of a period, when everybody had to stand in a queue to eat a ripe tomato from our garden. Now we have enough tomatoes for each family member. Todays harvest:

Deborah · July 11, 2015

These are beautiful !

beefsteak · July 12, 2015

Flyfishin and Aunt Jane, very nice harvests! Flyfishin, hmmm wish I was out doing that right now..

flyfiishn · July 13, 2015

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Originally Posted by Hunt-Grow-Cook

Looks fantastic. Id' say those mystery toms are a dead ringer for black plum. Mine look indentical. Whats the heart variety? And that heat wave was butal on my plants too, so many fried blossoms.

Indeed the mystery tomatoes were black plum. We really like them too, great on salads. A little bit prone to slight BER, about 10% show some fried ends. No biggie though as its so prolific we still end up with tons of them.

Heart variety is ana russian, really beautiful tomatoes and quite good. Plant is mostly all blooms and not heavy vegetation either. What a specimen.

Plants have recovered now in the lull from the heat and are setting heavily again, just in time for another heat wave.... yuck.

Mike723 · July 13, 2015

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Originally Posted by flyfiishn

Indeed that is Burrata mozz. I cant make them any other way now. It's excellent on the caprese.

I believe you are seeing some slightly green black plums in there. I have to pick all my tomatoes at first blush or the birds will get them.

Good call with the Burrata! Hmm, the two orange on the bottom right of the black krims look exactly like Orange Banana - whatttta tomato btw... very tasty IMO

flyfiishn · July 13, 2015

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Originally Posted by Mike723

Hmm, the two orange on the bottom right of the black krims look exactly like Orange Banana - whatttta tomato btw... very tasty IMO

OHHH Those two are Jaune Flamme

flyfiishn · July 13, 2015

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Originally Posted by jmsieglaff

Great looking harvest! That plate looks so delicious, I can't wait to do the same thing! What are the little light yellow ones--Coyote?

Yes indeed Coyote, my wife absolutely loves them. She says its a must have next year.

July 10, 2015	#1
flyfiishn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2014 Location: Northern CA Posts: 80	Harvest fun Its been a weird season so far. Beautiful spring weather in Northern California followed by an exceptionally hot late June which wrecked most blooms during that 10 day period. Now July has been cool with chance of rain today. Weather folks are saying we're getting a huge El Nino this winter. Ill take it, we need the water bad. Anyhow, the tomatoes are kicking out faster than we can eat them, but we're trying and our neighbors are happy to help share. Black Krim & Black From Tula I could eat these every day...

July 12, 2015	#11
beefsteak Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NW PA zone 5 Posts: 121	Flyfishin and Aunt Jane, very nice harvests! Flyfishin, hmmm wish I was out doing that right now.. Last edited by beefsteak; July 12, 2015 at 08:33 AM.

July 10, 2015	#2
Mike723 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: CT Posts: 290	Looks great! Apart from bruschetta, a nice salad with basil and fresh mozz is my favorite.. That looks like burrata mozz on there?! Good idea if so! Are those some "Orange Banana" I see in the mix?

July 10, 2015	#4
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Looks great, how do you like the black plum? Worth

July 10, 2015	#5
Hunt-Grow-Cook Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 360	Looks fantastic. Id' say those mystery toms are a dead ringer for black plum. Mine look indentical. Whats the heart variety? And that heat wave was butal on my plants too, so many fried blossoms.

July 10, 2015	#7
jmsieglaff Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Southern WI Posts: 2,742	Great looking harvest! That plate looks so delicious, I can't wait to do the same thing! What are the little light yellow ones--Coyote?

July 10, 2015	#8
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Very - very tasty looking

July 11, 2015	#9
AuntJane21 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 88	Today is the end of a period, when everybody had to stand in a queue to eat a ripe tomato from our garden. Now we have enough tomatoes for each family member. Todays harvest:

July 11, 2015	#10
Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	These are beautiful !