Today's harvest includes 61 Matt's Wild Cherry, 7 Husky Cherry Red(2), 6 Snow White, 5 Honkin' Big Black Cherry, 4 SunGold(1), 4 SunSugar, 2 Sweet 100, 2 Vorlon, 2 Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe, Husky Cherry Red(1), SunGold(2), Cassidy's Folly, Portuguese Neighbor (11 ounces), Large Pink Anna(2), Persimmon and Porkchop for a total of 100 tomatoes.
No real tomato news in the numbers. The Portuguese Neighbor will be the last beefsteak of any size for 2011. It's overripe red on one side and green on the other. I don't know if it is even salvageable.
There are more plants ready to pull. Lime Green Salad, Bloody Butcher and Cassidy's Folly can go. I need to check but I think that was the last tomato for Portuguese Neighbor and it can go as well.
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
Harvested Aunt Ruby's German Green(1) and Mexico!
Today's harvest includes 92 Matt's Wild Cherry, 45 Snow White, 22 Husky Cherry Red(2), 18 Garden Peach, 12 Haley's Purple Comet, 11 Husky Cherry Red(1), 9 Portuguese Neighbor (13.5 ounces, 12 ounces, 12 ounces, 11.5 ounces, 8.5 ounces), 7 Coyote (not Coyote), 7 Golden Mama, 7 SunGold(1), 7 Dr. Wyche's Yellow (8 ounces, 10.5 ounces, 11.5 ounces, 12.5 ounces, 7 ounces, 6 ounces), 5 Pink Berkeley Tie Dye (12 ounces), 4 Southern Night, 4 Oaxacan Jewel(2), 4 Sweet Carneros Pink, 4 Hungarian Heart (6 ounces, 9 ounces, 10 ounces, 10.5 ounces), 3 Kellogg's Breakfast (7 ounces, 8 ounces, 11 ounces), 3 Paul Robeson(2) (9 ounces, 9.5 ounces, 8 ounces), 3 Green Zebra(2) (not Green Zebra), 3 Green Grape, 3 Black Krim (7.5 ounces), 2 Mexico (9.5 ounces) (new), 2 Pineapple (22.5 ounces), 2 German Orange Strawberry, 2 Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe, 2 Large Pink Anna(1), 2 Cassidy's Folly, 2 Jaune Flamme, 2 Orange And Green Zebra, 2 Green Zebra(1), Aunt Ruby's German Green(1) (new), Vorlon, SunSugar, Red Zebra, Australian Giant Oxheart, Honkin' Big Black Cherry, Stupice, Michael Pollan, Aunt Ruby's German Green(3) (10 ounces) and Green Doctor's Kiwi(1) (not Green Doctor's Kiwi) for a total of 301 tomatoes!
Well, now you see the effect of not having harvested the day before...
This will be the largest harvest day of the year, though it was pumped up artificially due to yesterday's morning rain. For a piece of trivia, the .07 inch of rain in Woodland Hills was the largest rain total ever for July 31 since measurements had been taken (1949).
The remarkable thing about today's harvest is the number of good sized tomatoes that came in the batch, including Portuguese Neighbor, Dr. Wyche's Yellow, Paul Robeson, Kellogg's Breakfast and others. Pineapple tied our heaviest tomato of the year at 22.5 ounces.
Well, now you see the effect of not having harvested the day before...
This will be the largest harvest day of the year, though it was pumped up artificially due to yesterday's morning rain. For a piece of trivia, the .07 inch of rain in Woodland Hills was the largest rain total ever for July 31 since measurements had been taken (1949).
The remarkable thing about today's harvest is the number of good sized tomatoes that came in the batch, including Portuguese Neighbor, Dr. Wyche's Yellow, Paul Robeson, Kellogg's Breakfast and others. Pineapple tied our heaviest tomato of the year at 22.5 ounces.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
It's Raining Snow White Tomatoes!
