November 10 harvest: 5 SunGold(1) tomatoes.
November 11 harvest: 2 SunGold(1), Matt's Wild Cherry and Stupice for a total of 4 tomatoes.
The Husky Cherry Red(2) plant was pulled and the Matt's Wild Cherry was cut back a bit.
November 12 harvest includes 2 Matt's Wild Cherry and SunGold(1) for a total of 3 tomatoes.
Wednesday's harvest includes 10 SunGold(1), 4 Jaune Flamme and 2 Stupice for a total of 16 tomatoes.
The Matt's Wild Cherry plant was cut back some more.
Today's harvest includes 13 SunGold(1), Matt's Wild Cherry and Jaune Flamme for a total of 15 tomatoes.
We've now harvested over 150 Jaune Flamme tomatoes (153)! Also, we've now harvested over 450 SunGold(1) (459) tomatoes.
All the tomatoes from today's harvest and prior harvests were used in this morning's egg dish. The tomatoes were quite good!
We're only three harvested tomatoes away from 9000 for the year!
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Harvested 425 SunGold(1) tomatoes!
Thursday's harvest includes 2 SunGold(1) and Stupice for a total of 3 tomatoes.
Friday's harvest includes 3 SunGold(1) and 2 Jaune Flamme for a total of 5 tomatoes.
Saturday's harvest includes 2 SunGold(1), Matt's Wild Cherry and Stupice for a total of 4 tomatoes.
There was no harvest on Sunday.
Monday's harvest includes 4 SunGold(1), 2 Matt's Wild Cherry and Jaune Flamme for a total of 7 tomatoes.
Tuesday's harvest includes 2 SunGold(1), Jaune Flamme and Matt's Wild Cherry for a total of 4 tomatoes.
Today's harvest includes 5 SunGold(1) and Jaune Flamme for a total of 6 tomatoes.
We've now harvested 425 SunGold(1) tomatoes! And strangely, the SunGold(1) tomatoes are frequently twice the size of the first flush of tomatoes. That's unusual.
Also, we've now harvested 8950 tomatoes this year. Will we make it to 9000?
Friday's harvest includes 3 SunGold(1) and 2 Jaune Flamme for a total of 5 tomatoes.
Saturday's harvest includes 2 SunGold(1), Matt's Wild Cherry and Stupice for a total of 4 tomatoes.
There was no harvest on Sunday.
Monday's harvest includes 4 SunGold(1), 2 Matt's Wild Cherry and Jaune Flamme for a total of 7 tomatoes.
Tuesday's harvest includes 2 SunGold(1), Jaune Flamme and Matt's Wild Cherry for a total of 4 tomatoes.
Today's harvest includes 5 SunGold(1) and Jaune Flamme for a total of 6 tomatoes.
We've now harvested 425 SunGold(1) tomatoes! And strangely, the SunGold(1) tomatoes are frequently twice the size of the first flush of tomatoes. That's unusual.
Also, we've now harvested 8950 tomatoes this year. Will we make it to 9000?
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
October 2011 Tomato Analysis
The total harvest for October 2011 was 133 tomatoes. That is the third highest (and third lowest -- in other words, the middle of the pack) of the five years I've been tracking. The lowest was 26 in 2007; the highest was an astonishing 866 in 2009.
2007 year was a fabulous year. The low total was due to spending over 3 weeks on a honeymoon. It is my belief that if we weren't on a honeymoon, the October 2007 tomato total would be more that the October 2011 total. Granted, we were away for about 5 days this year, but my best estimate of the "loss" is 7 tomatoes. That isn't significant.
2009 was our largest overall harvest to date. The really high October numbers was due to replanting seedlings after vandalism. These plants got late starts, survived the hot summer, and produced in September and October. We kept getting hit, but we kept replanting.
So in practice I believe this month would have been the second worst of five seasons. I attribute it to not putting in enough new soil in our front yard. We'll try to correct that for next year.
2007 year was a fabulous year. The low total was due to spending over 3 weeks on a honeymoon. It is my belief that if we weren't on a honeymoon, the October 2007 tomato total would be more that the October 2011 total. Granted, we were away for about 5 days this year, but my best estimate of the "loss" is 7 tomatoes. That isn't significant.
2009 was our largest overall harvest to date. The really high October numbers was due to replanting seedlings after vandalism. These plants got late starts, survived the hot summer, and produced in September and October. We kept getting hit, but we kept replanting.
