end of the year

[PaulF]

As of today this is what is left, Marianna's Peace and Ambrosia Red.....and then there were none. July 2016 here we come.

[coronabarb]

I'd love to taste that right now. Yum!

[PhilaGardener]

Had my last tomato sandwich for 2015 yesterday
Can't wait for my next tomato sandwich in 2016!

[Gardeneer]

I have some.
My season ended in October.
Amazing . I picke these on 28-10 - 15

[bower]

Got a last few here too that are fit to eat nov 23.
These were picked green in the last part of October, and ripened off the vine.

[Gardeneer]

Originally Posted by bower

Got a last few here too that are fit to eat nov 23.
These were picked green in the last part of October, and ripened off the vine.

That is incredible, Bower.
Lesson learned. Now who said that you have to pick them "Vine Ripe" ? Those have been picked GREEN not at color break. ??

Gardeneer

[bower]

Originally Posted by Gardeneer

That is incredible, Bower.
Lesson learned. No who said that you have to pick them "Vine Ripe" ? Now those have been picked GREEN not at color break. ??

Gardeneer

Yep there's a stage "green ripe" which will ripen normally off the vine. It's a judgement call at the end of season here, to pick or let them hang.. but at some point in october they are just going to be damaged instead of getting closer to ripe.
So I pick all the green ones on judgement day, some will be perfect, some wrinkle and are only fit for cooking, and anything immature is doomed to be tossed.
I also had a few this year that looked perfect but sadly rotted as they got ripe... they had been damaged by the cold and should have been nabbed earlier.

I'm thinking that genetics and environment both play a part in how well the fruit ripen off the vine. Black beefs are all gone now, but the last ones were sweeter than ever. Some of the latest small fruit were on the tough side and not so sweet or tasty, which were the stars and taste sensations early and all through the 'true' season... maybe they were set later and not really as green-ripe and ready as I wished.

[MrBig46]

I also got a couple of tomatoes harvested on October 12.
Vladimír

[Gardeneer]

Vladimir, Did mean November 12 ?
October 12 will be like 40 days ago.

[bower]

Nice end of season harvest, Vladimir.
You can see I have a handful of Datlo in my last harvest, what a great plant!
I ate one of those last night, it was as good as ever.

[MrBig46]

No, it was really on 12 October. The first frost was here on October 13, -3 ° C. I harvested all the tomatoes which could yet to mature, about 20 kg. I let them in the garden and wore them home gradually. This is the last remnant of which I brought last Tuesday.
Vladimír

[RobinB]

A few stragglers from the new greenhouse. The outside garden has been gone for several weeks. The tomatoes (except for the two green pear cherries) are all Dwarf Tomato Project selections and the pepper was just marked "orange bell" when I bought it. We have had nice weather and it's been fairly easy to keep the overnight temps in there in the 40s. However the end is here. We've got nasty cold front coming through this evening along with our third snow of the season. The daytime temps aren't going to be above freezing for the next week. It will be too expensive to keep it warm enough. Bye bye tomatoes. All the cold weather greens, etc. should be fine though...

[MissS]

I just finished my very last tomato of the season. It was good but not like in summer.

Sadly I bought my first store tomatoes today so that we might have some tomatoes for Thanksgiving. I will most likely not purchase anymore tomatoes this year. I will use red bell peppers to color my dishes. They look great and taste far better than the store bought things called tomatoes.

Bye Maters.........See you next year.

[imp]

We had a strong killing frost here two nights ago, followed by the same the next night. Ihad gambled and won with the sweet corn- harvested 30 full ears off a small plot of 8 x 8 foot, gambled with the early girl transplants and lost with them. The early girls gave it a darned good try, tough, but the small tomatoes were not far enough along to ripen inside.

It was a gamble, and I did win on summer squashes and the corn, so it's still good. I was amazed by the amount of corn we got!

Now, though, it mostly looks sad, dead plants and 4 days of rain coming in, so won't be pulling them until after that.

The spinach has come through so far and survived the frosts, so we'll still have the garlics and the chards and the spinach.

I am so looking forward to spring and tomatoes again!

[coronabarb]

We actually got some snow today but it didn't stick. Temps over the next several nights are forecast to be in the 20s. I picked buckets and gallons of tomatillos and green tomatoes. Adios garden.