Here is my first bowl of tomatoes along with a few peppers. The peppers were supposed to be Serrano. The nursery put the wrong tags on plants again. They look exactly like Cayenne peppers to me.
The tomato plants are having a really hard time this year. First there was a fungus. Michael of Tomato Casual helped me solve that problem. We communicated by tweets. Don't let anyone tell you twitter is useless.
Anyway, after that we had too much wet weather, followed by too much dry weather, followed by a flood. The tomatoes gave up and quit growing. Yesterday, I discovered spider mites. I gave them a bath with dissolved Zote soap and rinsed them well. Tonight, I will fertilize and add compost and mulch. Hopefully, they will snap back. As insurance, I am already getting my fall plants started. I took cuttings of yellow pear and Celebrity. I also started some Avivvi from seeds. Monica shared this wonderful tomato with me during her progressive seed exchange. Avivvi is my new favorite tomato. There are two of them in the bowl. They are not quite ripe, but you can see that they are a little stripey.
How are your tomatoes doing? 
I agree about Twitter; seems like I learn something new every day!
ReplyDeleteNo 'maters here.
Ours are just so-so. You'll remember I can't eat them, but hubby tells me they just don't taste as good as usually. The plants are big, no bugs so far--not sure what is wrong, but my guess would be not enough water.
ReplyDeleteOh my! Fresh garden tomatoes. The best! Hope they make a come back and keep growing and producing. It seems to odd to hear you talk of fall tomatoes, though.
ReplyDeletethe tomatoes are lovely! those peppers look really hot
ReplyDeleteI have yellow pears near ripe, and a baby beefsteak - so it will be awhile before I have big tomatoes!
ReplyDeleteI grow serrano and they definitely don't look like that!!
Hey Debbie ! I have "Homestead" tomatoes in a container .. they are green and small but they are alive ! and that is what counts right ?? LOL
ReplyDeleteYour looks wonderful with all the veggies : )
Oh pout! I mean, good for you--seriously! I have seven tomatoes in the ground and a bunch waiting to be planted out--still a bit too small (replanted after frost damage). I'm getting excited though! None has blossoms yet--we're very delayed this year due to cloudy cool temps of spring--maters prefer your hot steamy temps!
ReplyDeleteLovely 'maters. Mine are growing well but not ripe yet. Went with standards this year, as last year I put in nearly all heirlooms,(mortgage lifter, mister stripy,etc) and they were a bust. Will try again next year,the taste is sooo much better.
ReplyDeleteYum!!! Still waiting for ripe tomatoes here, but enjoying seeing them growing. Maybe just a few more weeks...
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