Today's harvest includes 66 Snow White, 43 Matt's Wild Cherry, 14 Garden Peach, 8 Husky Cherry Red(2), 7 Black Krim (10.5 ounces), 6 Orange and Green Zebra, 6 Husky Cherry Red(1), 5 Green Grape, 5 Golden Mama, 5 Haley's Purple Comet, 4 Cassidy's Folly, 4 Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe, 3 SunSugar, 2 Yellow Brandywine (14.5 ounces, 15 ounces), 2 Southern Night, 2 Sweet Carneros Pink, 2 Neves Azorean Red (12.5 ounces, 11.5 ounces), 2 Green Doctor's Kiwi(1) (not Green Doctor's Kiwi), 2 Porkchop (6 ounces), 2 SunGold(1), Portuguese Neighbor (14 ounces), Big White Pink Stripe (14 ounces), Dr. Wyche's Yellow (9 ounces), Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, Kellogg's Breakfast (18 ounces), Paul Robeson (9 ounces), Aunt Ruby's German Green (12 ounces), Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, Green Zebra(2) (not Green Zebra), Large Pink Anna(2), Jaune Flamme, Stupice, Chocolate Stripes(1), Green Zebra(1) and Bloody Butcher for a total of 205 tomatoes.
Wow, it's raining Snow White tomatoes! I thought I wouldn't harvest more than 42 Snow White tomatoes two days ago, but yesterday I harvested 55. Same scenario, different day...and I harvest 66 tomatoes today.
On July 19 we harvested 112 tomatoes. A week later we harvest 109 tomatoes off of two plants.
And I shouldn't forget, there's plenty of good sized tomatoes in today's harvest, including a 18 ounce Kellogg's Breakfast, a 14.5 ounce Yellow Brandywine and two 14 ounce tomatoes, Big White Pink Stripe and Portuguese Neighbor.
Great stuff!
I stepped on a Garden Peach while harvesting this morning, scattering seeds everywhere. I counted it in our totals.
Wow, it's raining Snow White tomatoes! I thought I wouldn't harvest more than 42 Snow White tomatoes two days ago, but yesterday I harvested 55. Same scenario, different day...and I harvest 66 tomatoes today.
On July 19 we harvested 112 tomatoes. A week later we harvest 109 tomatoes off of two plants.
And I shouldn't forget, there's plenty of good sized tomatoes in today's harvest, including a 18 ounce Kellogg's Breakfast, a 14.5 ounce Yellow Brandywine and two 14 ounce tomatoes, Big White Pink Stripe and Portuguese Neighbor.
Great stuff!
I stepped on a Garden Peach while harvesting this morning, scattering seeds everywhere. I counted it in our totals.
Monday, July 11, 2011
The Tide Is Coming In!
Today's harvest includes 25 Husky Cherry Red(2), 24 Matt's Wild Cherry, 19 SunSugar, 8 Garden Peach, 7 Husky Cherry Red(1), 7 Bloody Butcher, 6 SunGold(1), 6 Sweet Carneros Pink, 6 Black Krim(2), 5 Vorlon (7 ounces, 8 ounces, 7 ounces, 6 ounces, 9.5 ounces), 5 Jaune Flamme, 5 Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe, 5 Snow White, 4 Haley's Purple Comet, 4 Southern Night (6 ounces), 4 Black And Brown Boar, 3 Golden Mama, 3 Orange And Green Zebra, 3 Stupice, 3 Black Krim(1) (7 ounces), 3 Crimson Cushion (18.5 ounces, 19.5 ounces, 7 ounces), 3 Cassidy's Folly, 2 Pink Berkeley Tie Dye (11.5 ounces), 2 Kellogg's Breakfast (7 ounces, 6 ounces), 2 Indian Stripe, Porkchop (6.5 ounces), Patio, Lime Green Salad, Green Grape, Black Seaman(2), Dr. Wyche's Yellow (7 ounces) and Portuguese Neighbor (19.5 ounces) for a total of 171 tomatoes.
