Big day today.
Camille came over to watch our son. That left us to dig lots of holes and plant lots of tomatoes.
In the morning I brought over three more wheelbarrows of compost to the "koi pond" and smoothed out the compost piles. I did the same for the back yard compost piles. Then I dug six holes in the "koi pond" and took a break for breakfast.
It was significantly warmer after breakfast. I dug a hole or two in the back yard and stopped for exhaustion. These back yard holes were trouble because they were in virgin, rocky areas. It took a significant amount of time to clear out about two feet of dirt. I took a shower in the afternoon and took a short nap.
Meanwhile my wife was furiously planting behind me in both the front and back yards.
In the evening I dug three more holes in the "koi pond" and one really rocky hole in the back yard. My wife filled all the holes (save one in the "koi pond" that she thought was too close to another seedling) with seedlings.
Eight tomato plants were planted in the back yard: Green Grape, Red Pear Piriform, Chef's Choice Orange, Green Zebra, Tasmanian Chocolate, Thessaloniki, Speckled Roman and Large Barred Boar.
Eight tomato plants were planted in the front yard: Black Cherry, Paul Robeson, Carol Chyko's Big Paste Black, Earl of Edgecombe, Japanese Black Trifele, Berkeley Tie-Dye, Emmy and Stupice.
I believe we have around seven more seedlings to plant.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014
Harvested Over 200 Sugar Snack Tomatoes This Year!
Saturday's harvest includes 9 Matt's Wild Cherry, 8 Orange Paruche, 6 Black Cherry, 5 Indigo Rose, 5 SunGold, 5 Evan's Purple Pear, 5 Garden Peach(1), 5 Sugar Snack, 3 Snow White, 2 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, 2 Porkchop(1) (8 ounces), 2 Blue Gold, 2 Speckled Roman(2), 2 Black Icicle, 2 Nyagous, 2 Green Grape, Bloody Butcher, Indigo Apple, Sunchocola, Bread and Salt, Volunteer(4), Aunt Ruby's German Green (6 ounces), Solar Flare, Persimmon(2) (not Persimmon), Stupice, Husky Cherry Red(1) and "Green Zebra" (not Green Zebra) for a total of 76 tomatoes.
After the harvest I pulled out Stupice, Black Krim and Paul Robeson. Black Krim still had some ripening tomatoes but they were quite "wobbly" -- the maturation of the Black Krim tomatoes was not uniform. These tomatoes were blotchy and stripey and nothing like normal Black Krim tomatoes. So I pulled it out.
I was waiting for the gardeners to come. I was going to have them pull Adriana's Grande, but the gardeners never showed.
After pulling out the three back yard tomatoes, I double watered the back yard tomatoes in the ground. They really needed watering.
We've now harvested over 200 Sugar Snack tomatoes this year (202)!
After the harvest I pulled out Stupice, Black Krim and Paul Robeson. Black Krim still had some ripening tomatoes but they were quite "wobbly" -- the maturation of the Black Krim tomatoes was not uniform. These tomatoes were blotchy and stripey and nothing like normal Black Krim tomatoes. So I pulled it out.
I was waiting for the gardeners to come. I was going to have them pull Adriana's Grande, but the gardeners never showed.
After pulling out the three back yard tomatoes, I double watered the back yard tomatoes in the ground. They really needed watering.
We've now harvested over 200 Sugar Snack tomatoes this year (202)!
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Pink Berkeley Tie Dye and Great White are Winners!
Today's harvest includes 15 Matt's Wild Cherry, 9 Sunchocola, 8 SunGold, 8 Sugar Snack, 6 Evan's Purple Pear, 5 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, 5 Orange Paruche, 5 Stupice, 5 Husky Cherry Red(2), 4 Bloody Butcher, 4 Bread and Salt (7 ounces, 6.5 ounces), 3 Indigo Rose, 3 Neves Azorean Red (13 ounces, 6 ounces), 2 German Orange Strawberry, 2 Aunt Ruby's German Green (6 ounces), 2 Garden Peach(1), Speckled Roman(1), Indigo Apple, Porkchop(1) (6 ounces), Yellow Perfection, Adriana's Grande, Blue Gold, Pineapple, Speckled Roman(2), Jaune Flamme, Black Icicle, Solar Flare and "Green Zebra" (not Green Zebra) for a total of 98 tomatoes.
Today's harvest star is Neves Azorean Red. My wife instantly noticed the large Neves Azorean Red on the counter this morning, even though we still have parts of prior harvests on the counter as well.
Last night my wife made a two panini sandwiches. Inside one of them was Pink Berkeley Tie Dye and the other had Great White. Both were warm. The Pink Berkeley Tie Dye was delicious and almost refreshing, though it had the high acid kick at the end. Great White was quite good, too. But I think Great White makes a good "support" tomato, such as in a warm panini sandwich. If Great White were eaten standalone, it might be a little dull while Pink Berkeley Tie Dye can certainly be eaten solo and have it be memorable.
There are several plants to be pulled. Adriana's Grande is ready to go after an excellent July. I don't like the output of the current Black Krim tomatoes and Stupice is ready to go.
