Harvested 150 Black Cherry(1) Tomatoes!

Today's harvest includes 11 SunGold, 6 Indigo Rose, 4 Yellow Perfection, 3 Black Cherry(1), 2 Oaxacan Jewel (6.5 ounces), 2 Carmello, 2 Thessaloniki, 2 Speckled Roman(3), 2 Snow White(1), 2 Snow White(2), Chinese Tea, Porkchop(1), Dr. Wyche's Yellow, Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Big Bite, Pink Furry Boar, Crimson Cushion, Husky Cherry Red(1), German Orange Strawberry, Japanese Black Trifele, Black Cherry(2), Gypsy and Red Boar(1) for a total of 49 tomatoes.

Back when we were harvesting 162 tomatoes a day I mentioned we might only be harvesting about 30 by the end of the month. We're getting there...

The weather is warming up again...

We almost hit some major milestones today. Tomorrow we'll hit at least three milestones.

We've now harvested 150 Black Cherry(2) tomatoes and 50 Japanese Black Trifele tomatoes this year. 

Harvested Over 3000 Tomatoes This Month!

Today's harvest includes 14 Yellow Perfection, 13 SunGold, 10 Snow White(1), 10 Snow White(2), 7 Indigo Rose, 3 Red Currant, 3 Thessaloniki, 3 Indigo Apple(2), 3 Gypsy, 3 Redfield Beauty, 3 Carmello, 3 Husky Cherry Red(1), 3 German Orange Strawberry, 2 SunSugar, 2 Black Cherry(1), 2 Delicious (9 ounces), 2 Noire Charbonneuse(2), 2 Oaxacan Jewel (6 ounces, 6 ounces), Indigo Apple(1), Speckled Roman(2), Pink Furry Boar, Oaxacan Pink, Speckled Roman(3), Purple Dog Creek (7 ounces), Italian Heirloom and Black Cherry(2) for a total of 96 tomatoes.

I didn't harvest yesterday, as planned. It was my wife's birthday for starters. We celebrated with her side of the family down in south Orange County. Also, I got a new car smogged, and we visited Roger's Gardens for a tomato tasting before making it all the way down for a birthday celebration. Happy Birthday sweetie, I love you!!

My wife told me that she pulled out Pierce's Pride(2) on Thursday. We tend to pull a lot of tomatoes in the first week on September and we're on track to do the same thing this year.

We've now harvested over 3000 tomatoes this month (3012)! We've also harvested over 2600 SunGold tomatoes (2610), over 900 Husky Cherry Red(1) tomatoes (901) and over 200 Yellow Perfection tomatoes (209) this year. 

Harvested 300 Snow White(2) Tomatoes!

Today's harvest includes 24 Snow White(2), 12 SunGold, 7 Black Cherry(1), 6 Carmello (9 ounces), 4 Yellow Perfection, 4 Indigo Rose, 3 Marmara, 3 Husky Cherry Red(1), 3 Indigo Apple(2), 2 Thessaloniki, 2 Red Currant, 2 Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(1), 2 Snow White(1), 2 Redfield Beauty, Nyagous(1), Black and Brown Boar(1), Dr. Wyche's Yellow, Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Pink Furry Boar, Crimson Cushion, German Orange Strawberry, Delicious, Black Cherry(2), Pineapple(2) and Red Boar(1) for a total of 87 tomatoes.

Snow White(1) has such a high total because my wife picked 15 of them in the afternoon. I added it to today's total because I don't plan to harvest tomorrow.

Other than that, not much happening. There's no more tomato plants ready to be pulled (though many are close) and they're too fragile to train. The weather is back to normal again.

We've now harvested exactly 300 Snow White(2) tomatoes for the year! 

Harvested 100 Carmello Tomatoes This Year!

