Comments on: Tomato Update

By: Chiot's Run

Chiot's Run — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:00:27 +0000

Your tomatoes are looking GREAT! Do you have any ripe ones now – a month and a half later?

By: commonweeder

commonweeder — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:24:01 +0000

Wow! What a selection of tomatoes! It has taken a long time, but I think I will get a few tomatoes – at least those wonderful yellow pear. It’s been so cold and wet here, but the plants look great. But we need heat to ripen the few tomatoes that have set.

By: Perri Davis

Perri Davis — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:59:20 +0000

Colleen
I hope you can answer a tomatoe question: I try hard every year to raise a garden here in hot dry Okla. panhandel, anyway, I have several variety this year and was excited how well they’re doing. Then I find two small ones have ripened ahead of time with a rot on the bottom. What can I do to save The rest of my crop. I always get the fungal protected ones. Last year we had such a drought I couldn’t raise anything. Help!

By: Blackswampgirl Kim

Blackswampgirl Kim — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:54:50 +0000

Yoooo hoooo… where have you been, Colleen? I keep coming here to look for updates–these tomatoes ought to be growing gangbusters by now!

By: Slender Gardener

Slender Gardener — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:22:46 +0000

I just found this site and really enjoyed reading it. I am growing many varieties of tomatoes in CT. It is cold and wet this year here just as “common weeder” from Mass mentioned above. So far, my tomatoes are doing fine despite the weather.

I am really excited to see your opinion on the red plastic since I have not tried it. I wonder if it works as well if the season is cloudy?

I planted Red Current for the first time this year. Do you find them really sweet? Thanks!

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By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:12:25 +0000

I was feeling like my 8 tomato plants were too much! I’d love to have 30 varieties, but I think it would be a tad too much for me:) I can’t wait to read about your harvest!

By: MrBrownThumb

MrBrownThumb — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:24:35 +0000

That is a lot of tomatoes.

If you need it I have an extra JBT that I haven’t planted that I could ship you.

By: commonweeder

commonweeder — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:25:14 +0000

My tomatoes up here in western Massachusetts are sulking in the wet cold, but I have hopes. The little yellow pear tomatoes are one of my favorites too. They always self seed, and the plants grow fast enough so that I have ripe tomatoes, and ones that fall into the soil to self seed again. I’m interested in your self waterer and await further info.

By: Colleen Vanderlinden

Colleen Vanderlinden — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:19:58 +0000

Hi Faith,

Oh, that has to be tough No sun at all? Could you maybe grow some tomatoes in a container? If you can find even one tiny spot that gets at least six hours of sun, I’d toss a container there and grow a tomato!

Thank you for stopping by!