I beat the Thursday sprinklers this morning (Woo-hoo)! However, I tend to harvest quicker than normal. I've noticed that I tend to skip Black Cherry on sprinkler days, for what that's worth...
No milestones today.
Today's harvest star is Neves Azorean Red. My wife instantly noticed the large Neves Azorean Red on the counter this morning, even though we still have parts of prior harvests on the counter as well.
Last night my wife made a two panini sandwiches. Inside one of them was Pink Berkeley Tie Dye and the other had Great White. Both were warm. The Pink Berkeley Tie Dye was delicious and almost refreshing, though it had the high acid kick at the end. Great White was quite good, too. But I think Great White makes a good "support" tomato, such as in a warm panini sandwich. If Great White were eaten standalone, it might be a little dull while Pink Berkeley Tie Dye can certainly be eaten solo and have it be memorable.
There are several plants to be pulled. Adriana's Grande is ready to go after an excellent July. I don't like the output of the current Black Krim tomatoes and Stupice is ready to go.
I beat the Thursday sprinklers this morning (Woo-hoo)! However, I tend to harvest quicker than normal. I've noticed that I tend to skip Black Cherry on sprinkler days, for what that's worth...
No milestones today.
Monday, July 7, 2014
Harvested Indigo Rose, Nyagous and Berkeley Tie Dye!
Today's harvest includes 24 Sunchocola, 16 Orange Paruche, 9 Sugar Snack, 5 Jaune Flamme, 4 Matt's Wild Cherry, 3 Berkeley Tie Dye (new), 3 SunGold, 2 Indigo Rose (new), 2 Nyagous (new), 2 Earliana, 2 Husky Cherry Red(1), Yellow Perfection, Adriana's Grande, Earl of Edgecombe, Stupice and Garden Peach(3) for a total of 77 tomatoes.
All of our newly harvested tomatoes look good. Berkeley Tie Dye wasn't a surprise as noted in yesterday's posting. Indigo Rose wasn't mentioned though I have been keeping an eye on it. I didn't notice the orange blush underneath a couple of the tomatoes, indicating ripeness. Nyagous was a pleasant surprise. We may have more Nyagous tomorrow.
Boy, Earl of Edgecombe is a pretty tomato. Bright orange tomato that looks nearly polished.
We barely beat yesterday's harvest total of 73 tomatoes. It looks like the first flush of Orange Paruche tomatoes is ending and the question remaining to be answered is will we get a second wave? I suspect we will. We've harvested nearly 500 Orange Paruche tomatoes this year (483), it's still early July and it's not a large tomato. The plant will hopefully have enough energy for another push. Sunchocola will definitely have another push but it isn't clear if it will be a long first wave or we dip and start up again. On a curious note, I'm harvesting some mature Sunchocola tomatoes that are nearly five feet off the ground. The top end of the "harvest zone" is already pretty high on this plant.
All of our newly harvested tomatoes look good. Berkeley Tie Dye wasn't a surprise as noted in yesterday's posting. Indigo Rose wasn't mentioned though I have been keeping an eye on it. I didn't notice the orange blush underneath a couple of the tomatoes, indicating ripeness. Nyagous was a pleasant surprise. We may have more Nyagous tomorrow.
Boy, Earl of Edgecombe is a pretty tomato. Bright orange tomato that looks nearly polished.
We barely beat yesterday's harvest total of 73 tomatoes. It looks like the first flush of Orange Paruche tomatoes is ending and the question remaining to be answered is will we get a second wave? I suspect we will. We've harvested nearly 500 Orange Paruche tomatoes this year (483), it's still early July and it's not a large tomato. The plant will hopefully have enough energy for another push. Sunchocola will definitely have another push but it isn't clear if it will be a long first wave or we dip and start up again. On a curious note, I'm harvesting some mature Sunchocola tomatoes that are nearly five feet off the ground. The top end of the "harvest zone" is already pretty high on this plant.
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Harvested Persimmon(1)!
Friday's harvest includes 37 Orange Paruche, 20 Sunchocola, 11 SunGold, 7 Sugar Snack, 4 Garden Peach(2), 3 Janet's Jacinthe Jewel (7 ounces), 3 Matt's Wild Cherry, 2 Earliana, 2 Husky Cherry Red(2), Stupice, Persimmon(1) (new), Earl of Edgecombe, Bread and Salt (10 ounces), Volunteer(4), Snow White, Evan's Purple Pear and Garden Peach(3) for a total of 98 tomatoes.
It's good to see that we still can grow Persimmon (from the tomato lady of Beverly Hills, not this Persimmon) but it is miniscule compared to several years ago. We can't keep seeds temperate, so the problem is on our end.
Don't be encouraged by Janet's Jacinthe Jewel's numbers and size. The plant has basically died but the remaining fruit is maturing. However, the maturing fruit looks old due to the lack of water delivery.
I added long stakes to Sunchocola, Adriana's Grande and German Orange Strawberry. I used tomato tape where I could to somewhat bind the tree to the stake. Two of the three plants got a second, smaller metal stake.