So in practice I believe this month would have been the second worst of five seasons. I attribute it to not putting in enough new soil in our front yard. We'll try to correct that for next year.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Harvested Over 4000 Back Yard Tomatoes!
Tuesday's harvest includes 2 Matt's Wild Cherry, Husky Cherry Red(2), SunGold(1), SunSugar and Stupice for a total of 6 tomatoes.
Then had relatives house sit for five days while we were at a conference. We got back home yesterday evening. I told our housesitters that they could harvest whatever was ripe. I was told they did harvest but I didn't ask how many or what was harvested.
Today's harvest includes 3 Matt's Wild Cherry, 2 SunGold(1), 2 Stupice, Jaune Flamme and Husky Cherry Red(2) for a total of 9 tomatoes.
We've now harvested over 4000 tomatoes in the back yard (4002)!
There's a definite fall chill in the air this morning. If it starts getting too cold I'll have to pull the rest of the tomatoes. We're not there yet, but we're getting there.
Then had relatives house sit for five days while we were at a conference. We got back home yesterday evening. I told our housesitters that they could harvest whatever was ripe. I was told they did harvest but I didn't ask how many or what was harvested.
Today's harvest includes 3 Matt's Wild Cherry, 2 SunGold(1), 2 Stupice, Jaune Flamme and Husky Cherry Red(2) for a total of 9 tomatoes.
We've now harvested over 4000 tomatoes in the back yard (4002)!
There's a definite fall chill in the air this morning. If it starts getting too cold I'll have to pull the rest of the tomatoes. We're not there yet, but we're getting there.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Harvested Over 400 SunGold(1) Tomatoes!
Sunday's harvest includes 2 Jaune Flamme and 2 Matt's Wild Cherry for a total of 4 tomatoes.
Monday's harvest includes Jaune Flamme and SunGold(1) for a total of 2 tomatoes.
Tuesday's harvest: Jaune Flamme.
Wednesday's harvest: 2 Jaune Flamme.
No harvest Thursday.
Friday's harvest includes 4 SunGold(1), 3 Jaune Flamme, Patio and Matt's Wild Cherry for a total of 9 tomatoes.
I fertilized the container plants in the back yard.
Also, I noticed a hornworm eating the last Aunt Ruby's German Green(3) tomato.
Saturday's harvest: 3 SunGold(1).
I pulled out the Patio and Aunt Ruby's German Green(3) tomato plants.
Sunday's harvest includes Matt's Wild Cherry and SunGold(1) for a total of 2 tomatoes.
Today's harvest includes 2 SunGold(1) and Jaune Flamme for a total of 3 tomatoes.
We've now harvested over 400 SunGold(1) tomatoes (401)! The SunGold(1) plant looks pretty good for now.
We've almost reached 4000 harvested tomatoes in the back yard for this year.
Monday's harvest includes Jaune Flamme and SunGold(1) for a total of 2 tomatoes.
Tuesday's harvest: Jaune Flamme.
Wednesday's harvest: 2 Jaune Flamme.
No harvest Thursday.
Friday's harvest includes 4 SunGold(1), 3 Jaune Flamme, Patio and Matt's Wild Cherry for a total of 9 tomatoes.
I fertilized the container plants in the back yard.
Also, I noticed a hornworm eating the last Aunt Ruby's German Green(3) tomato.
Saturday's harvest: 3 SunGold(1).
I pulled out the Patio and Aunt Ruby's German Green(3) tomato plants.
Sunday's harvest includes Matt's Wild Cherry and SunGold(1) for a total of 2 tomatoes.
Today's harvest includes 2 SunGold(1) and Jaune Flamme for a total of 3 tomatoes.
We've now harvested over 400 SunGold(1) tomatoes (401)! The SunGold(1) plant looks pretty good for now.
We've almost reached 4000 harvested tomatoes in the back yard for this year.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Pulled Out 7 More Back Yard Tomato Plants
Tuesday's harvest includes Michael Pollan, Matt's Wild Cherry and Jaune Flamme for a total of 3 tomatoes.
No harvest Wednesday. I turned 50!
Thursday's harvest includes 6 Jaune Flamme and 2 Matt's Wild Cherry for a total of 8 tomatoes.
In the evening my wife pulled out Kellogg's Breakfast, Sweet Carneros Pink and Dr. Wyche's Yellow tomato plants.
Friday's harvest includes 4 Jaune Flamme, 2 Matt's Wild Cherry and Husky Cherry Red(2) for a total of 7 tomatoes.
