First Fruits!! Fantastic

lakngulf · Wed May 31, 2017 9:26 pm

This is the first time ever for ripe tomatoes in May. Sweet corn and Cherokee Purples for supper.

applestar · Wed May 31, 2017 10:48 pm

imafan26 · Wed May 31, 2017 11:42 pm

How did you like the Cherokee Purple. I tried them once but although they were large, they were kinda mushy. Mine were bland and I don't know why. I would try them again if there was a chance that they could be better.

lakngulf · Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:13 am

imafan26 wrote:How did you like the Cherokee Purple. I tried them once but although they were large, they were kinda mushy. Mine were bland and I don't know why. I would try them again if there was a chance that they could be better.

By far my favorite and the variety desired by my friends. They are ripe before you think they are, so that may account for the mushy. Had tomato sandwich with my mom yesterday!

rainbowgardener · Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:40 am

Is the corn from your garden also?

I was also eating ripe garden tomatoes in May, but my corn is just now making silks.

When I grew Cherokee purple, they were delicious, but the plant was not very productive at all and I got very few of them. So I don't grow it any more. I would rather have a lot more tomatoes that are very good, even if not quite as delicious.

jal_ut · Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:20 am

Ripe tomatoes? You gotta be kidding? Here I planted then it promptly froze and now I have none.

rainbowgardener · Tue Jun 06, 2017 1:01 pm

I posted this May 24:

You do amazingly well with your short season, but I couldn't stand it. I moved South to get out of zone 6.

imafan26 · Tue Jun 06, 2017 1:16 pm

The Cherokee Purple I grew were productive. I did pick a lot of them when they were really ripe so that may account for the mushiness.

TheWaterbug · Fri Jun 16, 2017 6:17 pm

lakngulf wrote:
imafan26 wrote:How did you like the Cherokee Purple. I tried them once but although they were large, they were kinda mushy. Mine were bland and I don't know why. I would try them again if there was a chance that they could be better.
By far my favorite and the variety desired by my friends. They are ripe before you think they are, so that may account for the mushy. Had tomato sandwich with my mom yesterday!

I love CPs. I always have problems with them cracking, and/or with the plant dying prematurely, so this year I have 3 CP plants. They're worth it, for the flavor.

I love them in tomato sandwiches and in an insalate Caprese:

The very first time I tried one of mine I thought it was bland. But then the next few I ate (from the same picking) were wonderful. I'm thinking they may benefit from a few days of "counter time," although I'm not sure why that would be.

lakngulf · Mon Jun 19, 2017 3:07 pm

TheWaterbug wrote:
lakngulf wrote:
imafan26 wrote:How did you like the Cherokee Purple. I tried them once but although they were large, they were kinda mushy. Mine were bland and I don't know why. I would try them again if there was a chance that they could be better.
By far my favorite and the variety desired by my friends. They are ripe before you think they are, so that may account for the mushy. Had tomato sandwich with my mom yesterday!
I love CPs. I always have problems with them cracking, and/or with the plant dying prematurely, so this year I have 3 CP plants. They're worth it, for the flavor.

I love them in tomato sandwiches and in an insalate Caprese:

The very first time I tried one of mine I thought it was bland. But then the next few I ate (from the same picking) were wonderful. I'm thinking they may benefit from a few days of "counter time," although I'm not sure why that would be.

Agree with you on that but don't know why

applestar · Mon Jun 19, 2017 4:38 pm

Wes is another one that tastes better after counter ripening. I'm not growing CP this year but AM growing a few plants of Faelan's First Snow -- Cherokee Purple-based variant -- with CP characteristic fruits.... I tend to counter-ripen them all and hardly ever eat tomatoes same day as harvesting, but I'll try to remember this conversation and see if FFS also fits in this category.