Berkeley Tie Dye and Black Krim have maturing tomatoes. Purple Bumble Bee has growing tomatoes.
We've now harvested over 1000 tomatoes for the year (1036)! Let's hope there's many more to come. Also, we've harvested over 400 Orange Paruche tomatoes (412) this year.
Today's harvest includes 26 Orange Paruche, 24 Sunchocola, 9 Matt's Wild Cherry, 8 SunGold, 2 Bloody Butcher, 2 Husky Cherry Red(2), 2 Sugar Snack, Yellow Perfection, Adriana's Grande (13 ounces), Earliana, Bread and Salt (11.5 ounces), Hungarian Heart (6 ounces), Volunteer(4), Jaune Flamme, Snow White, Stupice and Garden Peach(1) for a total of 83 tomatoes.
This is the second day in a row that the harvest numbers have dropped. It appears that Orange Paruche and Sunchocola are slowing down and other cherry tomatoes haven't made up the difference. Is this a trend? We'll see.
I did try Volunteer(4). It looks and tastes like Matt's Wild Cherry...but I'm not entirely convinced yet. I think that just about anything that small would have a tart taste. I'll compare the leaves in the near future.
Adriana's Grande has a bit of sunscald on it.
The "koi pond" tomatoes are showing a lot of dead leaves and yellowing branches on the bottom foot or so of the plant. It's normal, but it's also a sign that these plants are getting old fast...
It's good to see that we still can grow Persimmon (from the tomato lady of Beverly Hills, not this Persimmon) but it is miniscule compared to several years ago. We can't keep seeds temperate, so the problem is on our end.
Don't be encouraged by Janet's Jacinthe Jewel's numbers and size. The plant has basically died but the remaining fruit is maturing. However, the maturing fruit looks old due to the lack of water delivery.
I added long stakes to Sunchocola, Adriana's Grande and German Orange Strawberry. I used tomato tape where I could to somewhat bind the tree to the stake. Two of the three plants got a second, smaller metal stake.
Berkeley Tie Dye and Black Krim have maturing tomatoes. Purple Bumble Bee has growing tomatoes.
We've now harvested over 1000 tomatoes for the year (1036)! Let's hope there's many more to come. Also, we've harvested over 400 Orange Paruche tomatoes (412) this year.
Today's harvest includes 26 Orange Paruche, 24 Sunchocola, 9 Matt's Wild Cherry, 8 SunGold, 2 Bloody Butcher, 2 Husky Cherry Red(2), 2 Sugar Snack, Yellow Perfection, Adriana's Grande (13 ounces), Earliana, Bread and Salt (11.5 ounces), Hungarian Heart (6 ounces), Volunteer(4), Jaune Flamme, Snow White, Stupice and Garden Peach(1) for a total of 83 tomatoes.
This is the second day in a row that the harvest numbers have dropped. It appears that Orange Paruche and Sunchocola are slowing down and other cherry tomatoes haven't made up the difference. Is this a trend? We'll see.
I did try Volunteer(4). It looks and tastes like Matt's Wild Cherry...but I'm not entirely convinced yet. I think that just about anything that small would have a tart taste. I'll compare the leaves in the near future.
Adriana's Grande has a bit of sunscald on it.
The "koi pond" tomatoes are showing a lot of dead leaves and yellowing branches on the bottom foot or so of the plant. It's normal, but it's also a sign that these plants are getting old fast...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Harvested Michael Pollan!
Today's harvest includes 39 Orange Paruche, 17 Sunchocola, 10 SunGold, 4 Matt's Wild Cherry, 4 Snow White, 3 Sugar Snack, 2 Adriana's Grande (13.5 ounces), 2 Stupice, 2 Husky Cherry Red(2), Michael Pollan (new), Yellow Perfection, Bread and Salt (12 ounces), Hungarian Heart, Jaune Flamme, Garden Peach(2), Green Grape and Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 91 tomatoes.
I harvested about an hour earlier than I normally do so that I could water the rest of the back yard tomatoes. As such, I expected to miss a few harvestable tomatoes due to the low light. This could have affected the Sunchocola numbers today (a dark, prolific tomato). We'll see if they shoot up tomorrow. Then again, I may wake up early one more time...
As I was watering the tomato plants in the raised bed area, I was surprised to notice a ripe Michael Pollan. After looking it over it was clear we couldn't keep it, but a tomato just next to this one was not only ripe but just fine. I also noticed a ripe Green Grape and a hidden Garden Peach(2).
Pierce's Pride looks awful and may be pulled shortly.
I did catch up on the back yard tomato watering, leaving the front yard "koi pond" remaining to be done.
We've now harvested over 300 Orange Paruche tomatoes (328) this year.
I harvested about an hour earlier than I normally do so that I could water the rest of the back yard tomatoes. As such, I expected to miss a few harvestable tomatoes due to the low light. This could have affected the Sunchocola numbers today (a dark, prolific tomato). We'll see if they shoot up tomorrow. Then again, I may wake up early one more time...
