Thursday, September 3, 2009

The Volunteer Has More Growing Tomatoes!


Today's harvest includes 8 Snow White(2), 5 back yard Husky Cherry Red, 5 Black Cherry, 5 Yellow Perfection, 4 Snow White(1), 4 Babywine, 3 Paul Robeson, 3 Jaune Coeur de Pigeon, 2 Japanese Black Trifele, 2 White Currant, 2 Sweet 100, 2 Red Grape, Amazon Chocolate, Green Zebra(1), Garden Peach(2), Turkish Striped Monastery, Tiger Paw, Red Currant, Mong, Jaune Flamme, Vintage Wine, a front yard Husky Cherry Red and Dr. Wyche's Yellow (10 ounces) for a total of 56 tomatoes.

The harvest is getting a bit choppy because it's toward the end of the season, meaning the harvest totals are seesawing. Three days ago, 30, two days ago, 50, yesterday, 31 and today 56 harvested tomatoes. I can't explain it, but it happens.

There was more ash on our cars this morning than at any time over this past week. Again, I can't explain it.

Two days ago the high was 100 degrees. Yesterday it got up to 102 degrees. We're still in a heat wave! And if any current blooms on the tomato plants weren't sterile when it got up to 107, they're sterile now.

Having written that, though, the volunteer has three more growing tomatoes on it! The plant itself is looking quite healthy. It's quite conceivable that we could get a good fall crop (after it grows new blooms!) from this plant.


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