Today's harvest includes 15 SunGold, 10 Carmello, 9 Snow White(2), 7 Black Cherry(1), 6 Red Currant, 3 Oaxacan Pink, 3 Indigo Rose, 3 Big Bite, 3 Yellow Perfection, 3 Husky Cherry Red(1), 2 Dr. Wyche's Yellow, 2 Oaxacan Jewel (7 ounces), 2 Redfield Beauty, 2 Red Boar(1), 2 Thessaloniki, Indigo Apple(1), Pineapple(1) (8.5 ounces), Nyagous(1), Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Brad's Black Heart (6.5 ounces), Pink Furry Boar, Snow White(1), Black and Brown Boar(2), Purple Dog Creek, Delicious, Black Cherry(2), Amana Orange, Noire Charbonneuse(2) and Tolstoi for a total of 86 tomatoes.

My wife pulled Pineapple Pig, Yellow Furry Boar, Red Boar(2) and Porkchop(2). My wife spotted the tomato on Yellow Furry Boar but declared it as not worth saving and pulled the plant.

If you'll notice, all four tomatoes were developed at Wild Boar Farms. Wild Boar Farms has some tremendous varieties and we will always grow tomatoes developed there, but the plants simply do not last in the heat of the San Fernando Valley.

Carmello is going through a second wind, as well as Red Currant to a lesser degree.

Also, my wife watered all of the back yard tomatoes.

We've now harvested over 700 Black Cherry(1) tomatoes (706) and 100 Carmello tomatoes this year. 

Harvested Over 2000 Tomatoes In The Back Yard This Month!

Today's harvest includes 20 SunGold, 11 Black Cherry(1), 5 Red Currant, 5 Carmello, 4 Big Bite, 4 Snow White(1), 4 Snow White(2), 4 Oaxacan Jewel (7 ounces, 9 ounces), 4 Oaxacan Pink, 4 Yellow Perfection, 3 Dr. Wyche's Yellow, 2 Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, 2 Husky Cherry Red(1), 2 Indigo Rose, 2 Jaune Flamme(2), Husky Cherry Red(2), Indigo Apple(1), Ella's Pink Plum, Pink Furry Boar, Thessaloniki, German Orange Strawberry, Speckled Roman(3), Delicious, Gypsy, Marmara, SunSugar and Green Grape for a total of 88 tomatoes.

My wife pulled out Speckled Roman(1) yesterday. And she continues to make sauce and freeze it, as well as give away some to friends and family.

I added tomato fertilizer to the container plants this morning.

Yellow Furry Boar has one more tomato to mature so it's spared the chopping block for now. But Jaune Flamme(2) can go.

We've now harvested over 2000 tomatoes in the back yard this month (2013)! 

Harvested 50 Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg Tomatoes

Today's harvest includes 13 Black Cherry(1), 8 SunGold, 7 Husky Cherry Red(1), 4 Snow White(2), 4 Carmello, 3 Big Bite, 3 Nyagous(1), 3 Snow White(1), 3 Oaxacan Pink (6 ounces, 7 ounces), 2 Red Currant, 2 Husky Cherry Red(2), 2 Yellow Perfection, 2 Dr. Wyche's Yellow, 2 SunSugar, 2 Indigo Apple(2), 2 Red Boar(1), Speckled Roman(1), Indigo Apple(1), Japanese Black Trifele, Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Pink Furry Boar, Amazon Chocolate, Marmara and Gypsy for a total of 70 tomatoes.

My wife pulled out Kellogg's Breakfast and Speckled Roman(2). She also completed watering the front yard.

Yesterday's high: 96.6. The heat wave is receding. Not so coincidentally, our harvest numbers are dropping pretty rapidly as well.

Pineapple Pig, Speckled Roman(1), Red Boar(2) and Yellow Furry Boar can also be pulled.

We've now harvested 2550 SunGold and 50 Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg tomatoes. 

Harvested Over 9500 Tomatoes This Year!