As I was watering the tomato plants in the raised bed area, I was surprised to notice a ripe Michael Pollan. After looking it over it was clear we couldn't keep it, but a tomato just next to this one was not only ripe but just fine. I also noticed a ripe Green Grape and a hidden Garden Peach(2).
Pierce's Pride looks awful and may be pulled shortly.
I did catch up on the back yard tomato watering, leaving the front yard "koi pond" remaining to be done.
We've now harvested over 300 Orange Paruche tomatoes (328) this year.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Harvested Two Volunteers!
Saturday's harvest includes 17 Orange Paruche, 13 Sunchocola, 4 SunGold, 3 Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, 3 Earliana, 3 Bread and Salt (8 ounces, 12.5 ounces), 3 Matt's Wild Cherry, 2 Garden Peach(1) (new), 2 Garden Peach(2), Garden Peach(3) (new), Stupice, Odoriko, Husky Cherry Red(1), Husky Cherry Red(2) and Sugar Snack for a total of 56 tomatoes.
I noticed Volunteer(1) had tomatoes ready to harvest in the morning and obviously picked a couple of them. They looked and felt exactly like Volunteer(2) (which was renamed Garden Peach). I took note that Volunteer(3) had maturing tomatoes that were yellow and could be another Garden Peach tomato plant.
In the evening I told my wife the good news that we have a second and potentially a third Garden Peach plant. She verified that the two harvested tomatoes were Garden Peach tomatoes. I took her out Volunteer(3) and showed her the maturing tomato. She said it was ready so we harvested it. It felt and looked like another Garden Peach!
So I've adjusted the names of these plants on the online spreadsheet. Volunteer(1) becomes Garden Peach(1), Volunteer(2) became Garden Peach and is now Garden Peach(2) and Volunteer(3) becomes Garden Peach(3).
All of these Garden Peach tomatoes appear to be undersized, though healthy and "unstressed". For the most part their size is around nickel to quarter size. Garden Peach tomatoes are usually (at least for us) golf ball sized or larger. My guess is that these plants are doing great with the soil in the raised bed but once the roots hit the dirt below, the roots begin to struggle finding both nutrition and places to expand. In other words, the dirt below the raised bed isn't all that great.
I noted that Bloody Butcher had maturing tomatoes.
I noticed Volunteer(1) had tomatoes ready to harvest in the morning and obviously picked a couple of them. They looked and felt exactly like Volunteer(2) (which was renamed Garden Peach). I took note that Volunteer(3) had maturing tomatoes that were yellow and could be another Garden Peach tomato plant.
In the evening I told my wife the good news that we have a second and potentially a third Garden Peach plant. She verified that the two harvested tomatoes were Garden Peach tomatoes. I took her out Volunteer(3) and showed her the maturing tomato. She said it was ready so we harvested it. It felt and looked like another Garden Peach!
So I've adjusted the names of these plants on the online spreadsheet. Volunteer(1) becomes Garden Peach(1), Volunteer(2) became Garden Peach and is now Garden Peach(2) and Volunteer(3) becomes Garden Peach(3).
All of these Garden Peach tomatoes appear to be undersized, though healthy and "unstressed". For the most part their size is around nickel to quarter size. Garden Peach tomatoes are usually (at least for us) golf ball sized or larger. My guess is that these plants are doing great with the soil in the raised bed but once the roots hit the dirt below, the roots begin to struggle finding both nutrition and places to expand. In other words, the dirt below the raised bed isn't all that great.
I noted that Bloody Butcher had maturing tomatoes.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Harvested Four New Tomatoes Today!
Today's harvest includes 16 Orange Paruche, 6 Sunchocola, 3 Earliana, 2 Yellow Perfection, 2 SunGold, 2 Sugar Snack, Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red, Vorlon (new), Evan's Purple Pear (new), Jaune Flamme (new), Husky Cherry Red(2) (new) and Stupice for a total of 36 tomatoes.
This should be about the tenth Jaune Flamme harvested but the first nine have been eaten by scrub jays. Speaking of which, we haven't seen the scrub jays in about a week or so. My wife has noted that there are large crows patroling our neighborhood now. Note that the scrub jays didn't get our exposed Cherokee Purple tomatoes yesterday.
We finally breached 30 tomatoes today, reaching 36. Don't be surprised if within three weeks it's over 130 tomatoes. We'll see.
The harvested Vorlon is a "stress" harvest (maturing quicker due to stress) and is tiny. The plant itself seems stressed. The other newly harvested tomatoes look just fine.
Here's a before and after image of our roasted tomatoes from a few days ago.
This should be about the tenth Jaune Flamme harvested but the first nine have been eaten by scrub jays. Speaking of which, we haven't seen the scrub jays in about a week or so. My wife has noted that there are large crows patroling our neighborhood now. Note that the scrub jays didn't get our exposed Cherokee Purple tomatoes yesterday.
We finally breached 30 tomatoes today, reaching 36. Don't be surprised if within three weeks it's over 130 tomatoes. We'll see.