In the evening I pulled out Large Pink Anna(1), Honkin' Big Black Cherry, Husky Gold and Michael Pollan.
Today's harvest includes 2 Jaune Flamme, Husky Cherry Red(2) and Matt's Wild Cherry for a total of 4 tomatoes.
The only drama left is 1) Will we harvest over 4000 tomatoes from the back yard? (We're at 3986, quite likely to happen) and 2) Will we harvest over 9000 tomatoes for the year? (We're at 8872 -- less likely). We'll see how it goes.
No harvest Wednesday. I turned 50!
Thursday's harvest includes 6 Jaune Flamme and 2 Matt's Wild Cherry for a total of 8 tomatoes.
In the evening my wife pulled out Kellogg's Breakfast, Sweet Carneros Pink and Dr. Wyche's Yellow tomato plants.
Friday's harvest includes 4 Jaune Flamme, 2 Matt's Wild Cherry and Husky Cherry Red(2) for a total of 7 tomatoes.
In the evening I pulled out Large Pink Anna(1), Honkin' Big Black Cherry, Husky Gold and Michael Pollan.
Today's harvest includes 2 Jaune Flamme, Husky Cherry Red(2) and Matt's Wild Cherry for a total of 4 tomatoes.
The only drama left is 1) Will we harvest over 4000 tomatoes from the back yard? (We're at 3986, quite likely to happen) and 2) Will we harvest over 9000 tomatoes for the year? (We're at 8872 -- less likely). We'll see how it goes.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Harvested 2700 Matt's Wild Cherry Tomatoes!
No harvest done on Wednesday -- it was raining!
Thursday's harvest includes 6 Matt's Wild Cherry, 3 SunGold(1), Jaune Flamme, Patio, Dr. Wyche's Yellow, Sweet Carneros Pink and Husky Gold for a total of 14 tomatoes.
Friday's harvest includes 3 Matt's Wild Cherry, 2 SunGold(1), Michael Pollan and Dr. Wyche's Yellow for a total of 7 tomatoes.
Saturday's harvest includes 4 Matt's Wild Cherry, 2 SunGold(1), Patio, Michael Pollan and Aunt Ruby's German Green(3) for a total of 9 tomatoes.
Sunday's harvest includes 2 SunGold(1), 2 Matt's Wild Cherry, Jaune Flamme, Husky Cherry Red(2) and Michael Pollan for a total of tomatoes.
We visited with Winnetka Farms, got some advice on compost and bought some seeds.
Today's harvest includes 2 Jaune Flamme, 2 Matt's Wild Cherry, SunGold(1) and Stupice for a total of 6 tomatoes.
We've now harvested 2700 Matt's Wild Cherry tomatoes! A remarkable total.
More plants are ready to be pulled (five or six), it's just a matter of time and room in our green recycle bin before we pull them.
We've found several hormworms on SunGold(1). The plant is so thick it's also acting as a "grasshopper hotel".
Thursday's harvest includes 6 Matt's Wild Cherry, 3 SunGold(1), Jaune Flamme, Patio, Dr. Wyche's Yellow, Sweet Carneros Pink and Husky Gold for a total of 14 tomatoes.
Friday's harvest includes 3 Matt's Wild Cherry, 2 SunGold(1), Michael Pollan and Dr. Wyche's Yellow for a total of 7 tomatoes.
Saturday's harvest includes 4 Matt's Wild Cherry, 2 SunGold(1), Patio, Michael Pollan and Aunt Ruby's German Green(3) for a total of 9 tomatoes.
Sunday's harvest includes 2 SunGold(1), 2 Matt's Wild Cherry, Jaune Flamme, Husky Cherry Red(2) and Michael Pollan for a total of tomatoes.
We visited with Winnetka Farms, got some advice on compost and bought some seeds.
Today's harvest includes 2 Jaune Flamme, 2 Matt's Wild Cherry, SunGold(1) and Stupice for a total of 6 tomatoes.
We've now harvested 2700 Matt's Wild Cherry tomatoes! A remarkable total.
More plants are ready to be pulled (five or six), it's just a matter of time and room in our green recycle bin before we pull them.
We've found several hormworms on SunGold(1). The plant is so thick it's also acting as a "grasshopper hotel".
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Pulled Out Eight More Tomato Plants
No harvest yesterday.
Today's harvest includes 3 Matt's Wild Cherry, 2 Patio, 2 Honkin' Big Black Cherry, SunGold(1), Green Zebra(1) (picked yesterday evening), Large Pink Anna(1), Dr. Wyche's Yellow, Sweet Carneros Pink, Green Doctors Kiwi(2), Husky Gold and Aunt Ruby's German Green(3) for a total of 15 tomatoes.