Today's harvest includes 16 Black Cherry(1), 15 SunGold, 7 Husky Cherry Red(1), 5 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, 5 Snow White(2), 4 Red Currant, 4 Snow White(1), 3 Redfield Beauty, 3 Pineapple Pig, 3 Indigo Apple(2), 3 Yellow Perfection, 2 Indigo Apple(1), 2 Oaxacan Pink (6 ounces), 2 SunSugar, 2 Indigo Rose, 2 Ella's Pink Plum, Nyagous(1), Husky Cherry Red(2), Dr. Wyche's Yellow, Big Bite, Pink Furry Boar, Carmello, Nebraska Wedding (8.5 ounces), German Orange Strawberry (7 ounces), Delicious, Amazon Chocolate, Black Cherry(2), Taxi, Gypsy, Red Boar(2) and Jaune Flamme(2) for a total of 93 tomatoes.

I forgot to mention that we tried one of our large Pineapple(2) tomatoes for dinner on Saturday. Our verdict: mixed. The flavor wasn't there. It wasn't a bad flavor, just little to no flavor. The tomato itself was quite good -- firm where you wanted it to be, and soft where you wanted it to be. Just very little flavor.

Yesterday's high: 100.2. We didn't do much all day and the tomatoes were left to bake some more...

This morning I noticed a lot of new growth on SunGold. I'm expecting the weather to break in the near future, allowing the new blooms to germinate. Then SunGold will get a second wave a few weeks later. It's already a safe bet that we'll break our all time high of 2727 Matt's Wild Cherry tomatoes harvested in a year. It's a little early to predict over 3000 but based on the new growth during this blistering heat, but that's what I predict.

We've now harvested over 9500 tomatoes for the year (9517) and over 2500 tomatoes for the month of August (2585). It looks like we'll reach 10,000 tomatoes this month.

Also, we've harvested 300 Snow White(1) tomatoes, over 100 Redfield Beauty tomatoes (102), over 50 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red tomatoes (54) and over 50 Dr. Wyche's Yellow tomatoes (51) this year. 

Harvested Over 2500 SunGold Tomatoes!

Today's harvest includes 32 SunGold, 27 Black Cherry(1), 19 Husky Cherry Red(1), 16 Snow White(1), 11 Husky Cherry Red(2), 8 Snow White(2), 5 Indigo Rose, 5 Pineapple Pig, 5 SunSugar, 5 Speckled Roman(2), 5 Sweet Million, 5 Red Currant, 4 Redfield Beauty, 4 Dr. Wyche's Yellow, 3 Indigo Apple(2), 3 Italian Heirloom (6 ounces, 8 ounces, 8 ounces), 2 Oaxacan Pink (6 ounces), 2 Marmara, 2 German Orange Strawberry, 2 Black Cherry(2), 2 Japanese Black Trifele, 2 Carmello, 2 Tolstoi, 2 Yellow Perfection, 2 Big Bite (6 ounces), 2 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, 2 Speckled Roman(1), Nyagous(1), Chinese Tea, Black and Brown Boar(1), Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Ella's Pink Plum, Thessaloniki, Watermelon (8.5 ounces), Gypsy, Yellow Furry Boar, Jaune Flamme(2), Noire Charbonneuse(2), Black and Brown Boar(2), Aunt Ruby's German Green and Red Boar(1) for a total of 193 tomatoes.

Again, today's numbers got goosed upward because I didn't harvest on Saturday.

Speckled Roman(2) kicked out a lot of tomatoes but it's because the plant has basically died. We have three or four more that can be pulled.

Friday's high: 103.1. Yesterday's high: 97.4. It's still hot but we may get cooler weather in the near future.

We hit a few numeric landmarks today. We've now harvested over 6000 tomatoes from the back yard this year (6074). Also, we've harvested over 2500 SunGold tomatoes (2527), over 750 Husky Cherry Red(2) tomatoes (759), over 650 Black Cherry(1) tomatoes (659), over 250 Snow White(2) tomatoes (254), over 100 Sweet Million tomaotes (104) and over 50 Speckled Roman(2) tomatoes (51). 

Harvested Over 100 Indigo Rose Tomatoes!

