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.
Sunday, June 22, 2014
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.
Monday, June 16, 2014
Harvested Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red!
Today's harvest includes 14 Orange Paruche, 7 SunGold, 6 Sunchocola, Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red (new), Yellow Perfection and Sugar Snack for a total of 30 tomatoes.
I did a little bit of tomato taping in the front yard during the harvest.
On the down side, I noticed a Jaune Flamme that got whacked (again, sigh) because our netting wasn't as tight as it could be. Also, the maturing Matt's Wild Cherry seemed to be completely gone. The SunGold tomatoes are difficult to harvest because the netting has been put on very well. But it makes it hard for my hand to get inside the netting to the mature tomatoes. And in the evening my wife found a partially eaten Sugar Snack in one of the raised beds.
On the upside, my wife told me about a ripe tomato in the front yard that I hadn't noticed. It was perfectly ready. After a brief description of where it was located, I realized it was Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red. Yum! That was a happy surprise.
In the evening my wife tightened the netting around Jaune Flamme. We added netting to Matt's Wild Cherry and Ananas Noire.
I discovered that Pierce's Pride, Dr. Wyche's Yellow and Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(2) have growing tomatoes!
Janet's Jacinthe Jewel has a maturing tomato. However, this tomato appears to be maturing because the plant is distressed.
We gave away today's harvest except Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red to a neighbor of ours.
I did a little bit of tomato taping in the front yard during the harvest.
On the down side, I noticed a Jaune Flamme that got whacked (again, sigh) because our netting wasn't as tight as it could be. Also, the maturing Matt's Wild Cherry seemed to be completely gone. The SunGold tomatoes are difficult to harvest because the netting has been put on very well. But it makes it hard for my hand to get inside the netting to the mature tomatoes. And in the evening my wife found a partially eaten Sugar Snack in one of the raised beds.
On the upside, my wife told me about a ripe tomato in the front yard that I hadn't noticed. It was perfectly ready. After a brief description of where it was located, I realized it was Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red. Yum! That was a happy surprise.
In the evening my wife tightened the netting around Jaune Flamme. We added netting to Matt's Wild Cherry and Ananas Noire.
I discovered that Pierce's Pride, Dr. Wyche's Yellow and Pink Berkeley Tie Dye(2) have growing tomatoes!
Janet's Jacinthe Jewel has a maturing tomato. However, this tomato appears to be maturing because the plant is distressed.
We gave away today's harvest except Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red to a neighbor of ours.
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.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Harvested SunGold, Bread and Salt and Sugar Snack!
Today's harvest includes 8 Orange Paruche, 2 SunGold (new), 2 Sunchocola, Bread and Salt (new) and Sugar Snack (new) for a total of 14 tomatoes.
The scrub jay got another maturing Jaune Flamme...
Aunt Ruby's German Green and Japanese Black Trifele have growing tomatoes.
My wife and I put more netting around Jaune Flamme, Sugar Snack and Bread and Salt.
The harvested Bread and Salt is a distressed tomato. I've noted that some tomatoes with issues -- in this case an exposed area the size of a dime -- mature earlier than others. It wouldn't surprise me if we don't use this tomato. It also wouldn't surprise me that the next ripe Bread and Salt tomato will be a couple of weeks away.
The scrub jay got another maturing Jaune Flamme...
Aunt Ruby's German Green and Japanese Black Trifele have growing tomatoes.
My wife and I put more netting around Jaune Flamme, Sugar Snack and Bread and Salt.
The harvested Bread and Salt is a distressed tomato. I've noted that some tomatoes with issues -- in this case an exposed area the size of a dime -- mature earlier than others. It wouldn't surprise me if we don't use this tomato. It also wouldn't surprise me that the next ripe Bread and Salt tomato will be a couple of weeks away.
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.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Bread And Salt, Sugar Snack Have Maturing Tomatoes!
Today's harvest includes 14 Orange Paruche and 3 Sunchocola for a total of 17 tomatoes.
I was a bit aggressive with the Orange Paruche harvest, making sure that the birds didn't first pick them off.
I took a look at SunGold and I could tell which tomato was lost to the scrub jay.
Solar Flare has a growing tomato. And Bread and Salt has a maturing tomato.
My wife watered the rest of the back yard tomatoes and noted that Sugar Snack has maturing tomatoes.
I forgot to mention that I cut away the yellowing branches on Pineapple Pig yesterday. Today I hand pulled out some of the dead and yellowing branches and leaves on Adriana's Grande.
Here's a picture of me next to Sunchocola.
There's a bit of an optical illusion with the potato bush against the house (they kind of merge together), but Sunchocola is as tall as me (and I'm a shade under six feet tall). Some of the top branches are taller than me. There are tomatoes all over this plant. IT'S ONLY JUNE 10!!!!!!!
I was a bit aggressive with the Orange Paruche harvest, making sure that the birds didn't first pick them off.
I took a look at SunGold and I could tell which tomato was lost to the scrub jay.
Solar Flare has a growing tomato. And Bread and Salt has a maturing tomato.
My wife watered the rest of the back yard tomatoes and noted that Sugar Snack has maturing tomatoes.
I forgot to mention that I cut away the yellowing branches on Pineapple Pig yesterday. Today I hand pulled out some of the dead and yellowing branches and leaves on Adriana's Grande.
Here's a picture of me next to Sunchocola.
There's a bit of an optical illusion with the potato bush against the house (they kind of merge together), but Sunchocola is as tall as me (and I'm a shade under six feet tall). Some of the top branches are taller than me. There are tomatoes all over this plant. IT'S ONLY JUNE 10!!!!!!!
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