2015 tomatoes - Page 12

efisakov · July 8, 2015

Marsha, you would be happy to know that Girl Girl's Weird Thing is getting blush and it is good size tomato. I am really having Christmas in July this year with all great varieties ripening.
Xanadu is changing color as well. But it was attacked by different deceases and bugs, few vines look ok. Hope it survived ordeal. I ordered Actinovate. Will be spraying in a day or so. Rain has to pass.

Jonnyhat · July 8, 2015

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Originally Posted by efisakov

Marsha, you would be happy to know that Girl Girl's Weird Thing is getting blush and it is good size tomato. I am really having Christmas in July this year with all great varieties ripening.
Xanadu is changing color as well. But it was attacked by different deceases and bugs, few vines look ok. Hope it survived ordeal. I ordered Actinovate. Will be spraying in a day or so. Rain has to pass.

how big is your operation? do you teach classes?

Bipetual · July 9, 2015

Ella, all your tomatoes look so beautiful!

efisakov · July 9, 2015

Thank you, Bipetual. I only take pictures of the good behaving once.
My countertop loads with tomatoes fast and clears fast as well. My husband takes some to work. My brother in law family loves to get a basket. My son enjoys sweet tomatoes and happy to take some with him. He always compares them to Cherokee Purple to let me know how good/or not they are. CP was the first beefsteak tomato I grew in US. How lucky was I to pick out of all the seeds I could have purchase on eBay that one. There were some other once of course that just did not impress me (Italian Giant Beefsteak tomato, Ponderosa Pink, Purple Calabash, Stupice, Beefsteak). I remember my son and my husband standing next to countertop cutting CP and devouring it quicker than they can cut it. No salt or anything else... When we share our tomatoes we get the same sparkles in peoples eyes as I remember seeing in my family for the first time eating CP.
As I was putting a big tomato into my husbands lunch bag today he asked me if he can get couple more for some guy from work for his granddaughter.

efisakov · July 9, 2015

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Originally Posted by Jonnyhat

how big is your operation? do you teach classes?

Not during the summer. You know I am a math teacher.

Jonnyhat · July 9, 2015

funny... what is the square root of tomato?

efisakov · July 9, 2015

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/i...5003104AARHorX

efisakov · July 10, 2015

First ever Rebell yell (pink, PL). 9.3 ounces beauty. So much anticipation.
Marsha/ginger2778, thank you for the seeds.

efisakov · July 10, 2015

My critters are back eating my cucumbers. No, it is not dry here. We had lots of rain and I do have containers with plenty of water.

efisakov · July 10, 2015

Sweet Sue dwarf on the left and Rosella Purple dwarf on the right. SS is about 4 feet tall...??? it does not look dwarf. I used my own seeds saved from last year. Both varieties were at least 30 feet away from the rest of the plants and next to each other. Even if they cross pollinated with each other shouldn't they still be dwarf? I have to see what the fruit is going to look like.

HCWithAltitude · July 11, 2015

Moved

efisakov · July 11, 2015

HCWithAltitude, nice harvest. This Pattypans squashes, if picked a bit earlier, are really good pickled. I never pickled them my self but ate quite few as a child.
I love Black from Tula as well and have grown it for many years. Big tasty tomatoes.
We had wet June and enough rain in July as well. More than needed. I have grey mold on few tomatoes, plus some other deceases. I know what you are talking about.
Enjoy your harvest.

efisakov · July 11, 2015

First ever Rebell yell (pink, PL) 9.3 ounces. Great tomato, my sandwich type. Flavor is intense. It is not bland at all. Nice full body flavor.
Marsha, thanks for the seeds.

Carriehelene · July 11, 2015

Really glad I opened this thread. Ella, I enjoyed the "walk" through your garden, it's lovely. May I ask where you are from originally? Your English is very good. I sucked at learning foreign languages in school, so I admire people who can master a second language.

efisakov · July 11, 2015

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Originally Posted by Carriehelene

Really glad I opened this thread. Ella, I enjoyed the "walk" through your garden, it's lovely. May I ask where you are from originally? Your English is very good. I sucked at learning foreign languages in school, so I admire people who can master a second language.

Hello, Carriehelene. I am from Ukraine, Crimea. Came to the US about 24 years ago. I leaved here almost half of my life. And no my English is not perfect, far from it. I wish it was better. And, I sucked at learning German in school (grammar approach) and later in college. Luckily I did not need it. Nevertheless, that experience made me very uncomfortable about my ability learning languishes. I was petrified coming here that I would never be able to speak well enough English and therefore teach. I am a math teacher. Well, if you really need to do something in life you just do it. Here I am. Not perfect, I know. I teach in the district where 98% of the students speak Spanish. Going through my own experience of learning second (actually third, the other two are Ukrainian and Russian) language made me aware of difficulties my student have to overcome. It made me better teacher. I love my job.

July 8, 2015	#166
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	Marsha, you would be happy to know that Girl Girl's Weird Thing is getting blush and it is good size tomato. I am really having Christmas in July this year with all great varieties ripening. Xanadu is changing color as well. But it was attacked by different deceases and bugs, few vines look ok. Hope it survived ordeal. I ordered Actinovate. Will be spraying in a day or so. Rain has to pass. __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

July 9, 2015	#169
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	Thank you, Bipetual. I only take pictures of the good behaving once. My countertop loads with tomatoes fast and clears fast as well. My husband takes some to work. My brother in law family loves to get a basket. My son enjoys sweet tomatoes and happy to take some with him. He always compares them to Cherokee Purple to let me know how good/or not they are. CP was the first beefsteak tomato I grew in US. How lucky was I to pick out of all the seeds I could have purchase on eBay that one. There were some other once of course that just did not impress me (Italian Giant Beefsteak tomato, Ponderosa Pink, Purple Calabash, Stupice, Beefsteak). I remember my son and my husband standing next to countertop cutting CP and devouring it quicker than they can cut it. No salt or anything else... When we share our tomatoes we get the same sparkles in peoples eyes as I remember seeing in my family for the first time eating CP. As I was putting a big tomato into my husbands lunch bag today he asked me if he can get couple more for some guy from work for his granddaughter. __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

July 9, 2015	#172
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	https://answers.yahoo.com/question/i...5003104AARHorX __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

July 11, 2015	#176
HCWithAltitude Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Colorado Posts: 78	Moved Last edited by HCWithAltitude; July 11, 2015 at 02:26 PM. Reason: wrong thread

July 11, 2015	#177
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	HCWithAltitude, nice harvest. This Pattypans squashes, if picked a bit earlier, are really good pickled. I never pickled them my self but ate quite few as a child. I love Black from Tula as well and have grown it for many years. Big tasty tomatoes. We had wet June and enough rain in July as well. More than needed. I have grey mold on few tomatoes, plus some other deceases. I know what you are talking about. Enjoy your harvest. __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

July 9, 2015	#168
Bipetual Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Illinois, zone 5a Posts: 579	Ella, all your tomatoes look so beautiful!

July 9, 2015	#171
Jonnyhat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Downingtown, PA Posts: 337	funny... what is the square root of tomato?

July 11, 2015	#179
Carriehelene Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 300	Really glad I opened this thread. Ella, I enjoyed the "walk" through your garden, it's lovely. May I ask where you are from originally? Your English is very good. I sucked at learning foreign languages in school, so I admire people who can master a second language.