Years First Tomato

JCessna · April 22, 2011

Tomatoes at Easter...

jeremyhilton · April 22, 2011

You lucky duck, I'm so envious... Congrats!

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Randall · April 22, 2011

that would be nice!!

Dewayne mater · April 22, 2011

Sweet! What type? When did you put it out? My first are going to be sun gold or black cherry, but, no color is showing yet.

JCessna · April 22, 2011

It's a Celebrity; my heirlooms are running quite a bit behind it. I purchased it as a large plant and coddled it to get some early tomatoes...

organichris · April 28, 2011

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Originally Posted by JCessna

It's a Celebrity; my heirlooms are running quite a bit behind it. I purchased it as a large plant and coddled it to get some early tomatoes...

Dude, you shouldn't have said that. Now you'll be shunned by all the anti-Celebrity people! Just kidding.

Dewayne mater · April 29, 2011

Sun Gold for me. 2 to ready to be picked this afternoon. Beat out black cherry which looks to be next.

Duh_Vinci · April 30, 2011

Very nice!!! Oh how much I miss the home grown tomato!

Regards,
D

mysidx · April 30, 2011

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Originally Posted by Dewayne mater

Sun Gold for me. 2 to ready to be picked this afternoon. Beat out black cherry which looks to be next.

Dewayne, what kind of tomato is that in your avatar picture?

Dewayne mater · May 1, 2011

That is an Indian Stripe. While our Texas heat means that production stops all too early, the tomatoes we get are seriously concentrated and ripe with rich flavors.

Attached is a Sun Gold pic of this year's first tomatoes. If you look closely, you'll see some some of the damage to the stems that happened in a hail storm about 3 weeks ago. I guess those scars are going to be a season long reminder, but, at least it didn't kill the plants.

JCessna · May 1, 2011

I'm dropping my later 'maters into raised beds from pots today; Cherokee Green, Black Krim, Marianna's Peace, Coustralee and several cherry varieties. I have 36 moonflowers in pots also; I need to get them in the ground before they eat my chihuahua... On second thought...

mysidx · June 11, 2011

Finally the wait is over, I picked three today right around lunch - decided to dress up the sandwich with the color red.

April 22, 2011	#2
jeremyhilton Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Ferndale, Washington Posts: 107	You lucky duck, I'm so envious... Congrats! Sent from my Evo using Tapatalk

April 22, 2011	#3
Randall Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: 6a Posts: 396	that would be nice!!

April 22, 2011	#4
Dewayne mater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 1,212	Sweet! What type? When did you put it out? My first are going to be sun gold or black cherry, but, no color is showing yet.

April 22, 2011	#5
JCessna Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin Area Posts: 17	It's a Celebrity; my heirlooms are running quite a bit behind it. I purchased it as a large plant and coddled it to get some early tomatoes...

April 29, 2011	#7
Dewayne mater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 1,212	Sun Gold for me. 2 to ready to be picked this afternoon. Beat out black cherry which looks to be next.

April 30, 2011	#8
Duh_Vinci Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Locust Grove, VA Posts: 292	Very nice!!! Oh how much I miss the home grown tomato! Regards, D

May 1, 2011	#11
JCessna Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin Area Posts: 17	I'm dropping my later 'maters into raised beds from pots today; Cherokee Green, Black Krim, Marianna's Peace, Coustralee and several cherry varieties. I have 36 moonflowers in pots also; I need to get them in the ground before they eat my chihuahua... On second thought...