Tuesday's harvest includes 24 SunGold tomatoes.
Wednesday's harvest includes 25 SunGold, Husky Cherry Red(1) and Snow White(2) for a total of 27 tomatoes.
Thursday's harvest includes 37 SunGold, 2 Snow White(2) and Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 40 tomatoes.
Today's harvest includes 33 SunGold, 2 Snow White(2) and Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 36 tomatoes.
We've now harvested over 3000 SunGold tomatoes this year (3013)! The scary thing is this plant has a lot of new blooms and may have another large harvest in the next month or so.
Having noted that, I'm pleasantly surprised by the SunGold harvest during this month. My internal harvest prediction for October was going to be 200 tomatoes and after the first week I thought that would be too high. We've harvested 320 SunGold tomatoes this month, 395 overall so far.
We've had Santa Ana winds the past couple of days. Both Snow White(2) and SunGold are noticeably less tall -- they've been blown to the west. It's unclear what damage has been done, if any.
Our new dog found a hornworm on Snow White(2).
We have definitely passed our all time harvest high for a year (2009/11,155 tomatoes). We are currently at 11,267 harvested tomatoes and the number will continue to rise.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Harvested Over 2850 SunGold Tomatoes!
Monday's harvest (last week) includes 5 SunGold tomatoes.
Tuesday's harvest includes 4 SunGold and 2 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 6 tomatoes.
Wednesday's harvest includes 11 SunGold, 4 Snow White(2) and 3 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 18 tomatoes.
Today's harvest includes 84 SunGold, 10 Snow White(2), 3 Husky Cherry Red(1) and Husky Cherry Red(2) for a total of 98 tomatoes.
The Thursday - Sunday gap was due to being out of town for those days. We were at a conference in Arizona.
Yes, today's total for SunGold is correct. I counted it twice.
It must have gotten cooler while we were away. Not only did I harvest a ton of SunGold tomatoes today but I saw plenty of blooms. We could get a "third wind" from this plant.
My wife pulled Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red a week ago Monday.
We've now harvested over 2850 SunGold tomatoes (2894) for the year! Also, we're only a few tomatoes away from our all time high for a yearly harvest.
Tuesday's harvest includes 4 SunGold and 2 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 6 tomatoes.
Wednesday's harvest includes 11 SunGold, 4 Snow White(2) and 3 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 18 tomatoes.
Today's harvest includes 84 SunGold, 10 Snow White(2), 3 Husky Cherry Red(1) and Husky Cherry Red(2) for a total of 98 tomatoes.
The Thursday - Sunday gap was due to being out of town for those days. We were at a conference in Arizona.
Yes, today's total for SunGold is correct. I counted it twice.
It must have gotten cooler while we were away. Not only did I harvest a ton of SunGold tomatoes today but I saw plenty of blooms. We could get a "third wind" from this plant.
My wife pulled Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red a week ago Monday.
We've now harvested over 2850 SunGold tomatoes (2894) for the year! Also, we're only a few tomatoes away from our all time high for a yearly harvest.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Harvested Over 11000 Tomatoes This Year!
Monday's harvest: 20 SunGold, 3 Snow White(2) and 2 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 25 tomatoes.
Saturday's harvest: 23 SunGold, 5 Snow White(2) and 4 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 32 tomatoes.
Today's harvest: 15 SunGold, 3 SunGold and 2 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total 20 tomatoes.
We didn't harvest from Tuesday - Friday as we were out of town. We flew from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Some people on the plane saw Air Force One over to the right (Obama was traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco for fundraising). Our landing was delayed because of it.
We took BART to our hotel. I bought three tickets but the machine spit out only one and then failed. I had to go find help with the receipt to get credit for the other two tickets. We got to the hotel (it's really a residence/club but we'll call it a hotel) and our keys wouldn't work in the door. So we got replacements. They didn't work, either. The master key worked, but nothing else. It took a bit over a day to actually get our own keys.
But don't let that get you down. It was a great room, we were happy and had quite a good time.
Apparently it rained while we were away. We got some minor rain in San Francisco but it was quite minor.
Thursday the Giants clinched their playoff series with the Cincinnati Reds. I got to see office workers across the street watch the game from their offices (we were on the fifth floor overlooking Market Street). That was fun to watch.
I picked off a hornworm on Snow White(2) today.
Anyway, we've now harvested over 11,000 tomatoes for the year (11,013)! I believe our one year record is 11,155 in 2009 but I'm too lazy to look it up right now. Also, we've harvested over 2750 SunGold tomatoes for the year(2790).
Saturday's harvest: 23 SunGold, 5 Snow White(2) and 4 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 32 tomatoes.
Today's harvest: 15 SunGold, 3 SunGold and 2 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total 20 tomatoes.