The harvested Vorlon is a "stress" harvest (maturing quicker due to stress) and is tiny. The plant itself seems stressed. The other newly harvested tomatoes look just fine.
Here's a before and after image of our roasted tomatoes from a few days ago.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Harvested Earliana and Cherokee Purple!
Monday's harvest includes 14 Orange Paruche, 3 Earliana (new), 3 Sunchocola, 3 Stupice, 2 Yellow Perfection, Adriana's Grande and SunGold for a total of 27 tomatoes.
Monday evening my wife and I tried Earliana. It's a nice looking firm tomato when cut. The taste was good but not great. The taste was definitely improved with salt. However, these are the first tomatoes of the bunch and taste tends to improve as the first harvest wave comes in.
Today's harvest includes 14 Orange Paruche, 6 Sunchocola, 4 Stupice, 3 Yellow Perfection, 2 Cherokee Purple (new) and SunGold for a total of 30 tomatoes.
The harvested Cherokee Purples are a little on the small side but that's okay.
I noticed that Odoriko, Evan's Purple Pear and Pierce's Pride have growing tomatoes. The tide is slowly coming in...
Monday evening my wife and I tried Earliana. It's a nice looking firm tomato when cut. The taste was good but not great. The taste was definitely improved with salt. However, these are the first tomatoes of the bunch and taste tends to improve as the first harvest wave comes in.
Today's harvest includes 14 Orange Paruche, 6 Sunchocola, 4 Stupice, 3 Yellow Perfection, 2 Cherokee Purple (new) and SunGold for a total of 30 tomatoes.
The harvested Cherokee Purples are a little on the small side but that's okay.
I noticed that Odoriko, Evan's Purple Pear and Pierce's Pride have growing tomatoes. The tide is slowly coming in...
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Harvested Adriana's Grande!
Today's harvest includes 9 Orange Paruche, 7 Stupice, 5 Yellow Perfection, 3 Sunchocola, 2 Adriana's Grande (new, 8 ounces), 2 SunGold and Matt's Wild Cherry for a total of 29 tomatoes.
The Adriana's Grande are nice to have but they matured a little early because the branch they were on had bent downward.
We've now harvested over 300 tomatoes this year (304).
My wife roasted a lot of our tomatoes in the oven and they came out great! We also tasted Hungarian Heart and it was fabulous.
I double watered the front yard tomatoes. I gave fertilizer and worm castings to Janet's Jacinthe Jewel before watering. During the watering I did a lot of tomato taping and cutting off some of the dead branches.
Porkchop(1) has a growing tomato. Now everything in the front yard has growing tomatoes.
Vorlon has a maturing tomato, but the plant looks stressed. However, several Bread and Salt are maturing, Earliana is about ready for harvesting and the tomato garden is set to explode. Don't be fooled by the "stressed" tomatoes that have matured, there will be plenty of unstressed tomatoes naturally maturing coming over the next half month or so. And our tomatoes are already really tasty.
The Adriana's Grande are nice to have but they matured a little early because the branch they were on had bent downward.
We've now harvested over 300 tomatoes this year (304).
My wife roasted a lot of our tomatoes in the oven and they came out great! We also tasted Hungarian Heart and it was fabulous.
I double watered the front yard tomatoes. I gave fertilizer and worm castings to Janet's Jacinthe Jewel before watering. During the watering I did a lot of tomato taping and cutting off some of the dead branches.
Porkchop(1) has a growing tomato. Now everything in the front yard has growing tomatoes.
Vorlon has a maturing tomato, but the plant looks stressed. However, several Bread and Salt are maturing, Earliana is about ready for harvesting and the tomato garden is set to explode. Don't be fooled by the "stressed" tomatoes that have matured, there will be plenty of unstressed tomatoes naturally maturing coming over the next half month or so. And our tomatoes are already really tasty.
Harvested 3 New Tomatoes!
Today's harvest includes 6 Sunchocola, 6 Orange Paruche, 4 Stupice, Janet's Jacinthe Jewel (new), Hungarian Heart (new, 10 ounces), Matt's Wild Cherry (new), Yellow Perfection, SunGold and Garden Peach for a total of 22 tomatoes.
The container plants in the back yard -- that includes the ones in the raised beds -- got fertilizer and were double watered. My wife had already watered the containers by the south gate a few days ago, but I watered them again. The back yard plants in the ground were watered but only once.
I notieced that Neves Azorean Red has a growing tomato. I forgot to mention in my last blog post that Beauty King and Porkchop(2) also have growing tomatoes. And Cherokee Purple has a maturing tomato.
The new Janet's Jacinthe Jewel tomato looks pretty good, but the plant keeps looking worse and worse. I'll try to hit it with fertilizer and worm castings before watering it in on Sunday.
Speaking of which, Snow White and Golden Rave don't look that great either. But the German Orange Strawberry plant is nearly seven feet tall!
And as mentioned previously, the new Hungarian Heart came from a broken branch earlier this week. The maturation was due to stress.
The container plants in the back yard -- that includes the ones in the raised beds -- got fertilizer and were double watered. My wife had already watered the containers by the south gate a few days ago, but I watered them again. The back yard plants in the ground were watered but only once.
