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applestar wrote:In a different thread,... You'd go to any length for The Race, eh?rainbow gardener wrote:On June 5, I took down one of the trees shading it, and it got a little better.
whatever it takes!!
No kidding!!! So you will have a June tomato after all!
I will indeed! Since the sun came out the last couple days, they've been making good progress and I have several blushed tomatoes. If we would have a couple more days of sun, I will have ripe tomatoes very soon!
Picked my first Brandywine a few days ago....we sliced it into BLT's before anyone got a chance to take a picture (so I don't expect it count) (I got really lucky with the weather, because I put them in the ground in late march!!)
But YUM!!
Even the boy (who doesn't eat tomatoes...he says they are "too juicy") seemed to really enjoy it....
As far as the grape tomatoes go, my little girl (2 years old) picks and eats them all before anyone else gets a chance, so I have no idea how may of those we've gotten
But YUM!!
Even the boy (who doesn't eat tomatoes...he says they are "too juicy") seemed to really enjoy it....
As far as the grape tomatoes go, my little girl (2 years old) picks and eats them all before anyone else gets a chance, so I have no idea how may of those we've gotten
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From left they are Big Beef, Ultimate Opener, Early Girl.
In the sliced picture, the middle one, UO, was sliced top to bottom, the other two were sliced cross ways, that's why it looks different.
Taste test: the EG was watery, bland and disappointing. The UO was tarter and tomato-ier, better. The BB was a little less acid than the UO, but very tomato-y and flavorful. Probably I would rate it by a small margin better than the UO, but that would partly be personal preference.
Breakfast this AM was three tomatoes!
I think I will give up on the EG's after this... The Ultimate Opener beat it in speed of ripening and taste as well as size, so why grow EG's any more!
First time I've actually done the head to head taste test like that; it was interesting and revealing.
(Something else interesting, if you click to enlarge, you see the cropped and edited version, other wise you are looking at the original. I don't know why that is.)
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From left they are Big Beef, Ultimate Opener, Early Girl.
In the sliced picture, the middle one, UO, was sliced top to bottom, the other two were sliced cross ways, that's why it looks different.
Taste test: the EG was watery, bland and disappointing. The UO was tarter and tomato-ier, better. The BB was a little less acid than the UO, but very tomato-y and flavorful. Probably I would rate it by a small margin better than the UO, but that would partly be personal preference.
Breakfast this AM was three tomatoes!
I think I will give up on the EG's after this... The Ultimate Opener beat it in speed of ripening and taste as well as size, so why grow EG's any more!
First time I've actually done the head to head taste test like that; it was interesting and revealing.
(Something else interesting, if you click to enlarge, you see the cropped and edited version, other wise you are looking at the original. I don't know why that is.)
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Ooh, looks deelicous!
I'm not sure if any of my tomatoes are going to make it. My best chance is still Moskvich heirloom Tom. This morning the skin looked lighter so we'll just have to see.
Btw, I noticed Photobucket just needs time to update/catch up or something when you replace a photo with a cropped one. I'm seeing same presumably cropped photo for both.
I'm not sure if any of my tomatoes are going to make it. My best chance is still Moskvich heirloom Tom. This morning the skin looked lighter so we'll just have to see.
Btw, I noticed Photobucket just needs time to update/catch up or something when you replace a photo with a cropped one. I'm seeing same presumably cropped photo for both.
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Dang those look good RBG. I have been getting tomatoes for a while but they all have looked a little ragged. Those are perfect tom's, good job.
Got a few I'm going to pick tomorrow that don't look so bad maybe everything will be alright if we ever get out of this hellacious heat wave we are in.
Good job RBG June it is.
Got a few I'm going to pick tomorrow that don't look so bad maybe everything will be alright if we ever get out of this hellacious heat wave we are in.
Good job RBG June it is.
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Are you seeing something different than I am? As I look at the sliced tom picture in the post, I see the table edge & some chair legs and some of the deck floor. When I click on it to enlarge it, all that is gone and it's cropped right close around the tomatoes and ruler.applestar wrote:Ooh, looks deelicous!
Btw, I noticed Photobucket just needs time to update/catch up or something when you replace a photo with a cropped one. I'm seeing same presumably cropped photo for both.
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No chair legs here just some good looking tomatoes.rainbowgardener wrote:Are you seeing something different than I am? As I look at the sliced tom picture in the post, I see the table edge & some chair legs and some of the deck floor. When I click on it to enlarge it, all that is gone and it's cropped right close around the tomatoes and ruler.applestar wrote:Ooh, looks deelicous!
Btw, I noticed Photobucket just needs time to update/catch up or something when you replace a photo with a cropped one. I'm seeing same presumably cropped photo for both.
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Duh_Vinci wrote:Rainbow - congrats, you made it!!!
Beautiful tomatoes, beautiful photos, really nicely done! I love to see the comparison of all three in size and sectional cuts! Thanks! I got the idea for photographing the sections from you of course!
How many days from the transplant was your Ultimate Opener? Jeez... I really should keep better records... I should go back through and see if I posted here, exactly when I put them out. I think it was right around 9 wks (63 days or maybe a few more). They are advertised for a few days quicker than that, but mine are growing in part shade and we didn't have a lot of sunny weather, lots of rain. If you had optimum conditions, you could probably shave a few days off it.
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Today's spoils.