We didn't harvest from Tuesday - Friday as we were out of town. We flew from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Some people on the plane saw Air Force One over to the right (Obama was traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco for fundraising). Our landing was delayed because of it.
We took BART to our hotel. I bought three tickets but the machine spit out only one and then failed. I had to go find help with the receipt to get credit for the other two tickets. We got to the hotel (it's really a residence/club but we'll call it a hotel) and our keys wouldn't work in the door. So we got replacements. They didn't work, either. The master key worked, but nothing else. It took a bit over a day to actually get our own keys.
But don't let that get you down. It was a great room, we were happy and had quite a good time.
Apparently it rained while we were away. We got some minor rain in San Francisco but it was quite minor.
Thursday the Giants clinched their playoff series with the Cincinnati Reds. I got to see office workers across the street watch the game from their offices (we were on the fifth floor overlooking Market Street). That was fun to watch.
I picked off a hornworm on Snow White(2) today.
Anyway, we've now harvested over 11,000 tomatoes for the year (11,013)! I believe our one year record is 11,155 in 2009 but I'm too lazy to look it up right now. Also, we've harvested over 2750 SunGold tomatoes for the year(2790).
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Harvested Over 2700 SunGold Tomatoes!
Sunday's harvest: 4 Husky Cherry Red(1), 2 Husky Cherry Red(2) and SunGold for a total of 7 tomatoes.
Monday's harvest: 4 Husky Cherry Red(1) and 2 SunGold for a total of 6 tomatoes.
Tuesday's harvest: 4 Husky Cherry Red(1) and 2 SunGold for a total of 6 tomatoes.
Wednesday's harvest: 4 SunGold and 2 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 6 tomatoes.
Thursday's harvest: 4 SunGold and 2 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 6 tomatoes.
Friday's harvest: 3 SunGold and 3 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 6 tomatoes.
Saturday's harvest: 12 SunGold, 5 Snow White(2) and 3 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 20 tomatoes.
Today's harvest: 12 SunGold and 2 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 14 tomatoes.
The hornworm "harvest" for the week was as follows:
Monday: SunGold
Tuesday: 2 SunGold
Wednesday: SunGold
Thursday: 2 SunGold
Friday: Snow White(2)
Sunday: Snow White(2)
So I think the totals are now 14 hornworms found on SunGold and 5 on Snow White(2).
Sunday's high: 103.9
Monday's high: 107.1
Tuesday's high: 104.3
...then the temperature finally, finally broke.
We've now harvested over 2700 SunGold tomatoes (2732) and over 350 Snow White(2) tomatoes (351)! In fact, SunGold just passed our all time harvest for one year, surpassing last year's total of 2727 Matt's Wild Cherry tomatoes. And the plant is getting a second wind.
Monday's harvest: 4 Husky Cherry Red(1) and 2 SunGold for a total of 6 tomatoes.
Tuesday's harvest: 4 Husky Cherry Red(1) and 2 SunGold for a total of 6 tomatoes.
Wednesday's harvest: 4 SunGold and 2 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 6 tomatoes.
Thursday's harvest: 4 SunGold and 2 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 6 tomatoes.
Friday's harvest: 3 SunGold and 3 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 6 tomatoes.
Saturday's harvest: 12 SunGold, 5 Snow White(2) and 3 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 20 tomatoes.
Today's harvest: 12 SunGold and 2 Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 14 tomatoes.
The hornworm "harvest" for the week was as follows:
Monday: SunGold
Tuesday: 2 SunGold
Wednesday: SunGold
Thursday: 2 SunGold
Friday: Snow White(2)
Sunday: Snow White(2)
So I think the totals are now 14 hornworms found on SunGold and 5 on Snow White(2).
Sunday's high: 103.9
Monday's high: 107.1
Tuesday's high: 104.3
...then the temperature finally, finally broke.
We've now harvested over 2700 SunGold tomatoes (2732) and over 350 Snow White(2) tomatoes (351)! In fact, SunGold just passed our all time harvest for one year, surpassing last year's total of 2727 Matt's Wild Cherry tomatoes. And the plant is getting a second wind.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
"Harvested" 11 Hornworms!
Monday's harvest: SunGold.
Tuesday's harvest: SunGold and Snow White(2) for a total of 2 tomatoes.
Wednesday's harvest: 3 SunGold, Husky Cherry Red(1) and Husky Cherry Red(2) for a total of 5 tomatoes.
Thursday's harvest: SunGold.
Friday's harvest: 2 SunGold, Husky Cherry Red(1) and Husky Cherry Red(2) for a total of 4 tomatoes.
Today's harvest: 3 Husky Cherry Red(1), 2 Husky Cherry Red(2), SunGold and Snow White(2) for a total of 7 tomatoes.