Yesterday evening I pulled out Green Zebra(1) and Golden Mama in the front yard. Only three tomato plants are left in the front yard. In the back yard I pulled SunGold(2), Pineapple, Red Zebra, Green Grape, Chocolate Stripes(1) and Aunt Ruby's German Green(1).
We just passed the 8800 harvest total for the year (8807) but due to the weakness of Matt's Wild Cherry, reaching 9000 for the year may me a stretch.
Today's harvest includes 3 Matt's Wild Cherry, 2 Patio, 2 Honkin' Big Black Cherry, SunGold(1), Green Zebra(1) (picked yesterday evening), Large Pink Anna(1), Dr. Wyche's Yellow, Sweet Carneros Pink, Green Doctors Kiwi(2), Husky Gold and Aunt Ruby's German Green(3) for a total of 15 tomatoes.
Yesterday evening I pulled out Green Zebra(1) and Golden Mama in the front yard. Only three tomato plants are left in the front yard. In the back yard I pulled SunGold(2), Pineapple, Red Zebra, Green Grape, Chocolate Stripes(1) and Aunt Ruby's German Green(1).
We just passed the 8800 harvest total for the year (8807) but due to the weakness of Matt's Wild Cherry, reaching 9000 for the year may me a stretch.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
September 2011 Tomato Analysis
The total harvest for September 2011 amounts to 768 tomatoes. That's the second highest harvest I've had for September -- out of five September harvests, but nowhere near the highest September harvest. The highest September harvest was in 2009, a whopping 1933 tomatoes.
In August we harvested 3863 tomatoes and in September we harvested roughly 20 percent of that amount. Not a great total given the month before.
My wife has been telling me all year that we should have amended the soil in the "koi pond" and it is clear to me she's right. The only plants left in the "koi pond" are in the north end of the area -- where we grew sweet peas and sugar snap peas against the north end fence. That is clearly not a coincidence.
We'll end up with about 9000 harvested tomatoes for the year.
In August we harvested 3863 tomatoes and in September we harvested roughly 20 percent of that amount. Not a great total given the month before.
My wife has been telling me all year that we should have amended the soil in the "koi pond" and it is clear to me she's right. The only plants left in the "koi pond" are in the north end of the area -- where we grew sweet peas and sugar snap peas against the north end fence. That is clearly not a coincidence.
We'll end up with about 9000 harvested tomatoes for the year.
Pulled Out Three More Tomato Plants
Thursday's harvest includes 6 Matt's Wild Cherry, Persimmon, SunGold(1) and Orange And Green Zebra for a total of 9 tomatoes.
Later on in the afternoon I pulled out Vorlon, Persimmon and Orange And Green Zebra.
Friday's harvest includes 7 Matt's Wild Cherry, Honkin' Big Black Cherry, Kellogg's Breakfast and Green Zebra(1) for a total of 10 tomatoes.
Saturday's harvest inlcudes 3 Matt's Wild Cherry, Large Pink Anna(1) and Patio for a total of 5 tomatoes.
Today's harvest includes 2 Matt's Wild Cherry, SunGold(1), Large Pink Anna(1), Patio, Jaune Flamme and Aunt Ruby's German Green(3) for a total of 7 tomatoes.
The SunGold(1) tomato plant is both full and healthy. But it holds many grasshoppers. It's a grasshopper hotel. I've found a couple of hornworms on the plant. Hornworms have been rare this year.
There are more plants ready to be pulled when the weather is more temperate.
Later on in the afternoon I pulled out Vorlon, Persimmon and Orange And Green Zebra.
Friday's harvest includes 7 Matt's Wild Cherry, Honkin' Big Black Cherry, Kellogg's Breakfast and Green Zebra(1) for a total of 10 tomatoes.
Saturday's harvest inlcudes 3 Matt's Wild Cherry, Large Pink Anna(1) and Patio for a total of 5 tomatoes.
Today's harvest includes 2 Matt's Wild Cherry, SunGold(1), Large Pink Anna(1), Patio, Jaune Flamme and Aunt Ruby's German Green(3) for a total of 7 tomatoes.
The SunGold(1) tomato plant is both full and healthy. But it holds many grasshoppers. It's a grasshopper hotel. I've found a couple of hornworms on the plant. Hornworms have been rare this year.
There are more plants ready to be pulled when the weather is more temperate.
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