I notieced that Neves Azorean Red has a growing tomato. I forgot to mention in my last blog post that Beauty King and Porkchop(2) also have growing tomatoes. And Cherokee Purple has a maturing tomato.
The new Janet's Jacinthe Jewel tomato looks pretty good, but the plant keeps looking worse and worse. I'll try to hit it with fertilizer and worm castings before watering it in on Sunday.
Speaking of which, Snow White and Golden Rave don't look that great either. But the German Orange Strawberry plant is nearly seven feet tall!
And as mentioned previously, the new Hungarian Heart came from a broken branch earlier this week. The maturation was due to stress.
Friday, June 20, 2014
No Watering This Week
Wednesday's harvest includes 20 Orange Paruche, 4 Yellow Perfection, 3 Sunchocola and Stupice for a total of 28 tomatoes.
A Sugar Snack and a Stupice were lost to birds in spite of the nets.
I brought half of our remaining tomatoes to our computer user group meeting. They were gone pretty quickly. One person described the tomatoes as "candy".
Thursday's harvest includes 12 Orange Paruche, 6 Yellow Perfection, 5 Sunchocola, 3 SunGold and 2 Stupice for a total of 28 tomatoes.
Today's harvest includes 15 Orange Paruche, 5 Yellow Perfection, 3 Stupice, Sunchocola, Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red and Sugar Snack for a total of 26 tomatoes.
We'll be "harvesting" a Hungarian Heart tomorrow. It broke off the branch early this week and has been maturing on a plate in the kitchen.
The other note is that we haven't watered at all this week. I believe the front yard was watered a week ago Thursday and the back yard a week ago Tuesday.
A Sugar Snack and a Stupice were lost to birds in spite of the nets.
I brought half of our remaining tomatoes to our computer user group meeting. They were gone pretty quickly. One person described the tomatoes as "candy".
Thursday's harvest includes 12 Orange Paruche, 6 Yellow Perfection, 5 Sunchocola, 3 SunGold and 2 Stupice for a total of 28 tomatoes.
Today's harvest includes 15 Orange Paruche, 5 Yellow Perfection, 3 Stupice, Sunchocola, Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red and Sugar Snack for a total of 26 tomatoes.
We'll be "harvesting" a Hungarian Heart tomorrow. It broke off the branch early this week and has been maturing on a plate in the kitchen.
The other note is that we haven't watered at all this week. I believe the front yard was watered a week ago Thursday and the back yard a week ago Tuesday.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Two More Maturing Tomato Varieties
Today's harvest includes 10 Orange Paruche, 9 Sunchocola, 2 Stupice and SunGold for a total of 22 tomatoes.
I did a little bit of tomato taping in the back yard during the harvest.
No bird damage noted, though there were several scrub jays noted in the back yard. My wife added the top of a birdbath on top of a pot, making it functional. It is our hope that this will also help with some of the pecking. On our todo list is to add sand to the pot.
Both Adriana's Grande and Earliana have maturing tomatoes.
I did a little bit of tomato taping in the back yard during the harvest.
No bird damage noted, though there were several scrub jays noted in the back yard. My wife added the top of a birdbath on top of a pot, making it functional. It is our hope that this will also help with some of the pecking. On our todo list is to add sand to the pot.
Both Adriana's Grande and Earliana have maturing tomatoes.
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Janet's Jacinthe Jewel Not Looking Healthy
Today's harvest includes 10 Sunchocola, 9 Orange Paruche, 5 SunGold, 2 Stupice, Yellow Perfection and Sugar Snack for a total of 28 tomatoes.
A relative was graduating from college this morning and we went to a lunch celebration in Pasadena. We brought all of today's harvest with us to share with relatives. This worked out well. The tomatoes were quite good and lunch was served late. At least we had these to tide us over for a bit!
I forgot to mention that on Thursday I watered the front yard tomato plants. Also, Black SeaMan was pulled.
In the evening we saw a scrub jay prancing around the back yard. Eventually this bird reached SunGold. The bird was attempting to peck at a mature tomato but got confused by the netting. The bird eventually gave up. Yes!
Janet's Jacinthe Jewel is not looking healthy. It's somewhat droopy and has a significant amount of yellow leaves.
I'm starting a new job tomorrow. I'm really, really looking forward to this.
A relative was graduating from college this morning and we went to a lunch celebration in Pasadena. We brought all of today's harvest with us to share with relatives. This worked out well. The tomatoes were quite good and lunch was served late. At least we had these to tide us over for a bit!
I forgot to mention that on Thursday I watered the front yard tomato plants. Also, Black SeaMan was pulled.
In the evening we saw a scrub jay prancing around the back yard. Eventually this bird reached SunGold. The bird was attempting to peck at a mature tomato but got confused by the netting. The bird eventually gave up. Yes!
Janet's Jacinthe Jewel is not looking healthy. It's somewhat droopy and has a significant amount of yellow leaves.
I'm starting a new job tomorrow. I'm really, really looking forward to this.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Matt's Wild Cherry Has A Maturing Tomato!