Last week I noticed signs of hornworms -- I noticed the excrement on the brick path underneath SunGold. But quick glances discovered no hornworms and no damage. But on Monday I noticed a hornworm on Snow White(2). That trained my eye for discovering hornworms and I found them throughout the week. Here's the breakdown:
Monday: Snow White(2).
Tuesday: 3 SunGold
Wednesday: 4 SunGold, Snow White(2).
Friday: Snow White(2)
I found 8 hornworms on SunGold and 3 hornworms on Snow White(2). And now I see the damage, mild damage on both plants.
The cooler night time temperatures has allowed fruit to set on all the tomato plants. However, we should have record breaking high temperatures this Monday. It's already been up to 96.0 today.
No milestones, but there's enough growing tomatoes to reach a few milestones over the next several weeks.
Tuesday's harvest: SunGold and Snow White(2) for a total of 2 tomatoes.
Wednesday's harvest: 3 SunGold, Husky Cherry Red(1) and Husky Cherry Red(2) for a total of 5 tomatoes.
Thursday's harvest: SunGold.
Friday's harvest: 2 SunGold, Husky Cherry Red(1) and Husky Cherry Red(2) for a total of 4 tomatoes.
Today's harvest: 3 Husky Cherry Red(1), 2 Husky Cherry Red(2), SunGold and Snow White(2) for a total of 7 tomatoes.
Last week I noticed signs of hornworms -- I noticed the excrement on the brick path underneath SunGold. But quick glances discovered no hornworms and no damage. But on Monday I noticed a hornworm on Snow White(2). That trained my eye for discovering hornworms and I found them throughout the week. Here's the breakdown:
Monday: Snow White(2).
Tuesday: 3 SunGold
Wednesday: 4 SunGold, Snow White(2).
Friday: Snow White(2)
I found 8 hornworms on SunGold and 3 hornworms on Snow White(2). And now I see the damage, mild damage on both plants.
The cooler night time temperatures has allowed fruit to set on all the tomato plants. However, we should have record breaking high temperatures this Monday. It's already been up to 96.0 today.
No milestones, but there's enough growing tomatoes to reach a few milestones over the next several weeks.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Pulled Out 18 Tomato Plants
There was no harvest on Saturday.
However, the gardeners came and pulled out plenty of tomato plants. The carnage included Sweet 100, Copper River, Big Bite, Carmello, Thessaloniki, Giant Syrian, German Orange Strawberry, Snow White(1), Black and Brown Boar(2), Purple Dog Creek, Delicious, Neves Azorean Red, Italian Heirloom, Amazon Chocolate, Amana Orange, Aunt Ruby's German Green, Watermelon and Pineapple(2) -- 18 plants in all. I might have kept one or two of those, but a vast majority were ready to go. We're left with 6 plants left but one of them was missed by the gardeners. We have 5 good ones remaining.
Both Husky Cherry Red tomato plants are still going even though they were planted in February. They're tough, rugged plants that take a licking and keep on ticking...
Yesterday got up to 101.9. The heat just will not let up for any appreciable period of time...
Today's harvest includes 4 Husky Cherry Red(2), SunGold and Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 6 tomatoes.
However, the gardeners came and pulled out plenty of tomato plants. The carnage included Sweet 100, Copper River, Big Bite, Carmello, Thessaloniki, Giant Syrian, German Orange Strawberry, Snow White(1), Black and Brown Boar(2), Purple Dog Creek, Delicious, Neves Azorean Red, Italian Heirloom, Amazon Chocolate, Amana Orange, Aunt Ruby's German Green, Watermelon and Pineapple(2) -- 18 plants in all. I might have kept one or two of those, but a vast majority were ready to go. We're left with 6 plants left but one of them was missed by the gardeners. We have 5 good ones remaining.
Both Husky Cherry Red tomato plants are still going even though they were planted in February. They're tough, rugged plants that take a licking and keep on ticking...
Yesterday got up to 101.9. The heat just will not let up for any appreciable period of time...
Today's harvest includes 4 Husky Cherry Red(2), SunGold and Husky Cherry Red(1) for a total of 6 tomatoes.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Harvested 950 Husky Cherry Red(1) Tomatoes!
Yesterday's harvest includes SunGold, Sweet 100, Husky Cherry Red(1), Husky Cherry Red(2), German Orange Strawberry and Snow White(1) for a total of 6 tomatoes.
My wife pulled Ella's Pink Plum and Italian Tree.
And again, the heat is pounding the tomato plants and us: It got up to 102.6 degrees yesterday.
Today's harvest includes SunGold, Copper River, Husky Cherry Red(1), Husky Cherry Red(2) and Carmello for a total of 5 tomatoes.
We've now harvested 950 Husky Cherry Red(1) tomatoes!
The gardeners are coming tomorrow and there will be a lot of plants pulled.
