Share your location and date of first ripe tomato for 2011

[Duh_Vinci]

Oh yeah, I remember your frost! Too bad, but you are still eating tomatoes I'm sure you will like the JF, I remember you have mentioned you like tomatoes with the "zing", JF definitely has it!

First two fruits from Noire de Crimee today:

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Regards,
D

[hendi_alex]

These grape tomatoes coming off in the ones and two's are just a big tease, a mere hint of what is coming soon. Here are a few photos of what should start ripening in the next couple of weeks. It is in the 90's all this week so the ripening process will likely quicken.

Here are a few samples of the pipeline.

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[jibsailor75]

I'm looking for some good information on the best [url=https://www.tomatogardeningsecrets.com/tomato-types-aplenty/]tomato types[/url] to grow in the Great Lakes region, specifically SE Michigan. I found a site that has some info, but no specifics on geography. I'm new to these northern climates and would like to find a variety that has a shorter growing season.

[hendi_alex]

I think that the local extension service for your county would likely give the best detailed information on recommended varieties for your area. Here is a link to the MSU extension, but you can probably find better info from the extension for your specific county.

This web site has general info. It also has a Master Gardener helpline telephone number. That should be an excellent resource for county specific information. TEL: 269-384-8056 or email: mghelp@anr.msu.edu.

[url]https://www.msue.msu.edu/portal/default.cfm?pageset_id=27606&page_id=477653&msue_portal_id=25643[/url]

Here is MSU extension site called Gardening in Michigan:
[url]https://migarden.msu.edu/migarden/vegetables[/url]

A quick glance at their tomato fact sheet looks like all of the common varieties do fine in Michigan.

[tedln]

Gotta love those Juliets for their early production. We have been eating them for about a week. I actually give the Juliets away all summer. I do freeze some because they are great to simply pour some frozen tomatoes into a dish you are cooking for some tomato flavor.

My pipeline is up and running. I covered a big portion of our kitchen counter with ripe tomatoes today. My wife said I'm going to have to find some folks to give some of the tomatoes. I never seem to have a problem finding takers for homegrown tomatoes.

Ted

[gixxerific]

First two fruits from Noire de Crimee today:

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Other that my OSU Blue the Noire de Crimee I got from you are posting up some goodness as well. Funny I thought they were white tomatoes.

I guess not. All is good though a tomato is a tomato.

[Rogue11]

Look a like my Black Pearls are in a dead heat with my OSU Blues. But nothing fully ripe yet.

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[tedln]

I posted a photo of my earliest tomato which was the "Fourth Of July" hybrid variety. I wasn't impressed with the early taste in the first week of May. The later fruits have been outstanding with a very acidic, home grown tomato flavor. It is exactly the taste I am looking for in home grown tomatoes. I'm pretty sure this tomato will be in my garden as my early variety every year. The bonus for this variety is the fact that as an indeterminate, it is supposed to produce through the summer into fall. I've been cutting them in half, sprinkling a little salt on them and thoroughly enjoying five or six of them per day. My dog even enjoys them enough to try to sneak into the garden and steal the occasional green tomato.

Ted

[hendi_alex]

Be sure to try Sweet Cluster sometime. Looks almost identical to 4th of July which I grew for several years. Flavor is a bit fuller, more complex and seems to be a bit more disease resistant than the 4th of July. As posted earlier, my wife and I taste tested the two several times and Sweet Cluster won consistently. Both are excellent, very productive tomato plants however.