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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Marymary on July 25, 2007, 21:33:32

Title: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: Marymary on July 25, 2007, 21:33:32
Just when I thought the blight was going to get the lot my early Russian decided to ripen.

(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/Marymary_025/gardenJuly07074.jpg)

They tasted amazing - had forgotten just how different to bought ones they are.  :)
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: valmarg on July 25, 2007, 21:54:07
Is it me? or is that a snap of a member of the pepper family, rather than a tomato???

valmarg
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: Marymary on July 25, 2007, 21:55:50
Woops - I'll try again.  :)

(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/Marymary_025/gardenJuly07088.jpg)
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: saddad on July 25, 2007, 23:40:49
Had some GartenPearl, Sungold and Tangella so far...
Nice looking Pepper though..
;D
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: lin on July 26, 2007, 00:49:17
Oh Marymary... you're cruel, putting such magnificent pics of tomatoes on the site... I can almost taste them... not fair!
Lin
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: Sparkly on July 26, 2007, 10:04:51
lovely - lucky you! I have decided to give up and pull my outdoor plants out today  :-\ They do not have blight, but look VERY sorry for themselves and have no fruits on yet. Boo Hoo
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: tim on July 26, 2007, 10:07:59
Is that a Chilli or Pepper?
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: cleo on July 26, 2007, 10:49:42
Things are not too bad here

Picked this morning

(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w217/Dr-Steph/Toms018.jpg)
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: tim on July 26, 2007, 11:27:33
Is that Santa in there, Stephan?  And what are the others?

'Next door' just ate the last of our Santa, & a new one - Orange Queen. Bit sharp, the first of those.

These are Soleane & Nectar.
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: cleo on July 26, 2007, 11:45:37
Hi Tim

From memory(and it`s raining hard so I`m not going back to check)

Red Zebra,Green Zebra,Sungold,Prudens Purple,Red Debarao,Matina Blaby
and Italian Heirloom.

I`ve stopped growing Santa in favour of Aunt Madge-only because the latter is not a hybrid and it helps keep the costs down
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: Deb P on July 26, 2007, 11:54:12
None of my bigger toms are ripe yet, but Sweet Olive and Gardeners Delight are now being picked, Tigerella looks as if it will be the next if the blight doesn't spread too far.......
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: tim on July 26, 2007, 12:00:43
Thanks, Stephan. The Zebras are great, aren't they.

And, of course, your Debaraos did us proud a couple of years ago. Ten feet of growth!
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: Marymary on July 26, 2007, 12:22:59
Quote from: tim on July 26, 2007, 10:07:59
Is that a Chilli or Pepper?

It's a Yankee Bell pepper from Real Seeds, very mild flavour but quite prolific.
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: grawrc on July 26, 2007, 14:09:34
Oh you lucky people! I don't think I'm going to get any tomatoes this year. The cold and wet has done for the outdoors one and the greenhouse ones have suffered from my infrequent visits to the lotties.
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: tim on July 26, 2007, 15:22:20
Yes - we had to pull out our Tomazing outdoor ones.
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: Smileyk on July 26, 2007, 18:59:46
I'm not sure what tomatoes I have as it was a pack of 3 free with a magazine!  ;D  The large ones are just about turning red, the small ones (gardeners delight I think!) are doing okay but the bush ones were utterly useless without a single tomato.  So they went out last week - they were making the place look untidy!

Now the d**n slugs are trying to muscle in, I might not mind so much but they have one bite out of every tomato within reach! If they just ate one whole one I might be willing to share!  ;) ::)
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: real food on July 26, 2007, 19:35:58
Yes, even in Glasgow, I have been picking Sungold for two weeks now in the greenhouse, and I even have some tomatoes surviving outdoors.
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: Emagggie on July 26, 2007, 20:19:00
Nothing ripening for me yet, and I did think the yield was a bit sparse, but on close inspection I see many places where tom flowers were and now there is nuffink-just an arm. :-[ Aint it sad. Plot toms are suffering from neglect as  it's been a 'family first' kind of 3 weeks, but I shall go Saturday with my machette and see if I can find some.
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: kt. on July 26, 2007, 22:29:58
I had 2 ripe cherry tomatoes yesterday. Have hardly got any fruit on any tomato plant at all this year. Just tall healthy leafy plants really. Will leave them in the ground just in case......
Title: Re: First ripe tomatoes
Post by: Marymary on July 27, 2007, 10:06:56
Strange year KT, I noticed far fewer fruits on the plants even before they got blight, some like Maggie's where flowers have fallen off & not set & some plants just not producing any flowers until they were a metre or so tall.