The tide is coming in! Today's total is nearly 100 more tomatoes than last Thursday's harvest, nearly double Friday's harvest. Remarkable!
Again, we have some beautiful, large tomatoes in today's batch. Crimson Cushion and Portuguese Neighbor lead the way.
I'm surprised at how productive Husky Cherry Red(2) has been!
Over the past couple of days we have been cleaning out our second freezer. It was defrosted and cleaned out over the weekend, then placed in a more convenient location within our garage. And just in time! Also we've been doing many small and not so small upgrades to our house.
We've been giving away a fair amount of our tomatoes but now there are simply too many to give away. My wife is roasting some of today's harvest as I type this.
We now know which color the Brandywine plant will be. It will be a Yellow Brandywine. Also, a large Persimmon has started to mature.
The tide is coming in! Today's total is nearly 100 more tomatoes than last Thursday's harvest, nearly double Friday's harvest. Remarkable!
Again, we have some beautiful, large tomatoes in today's batch. Crimson Cushion and Portuguese Neighbor lead the way.
I'm surprised at how productive Husky Cherry Red(2) has been!
Over the past couple of days we have been cleaning out our second freezer. It was defrosted and cleaned out over the weekend, then placed in a more convenient location within our garage. And just in time! Also we've been doing many small and not so small upgrades to our house.
We've been giving away a fair amount of our tomatoes but now there are simply too many to give away. My wife is roasting some of today's harvest as I type this.
We now know which color the Brandywine plant will be. It will be a Yellow Brandywine. Also, a large Persimmon has started to mature.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Harvested Three New Tomatoes!
Today's harvest includes 33 Matt's Wild Cherry, 18 SunSugar, 17 Husky Cherry Red(2), 8 Black And Brown Boar, 8 Black Krim(1) (7.5 ounces, 10 ounces, 9 ounces, 8.5 ounces, 10 ounces), 7 Snow White (new), 5 Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe, 5 Sungold(1), 4 Bloody Butcher, 4 Husky Cherry Red(1), 3 Southern Night, 3 Jaune Flamme, 3 Haley's Purple Comet, 3 Kellogg's Breakfast (6 ounces, 6.5 ounces, 15 ounces) 3 Vorlon (6 ounces, 8 ounces), 3 Indian Stripe, 2 Green Grape, 2 Garden Peach, 2 Sweet Carneros Pink, 2 Lime Green Salad, 2 Green Doctor's Kiwi(2), 2 Porkchop (10.5 ounces), German Orange Strawberry (10 ounces) (new), Green Doctor's Kiwi(1) (new), Paul Robeson(1), Stupice, Orange and Green Zebra, Portuguese Neighbor (20.5 ounces), Pink Berkeley Tie Dye (7.5 ounces), Dr. Wyche's Yellow (12.5 ounces), Black Seaman(2) (6 ounces), Aunt Ruby's German Green(2), Black Krim(2), Green Zebra(2), Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red (12 ounces), Volunteer(1) for a total of 153 tomatoes.
My wife made marinated tomatoes and brought them to a pool party. From what I heard it was a huge hit!
As you can tell by the weight in parentheses, we're picking some pretty good sized tomatoes! Portuguese Neighbor is acting like this year's Jeff Davis -- uncorking some beautiful and hefty sized tomatoes.
We know one thing about Green Doctor's Kiwi(1) -- it's too big for Green Doctor's Kiwi. It's a mislabel.
SunGold(2) has an extremely tiny tomato growing on it.
My wife pulled Pierce's Pride this afternoon. There will be others to pull in the near future.
My wife made marinated tomatoes and brought them to a pool party. From what I heard it was a huge hit!
As you can tell by the weight in parentheses, we're picking some pretty good sized tomatoes! Portuguese Neighbor is acting like this year's Jeff Davis -- uncorking some beautiful and hefty sized tomatoes.