Friday's harvest includes 6 Orange Paruche, 2 Yellow Perfection and Sugar Snack for a total of 9 tomatoes.
We had a friend come over to watch the LA Kings game (They're the Stanley Cup Champions!!!). We tried several tomatoes. All were quite good but all of us were noticing how good Orange Paruche tasted. I think we'll plant this every year if we see it around...
Today's harvest includes 12 Orange Paruche, 2 Stupice, Yellow Perfection, Sunchocola and SunGold for a total of 17 tomatoes.
While training the back yard tomato plants at night, I noticed that a Matt's Wild Cherry tomato is maturing. Also, Paul Robeson and Brad's Black Heart have growing tomatoes.
We had a friend come over to watch the LA Kings game (They're the Stanley Cup Champions!!!). We tried several tomatoes. All were quite good but all of us were noticing how good Orange Paruche tasted. I think we'll plant this every year if we see it around...
Today's harvest includes 12 Orange Paruche, 2 Stupice, Yellow Perfection, Sunchocola and SunGold for a total of 17 tomatoes.
While training the back yard tomato plants at night, I noticed that a Matt's Wild Cherry tomato is maturing. Also, Paul Robeson and Brad's Black Heart have growing tomatoes.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
The Scrub Jay Is Destroying Our Maturing Tomatoes In The Back Yard
Today's harvest includes 5 Orange Paruche, 2 Yellow Perfection (new) and Stupice for a total of 8 tomatoes.
Very late last night I remembered that Jaune Flamme had maturing tomatoes and I hadn't checked on them in the morning. I went out and looked...it looked like one of the maturing tomatoes was simply gone and the other one was 80 percent eaten away.
This morning I checked on Sugar Snack. 2 of them were mature and both of them were torn apart by birds.
All the bird damage is coming from the back yard.
Today's Stupice was a maturing tomato from the broken branch from a few days ago. The other tomatoes on the branch will not mature and will be thrown away.
My wife bought some more bird netting and other items designed to placate or scare away this evil scrub jay. However, we didn't have time to install any of it today.
Here's a picture of some of our harvested tomatoes over the past few days.
Very late last night I remembered that Jaune Flamme had maturing tomatoes and I hadn't checked on them in the morning. I went out and looked...it looked like one of the maturing tomatoes was simply gone and the other one was 80 percent eaten away.
This morning I checked on Sugar Snack. 2 of them were mature and both of them were torn apart by birds.
All the bird damage is coming from the back yard.
Today's Stupice was a maturing tomato from the broken branch from a few days ago. The other tomatoes on the branch will not mature and will be thrown away.
My wife bought some more bird netting and other items designed to placate or scare away this evil scrub jay. However, we didn't have time to install any of it today.
Here's a picture of some of our harvested tomatoes over the past few days.
Sunday, June 8, 2014
SunGold and Orange Paruche Have Maturing Tomatoes!
Thursday's harvest: None. A ripe Stupice got pecked by a bird so I had to throw it away.
Friday's harvest: None. The next ripe Stupice got hit by a bird again. This tomato was pretty torn apart. When I went to pull it off, a whole branch of unripe Stupice came off with it. Grrrrrrrrrrr......
The Pineapple Pig tomato plant has a lot of leaves turning yellow and doesn't appear to be growing at the same pace as others.
Saturday's harvest: Sunchocola.
I noticed that Speckled Roman(1) and Golden Rave have growing tomatoes. Also, I should mention that Persimmon(2) (not Persimmon) had growing tomatoes some time ago but I had forgotten to mention it.
Today's harvest: Sunchocola.
I did a fair amount tomato training late in the evening.
SunGold and Orange Paruche have maturing tomatoes! In fact, I pulled off an Orange Paruche that looked ripe. I'll add that to tomorrow's totals.
Plants with growing tomatoes include Blue Beauty, Berkeley Tie Dye (now all the tomato plants in the "koi pond" have growing tomatoes), Indian Stripe (but the plant looks lousy) and Speckled Roman(2).
Sunchocola and Adriana's Grande are 6 feet tall. That's right, 6 feet tall. It's June 8, folks! This is ridiculous. German Orange Strawberry isn't that far behind, heightwise.
Friday's harvest: None. The next ripe Stupice got hit by a bird again. This tomato was pretty torn apart. When I went to pull it off, a whole branch of unripe Stupice came off with it. Grrrrrrrrrrr......
The Pineapple Pig tomato plant has a lot of leaves turning yellow and doesn't appear to be growing at the same pace as others.
Saturday's harvest: Sunchocola.
I noticed that Speckled Roman(1) and Golden Rave have growing tomatoes. Also, I should mention that Persimmon(2) (not Persimmon) had growing tomatoes some time ago but I had forgotten to mention it.
Today's harvest: Sunchocola.
I did a fair amount tomato training late in the evening.
SunGold and Orange Paruche have maturing tomatoes! In fact, I pulled off an Orange Paruche that looked ripe. I'll add that to tomorrow's totals.