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Not sure what the big tomato is. I have it marked as Giant Syrian but the GS's I have seen are 2-3 times that size. The first fruit was much bigger, another thing is they are more pink like a brandywine. Whatever it is was very awesome, sweet and juicy.
Here is a giant syrian from another site
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Not sure what the big tomato is. I have it marked as Giant Syrian but the GS's I have seen are 2-3 times that size. The first fruit was much bigger, another thing is they are more pink like a brandywine. Whatever it is was very awesome, sweet and juicy.
Here is a giant syrian from another site
https://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs200.snc1/6768_599253015449_45801074_35622868_5425386_n.jpg
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The black ones are Black Cherry they are so awesome. The other cherry's are Isis candy cherry. The plum size ones are I believe spiridonovskie. Still out on the brandywine looking one it isn't a potato leaf plant. But the Giant Syrian ripen to bright red and this is the second pink tomato I have gotten from this plant.
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It took mine about 2 weeks from there... but mine are grown in part shade and we didn't have a lot of sunshine. If you have optimum conditions, just MAYBE. But if somebody forced me to put money down on it, I say no, not quite.... but very likely a 4th of July tomato! The whole country will be setting of fireworks and celebrating Applestar's first ripe tomato!
And a beautiful one it is! What variety?
Incidentally I posted those same two ripe tomato pictures on my FaceBook page. One of my FB friends who is coordinator for a local farmers market asked me if she could use them for their newsletter!
And a beautiful one it is! What variety?
Incidentally I posted those same two ripe tomato pictures on my FaceBook page. One of my FB friends who is coordinator for a local farmers market asked me if she could use them for their newsletter!
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I have a lot of green tomatoes, but none that are close to turning yet.
Yellow Pear Tomatoes
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Sweet 100
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Yellow Pear Tomatoes
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Sorry that it's a little blurry.
Sweet 100
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Better Boy
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I had May tomatoes. But D_V here is kicking some butt. All the tom's he is displaying in the other thread are gorgeous. What am I doing wrong.
I need to set up some hidden camera's to find out his secret.
I bleive he has 3-4 times as many tom's going as most of so he has a slight advantage, not that I'm complaining. Much love D_V.
I just wish I had some more ripe ones we will all be good I have to keep telling myself "It's not even July yet and I am eating fresh tomatoes" The season has really just begun.
I can't wait to see what the rest of the year has for us.
And D_V keep sending those pics, we all love them. I would participate in your tomato detail thread but I haven't had much worth photographing yet, though edible they haven't been so pretty.
I need to set up some hidden camera's to find out his secret.
I bleive he has 3-4 times as many tom's going as most of so he has a slight advantage, not that I'm complaining. Much love D_V.
I just wish I had some more ripe ones we will all be good I have to keep telling myself "It's not even July yet and I am eating fresh tomatoes" The season has really just begun.
I can't wait to see what the rest of the year has for us.
And D_V keep sending those pics, we all love them. I would participate in your tomato detail thread but I haven't had much worth photographing yet, though edible they haven't been so pretty.
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This is Russian indeterminate heirloom Moskvich (60 days)
Wee bit more color since yesterdy...
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4 days left
I also found this one -- a Cherokee Purple from Reimer (differentiated with ones from Park Seed... I accidentally bought from both places ) but it's even further behind. Interestingly, this is NOT one of the 4 super early June Race entry toms and was started two weeks later.
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Wee bit more color since yesterdy...
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4 days left
I also found this one -- a Cherokee Purple from Reimer (differentiated with ones from Park Seed... I accidentally bought from both places ) but it's even further behind. Interestingly, this is NOT one of the 4 super early June Race entry toms and was started two weeks later.
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No secrets here, boss, just cow poop and compost Though I must say - Alex is probably swimming in tomatoes more than anyone here - time for him to post some picsgixxerific wrote:I need to set up some hidden camera's to find out his secret. ...
Apple - looks like Moskvich has gotten twice the shade since yesterday, now - that's the race!!! Have you grown Cherokee Purple before? I absolutely love the sweetness in them, one of my favorites! I'm also growing Spudakee this year, PL "variation" of it, said to have same taste, but more productive with slightly smaller fruit - so far all true...
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Yeah, we might just get some rain tonight, and not just a passing shower. I'm thinking of picking it so it doesn't crack, though I wanted to see how red it would get if left on the vine until the 30th....
You have no idea how careful I've been to make sure that all the birds, squirrels, and chipmunks have sources of water.
You have no idea how careful I've been to make sure that all the birds, squirrels, and chipmunks have sources of water.
Man, mine are just starting to turn. Although, the cherries may ripen sooner than the stupice. They were both planted May 1.
Hmmm...perhaps I'll go out on the 30th with my red paint--er--uh--I mean camera and I might just get lucky and find a red tom
Oh well, 4 of July toms doesn't sound too bad either.
Hmmm...perhaps I'll go out on the 30th with my red paint--er--uh--I mean camera and I might just get lucky and find a red tom
Oh well, 4 of July toms doesn't sound too bad either.
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They go for tomatoes for water?applestar wrote:Yeah, we might just get some rain tonight, and not just a passing shower. I'm thinking of picking it so it doesn't crack, though I wanted to see how red it would get if left on the vine until the 30th....
You have no idea how careful I've been to make sure that all the birds, squirrels, and chipmunks have sources of water.