We know one thing about Green Doctor's Kiwi(1) -- it's too big for Green Doctor's Kiwi. It's a mislabel.
SunGold(2) has an extremely tiny tomato growing on it.
My wife pulled Pierce's Pride this afternoon. There will be others to pull in the near future.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Harvested Porkchop and Portuguese Neighbor!
Today's harvest includes 18 SunSugar, 13 Matt's Wild Cherry, 9 Husky Cherry Red(2), 7 Bloody Butcher, 6 SunGold(1), 4 Husky Cherry Red(1), 4 Green Grape, 3 Vorlon (8 ounces), 3 Quedlinburger Fruehe Liebe, 3 Haley's Purple Comet, 2 Honkin' Big Black Cherry, 2 Golden Mama, 2 Jaune Flamme, 2 Lime Green Salad, 2 Stupice, 2 Sweet Carneros Pink, 2 Black And Brown Boar, Porkchop (9 ounces) (new), Portuguese Neighbor (15 ounces) (new), Australian Giant Oxheart (13 ounces) Paul Robeson(1), Volunteer(1), Green Doctor's Kiwi(2), Kellogg's Breakfast, Black Seaman(2) (6 ounces) and Garden Peach for a total of 93 tomatoes.
Porkchop was a bit of a surprise. It's a beautifully brightly striped yellow tomato. If it tastes as good as it looks it will taste fantastic. I can't wait!
The harvested Portuguese Neighbor nearly weighed a pound. It's colored pink. I may have picked it a day early.
Side note: Green Doctor's Kiwi(1) isn't a Green Doctor's Kiwi. The tomatoes are too big. None of the tomatoes have matured so we're not sure what it is at this point.
A German Orange Strawberry is maturing.
Porkchop was a bit of a surprise. It's a beautifully brightly striped yellow tomato. If it tastes as good as it looks it will taste fantastic. I can't wait!
The harvested Portuguese Neighbor nearly weighed a pound. It's colored pink. I may have picked it a day early.
Side note: Green Doctor's Kiwi(1) isn't a Green Doctor's Kiwi. The tomatoes are too big. None of the tomatoes have matured so we're not sure what it is at this point.
A German Orange Strawberry is maturing.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Seven More Plants With Tomatoes
More plants with tomatoes include Indian Stripe, Portuguese Neighbour, Kellogg's Breakfast, Pierces's Pride, Black and Brown Boar, Crimson Cushion (2) and Australian Giant Oxheart.
I'm getting into a routine of training the tomato plants every other day. That will increase to every day shortly.
We now have three volunteers in the raised bed. One has about 15 tomatoes on it. A second one is sprouting about eight feet away. Yesterday we noticed a third had sprouted within an inch of the volunteer with 15 tomatoes. It looked like one plant, but is really two plants.
Some of our plants are already nearly 3 feet tall. Almost all have great color.
I'm getting into a routine of training the tomato plants every other day. That will increase to every day shortly.
We now have three volunteers in the raised bed. One has about 15 tomatoes on it. A second one is sprouting about eight feet away. Yesterday we noticed a third had sprouted within an inch of the volunteer with 15 tomatoes. It looked like one plant, but is really two plants.
Some of our plants are already nearly 3 feet tall. Almost all have great color.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
More Backyard Tomatoes Planted
My wife planted some more tomatoes by the lemon tree in the back yard. She planted Nyagous, Big White Pink Stripe, Orange and Green Zebra, Portuguese Neighbour, Southern Night, Pineapple, Garden Peach, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, Emerald Evergreen, Kellogg's Breakfast, Jaune Coeur de Pigeon and Cherokee Green.
Unfortunately, Cherokee Green was dead by morning. There was permanent damage at the stem. It's assumed that the stem was eaten by cutworms or snails.
At this point, every tomato in our garden this year has been planted by my wife.
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