Plants with growing tomatoes include Blue Beauty, Berkeley Tie Dye (now all the tomato plants in the "koi pond" have growing tomatoes), Indian Stripe (but the plant looks lousy) and Speckled Roman(2).
Sunchocola and Adriana's Grande are 6 feet tall. That's right, 6 feet tall. It's June 8, folks! This is ridiculous. German Orange Strawberry isn't that far behind, heightwise.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Harvested Sunchocola!
Sunday's harvest: 2 Stupice.
Monday's harvest: Stupice.
Tuesday's harvest: 2 Stupice and Sunchocola for a total of 3 tomatoes. I got a little bit of tomato training in the evening.
Black SeaMan is dead. We won't be getting anything from this plant. The transplanted Volunteer(4) is looking better and Purple Bumble Bee looks just fine. We'll see if they can produce some fruit after the late (trans)planting...
Today's harvest: Stupice and Sunchocola for a total of 2 tomatoes.
I woke up early to catch up on tomato training all the plants. Also, I fertilized and watered the front yard tomato plants.
During my rounds I noticed that Green Zebra had a growing tomato. That plant is in one of the pots near the south fence that doesn't get a lot of sun...
I had some Stupice and Sunchocola tomatoes today, they were tasty. Good stuff!
Monday's harvest: Stupice.
Tuesday's harvest: 2 Stupice and Sunchocola for a total of 3 tomatoes. I got a little bit of tomato training in the evening.
Black SeaMan is dead. We won't be getting anything from this plant. The transplanted Volunteer(4) is looking better and Purple Bumble Bee looks just fine. We'll see if they can produce some fruit after the late (trans)planting...
Today's harvest: Stupice and Sunchocola for a total of 2 tomatoes.
I woke up early to catch up on tomato training all the plants. Also, I fertilized and watered the front yard tomato plants.
During my rounds I noticed that Green Zebra had a growing tomato. That plant is in one of the pots near the south fence that doesn't get a lot of sun...
I had some Stupice and Sunchocola tomatoes today, they were tasty. Good stuff!
Saturday, May 31, 2014
A Sunchocola Tomato Is Maturing
Friday's harvest: 2 Stupice.
Before my wife watered the back yard tomatoes, I added tomato fertilizer to all of them. We also remade about a dozen "moats". That was the hard work and my wife did most of it. Some of the "moats" we had remade just two or three weeks ago.
I noticed that Black Icicle had growing tomatoes.
Today's harvest: Stupice.
I did some more training of the front and back yard tomatoes. I noticed that Pineapple has a growing tomato.
Also, a Sunchocola tomato is turning brown and will be our next harvestable tomato. It looks like we're going to get an awesome production from this plant.
Before my wife watered the back yard tomatoes, I added tomato fertilizer to all of them. We also remade about a dozen "moats". That was the hard work and my wife did most of it. Some of the "moats" we had remade just two or three weeks ago.
I noticed that Black Icicle had growing tomatoes.
Today's harvest: Stupice.
I did some more training of the front and back yard tomatoes. I noticed that Pineapple has a growing tomato.
Also, a Sunchocola tomato is turning brown and will be our next harvestable tomato. It looks like we're going to get an awesome production from this plant.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
We're Harvesting!
Tuesday's harvest includes 3 Stupice.
We're harvesting! We tried a couple of the Stupice and they taste like you'd expect -- a fresh tomato with a "classic" tomato taste. Nothing spectacular, nothing unusual, just a tomato you can slice in half and toss it into a salad. We're off to the races!
I added fertilizer to Black SeaMan. My wife watered it in and trimmed the burned leaves (the dogs pee on this plant for some reason). The plant does not look good but we hope for a turnaround.
Wednesday's harvest includes 2 Stupice.
My wife replaced the destroyed Blush with Momotaro.
Today's harvest includes 3 Stupice.
I cut a lot of the low branches for all the tomatoes again and did a lot of training. During my cutting and training I noticed several plants with tomatoes. These include German Orange Strawberry, Black Krim, Snow White, Pierce's Pride and Nyagous.
Every plant in the "koi pond" now has a growing tomato except Berkeley Tie Dye.
I added a stake to support Volunteer(2).
We're harvesting! We tried a couple of the Stupice and they taste like you'd expect -- a fresh tomato with a "classic" tomato taste. Nothing spectacular, nothing unusual, just a tomato you can slice in half and toss it into a salad. We're off to the races!
I added fertilizer to Black SeaMan. My wife watered it in and trimmed the burned leaves (the dogs pee on this plant for some reason). The plant does not look good but we hope for a turnaround.
Wednesday's harvest includes 2 Stupice.
My wife replaced the destroyed Blush with Momotaro.
Today's harvest includes 3 Stupice.
I cut a lot of the low branches for all the tomatoes again and did a lot of training. During my cutting and training I noticed several plants with tomatoes. These include German Orange Strawberry, Black Krim, Snow White, Pierce's Pride and Nyagous.
Every plant in the "koi pond" now has a growing tomato except Berkeley Tie Dye.
I added a stake to support Volunteer(2).
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