south florida backyard, 2018 winter progress

[maxjohnson]

I don't have ripe ones to show yet, so 1-2 more months. Had a fair amount diseases this season, but I employed aggressive pruning and it seems to be pretty effective keeping them from spreading. Also pre-spraying with bt so didn't have to deal with caterpillars.

The earliest producer, earlier than Sungold, again is Jaune Flamme.

I haven't tasted it, but Zapotec seems to be my new favorite this year as it seems to be a prolific and resistance plant. It has silver leaves.

From last year, I had some Wild Boars tomato seeds either mislabeled or crossed and turned out to be Pork Chop I assume, there were a yellow and a red striped version. The leaves are naturally curly. They are also healthy, but grows very straight and tall, so I force multi-stem them. The fruit texture were very gel-like and flavorful.

My biggest expectation in term of taste are Green Giant and Paul Robeson.

I got a microdwarf from a local nursery with the label "Supersweet". It turns out to be a 1" red, very sweet with green juices, and juicy with a bit of tang. I don't know what the real name of the tomato may be, I doubt the shop owner can tell me since the plants are supplied to them, but this one may be my favorite micro to grow from now on.

This is my second season growing an off type I called "Ambrosia Orange Salad", it retains the characteristic of being a very prolific with large cherry/salad sized. It seems to be about 30 days later than Jaune Flamme though. These two variety are the most productive plants I'm growing so far.