My wife pulled Ella's Pink Plum and Italian Tree.
And again, the heat is pounding the tomato plants and us: It got up to 102.6 degrees yesterday.
Today's harvest includes SunGold, Copper River, Husky Cherry Red(1), Husky Cherry Red(2) and Carmello for a total of 5 tomatoes.
We've now harvested 950 Husky Cherry Red(1) tomatoes!
The gardeners are coming tomorrow and there will be a lot of plants pulled.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Seven More Plants Pulled...
Today's harvest includes 5 Husky Cherry Red(1), SunGold, Ella's Pink Plum, German Orange Strawberry, Snow White(1) and Purple Dog Creek for a total of 10 tomatoes.
My wife pulled Nebraska Wedding and Speckled Roman(3) yesterday. But the day before there were five additional plants removed: Yellow Perfection, Red Currant, Matt's Wild Cherry Sweet Million and Oaxacan Pink. And there's still more plants that can be pulled...
No new milestones for today.
My wife pulled Nebraska Wedding and Speckled Roman(3) yesterday. But the day before there were five additional plants removed: Yellow Perfection, Red Currant, Matt's Wild Cherry Sweet Million and Oaxacan Pink. And there's still more plants that can be pulled...
No new milestones for today.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Pulled Three More Front Yard Tomato Plants
Monday's harvest includes 2 SunGold, 2 Speckled Roman(3), 2 Husky Cherry Red(1), Sweet 100, Husky Cherry Red(2), Purple Dog Creek, Delicious and Neves Azorean Red for a total of 11 tomatoes
Today's harvest includes 2 Carmello, SunGold, Copper River, Snow White(1), Black and Brown Boar(2), Husky Cherry Red(1), Purple Dog Creek (7 ounces) and Delicious for a total of 9 tomatoes.
I forgot to mention the heat over the weekend. Friday: 105.6 degrees. Saturday: 103.9 degrees. Sunday wasn't so bad, 94.6 degrees. But any new tomato blooms are going to go sterile in such heat as the heat pounds the plant into submission.
Yesterday my wife pulled out Redfield Beauty, Porkchop(1) and Pierce's Pride(1). Only SunGold remains in the front yard.
No milestones hit, but we did pass 10,800 total harvested tomatoes for this year (10818).
Today's harvest includes 2 Carmello, SunGold, Copper River, Snow White(1), Black and Brown Boar(2), Husky Cherry Red(1), Purple Dog Creek (7 ounces) and Delicious for a total of 9 tomatoes.
I forgot to mention the heat over the weekend. Friday: 105.6 degrees. Saturday: 103.9 degrees. Sunday wasn't so bad, 94.6 degrees. But any new tomato blooms are going to go sterile in such heat as the heat pounds the plant into submission.
Yesterday my wife pulled out Redfield Beauty, Porkchop(1) and Pierce's Pride(1). Only SunGold remains in the front yard.
No milestones hit, but we did pass 10,800 total harvested tomatoes for this year (10818).
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Back Yard Harvest Twice Front Yard Harvest For 2012
Saturday's harvest includes 4 Delicious, 2 SunGold, 2 Amana Orange, 2 Big Bite, 2 Carmello, Copper River, Husky Cherry Red(1), Husky Cherry Red(2), Thessaloniki, Speckled Roman(3), Black and Brown Boar(2), Purple Dog Creek (6 ounces) and Neves Azorean Red for a total of 20 tomatoes.
Saturday my wife and I plus about 30 of our friends and family celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary at Castaways Restaurant in Burbank. It was a ton of fun for everyone involved.
I love you, sweetie!!
Today's harvest includes 5 Speckled Roman(3), 4 Delicious, 2 Neves Azorean Red, 2 SunGold, 2 Black and Brown Boar(2), Pierce's Pride(1), Oaxacan Pink, Husky Cherry Red(1), Thessaloniki, Snow White(1) and Amana Orange for a total of 21 tomatoes.
Several more tomato plants are ready to be pulled. We may be up to 10 more ready to come out.
The back yard harvest total is over twice the front yard harvest total (7201 vs 3597) for this year.
Saturday my wife and I plus about 30 of our friends and family celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary at Castaways Restaurant in Burbank. It was a ton of fun for everyone involved.
I love you, sweetie!!
Today's harvest includes 5 Speckled Roman(3), 4 Delicious, 2 Neves Azorean Red, 2 SunGold, 2 Black and Brown Boar(2), Pierce's Pride(1), Oaxacan Pink, Husky Cherry Red(1), Thessaloniki, Snow White(1) and Amana Orange for a total of 21 tomatoes.
Several more tomato plants are ready to be pulled. We may be up to 10 more ready to come out.
The back yard harvest total is over twice the front yard harvest total (7201 vs 3597) for this year.
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