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Old August 7, 2013   #82
MarieV
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Tania, those are just beautiful! I always get so jealous looking at your gorgeous harvests.

We're also having a wonderfully warm summer down here in Seattle, and my tomatoes are definitely soaking in the heat. Even though I got a late start and didn't plant my seedlings until the second week of June, the plants have been setting fruit much earlier than before. My Sungold plants from 1 gallon pots all set fruit within 20 days of transplant, and they started breaking color after just 45 days from transplant. We've been eating a few each week now, about two weeks earlier than the past two years even though I planted them out 2 weeks later than I usually plant out. The larger varieties, mostly black tomatoes like Cherokee Purple, Paul Robeson, Spudakee, Vorlon, etc., all set fruit within 30-35 days after transplant, about 10 days faster than they took last year. I'm hoping we'll be harvesting the larger varieties in another week or two.


Sungold truss by July 16th


Green Zebra tomatoes by July 29th


Paul Robeson tomatoes by July 29th


Vorlon tomatoes by July 29th
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