Today's harvest includes 21 Black Cherry(1), 16 SunGold, 14 Snow White(2), 11 Husky Cherry Red(1), 10 Husky Cherry Red(2), 9 Snow White(1), 7 SunSugar, 5 Yellow Perfection, 5 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, 4 Indigo Apple(2), 4 Indigo Rose, 3 Carmello, 2 Speckled Roman(3), 2 Pink Furry Boar, 2 Nyagous(1), 2 Red Boar(2), 2 Redfield Beauty, 2 Red Boar(1), 2 Ella's Pink Plum, 2 Dr. Wyche's Yellow, 2 Indigo Apple(1), Kellogg's Breakfast, Chinese Tea, Oaxacan Pink, Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Sweet Million, Red Currant, Big Bite, Pineapple Pig, German Orange Strawberry (7.5 ounces), Japanese Black Trifele, Neves Azorean Red (15 ounces), Italian Heirloom (9 ounces), Amazon Chocolate, Noire Charbonneuse(2), Watermelon (7 ounces), Pineapple(2) (22 ounces), Gypsy, Marmara, Taxi and Tolstoi for a total of 147 tomatoes.

Yesterday's high: 103.2. It's still hot!

I noticed a flaw in the on line spreadsheet yesterday. The amount of harvested Neves Azorean Red was too high. I found the flaw and fixed it. The July numbers adjusted downward. The original reported amount of 6088 plummeted to...6068.

What a beautiful Pineapple(2)! I don't think I've pulled such a heavy tomato this late in the season. This tomato buried the pretty 15 ounce Neves Azorean Red, another good tomato.

We have more plants to pull.

I don't plan to harvest tomorrow.

We've now harvested over 850 Husky Cherry Red(1) tomatoes (857), over 100 Indigo Rose tomatoes (101) and 50 Speckled Roman(3) tomatoes this year. 

Harvested Over 9000 Tomatoes This Year!

Today's harvest includes 34 Black Cherry(1), 18 SunGold, 15 Husky Cherry Red(2), 14 Snow White(2), 8 Husky Cherry Red(1), 6 Snow White(1), 4 Carmello, 4 Red Boar(1), 4 Indigo Apple(2), 4 Yellow Furry Boar, 3 Noire Charbonneuse(2), 3 Redfield Beauty, 2 Vorlon, 2 SunSugar, 2 Indigo Apple(1), 2 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, 2 Olga's Round Yellow Chicken Egg, Nyagous(1), Speckled Roman(1), Black and Brown Boar(1), Ella's Pink Plum, Pineapple Pig, Brad's Black Heart (7 ounces), Oaxacan Pink (6 ounces), Black and Brown Boar(2), Italian Heirloom, Amazon Chocolate, Black Cherry(2), Earl of Edgecombe, Watermelon (7 ounces), Pineapple(2) (19 ounces) and Indigo Rose for a total of 142 tomatoes.

Yesterday's high: 99.7 degrees. There's something wrong when 100 degrees feels like a relief...

My wife took out Persimmon, Ramapo and Omar's Lebanese. We harvested 16 Persimmon and 7 Omar's Lebanese but both were successful plants. It's not just numbers, but the quality and size of the harvested tomatoes.

My wife also completed the front yard watering and most of the back yard tomatoes as well. There's more to remove but I need to look them over before deciding which ones go. She also made more sauce from our tomatoes.

Last night I tried Yellow Furry Boar again as part of dinner. There was no fur on any of our Yellow Furry Boars this year but it tasted smooth, juicy and quite good. Our August tomatoes still have it...

Today's harvest was definitely heftier than it has been in a while. The Pineapple(2) looks beautiful!

We've now harvested over 9000 tomatoes for the year (9104)! Also, we've harvested over 1500 back yard tomatoes this month (1568).

We've harvested over 600 Black Cherry(1) tomatoes (611) and over 50 Indigo Apple(2) tomatoes (57) this year.

And on a personal note, this is my 1000th blog post!