Harvest pics (was Fruitset!) - Page 7

feldon30 · April 17, 2007

You're killing us here.

That's fantastic and there's still time for fruitset, right?

I hope the cold weather does not set your plants back at all. I just gave all of my plants, which vary from 2-3', a foliar feed of HastaGro (6-12-6), Maxicrop, and Alaska 5-1-1.

Tomstrees · April 17, 2007

Duajones -

Do you use non-organic fertilizer ? Do you fertilize at all ?
Your results sound great !

~ Tom

duajones · April 17, 2007

Feldon, I hope the cold weather that damaged my plants doesnt hurt the end result as well. I have only foliar fed fish emulsion to my lone cherokee purple that is on its own in the ground but not in one of my 2 beds. It was the runt of the bunch and still doesnt look all that great, foliage wise. But it has more fruit set than my previous 2 plants combined so I am engouraged. Tom, I ammended my soil with cotton burr compost, manure, coffee grounds, leaves etc in the fall. At planting I added couple tbsp tomato tone along with a sprinkie of epsom salts mixed in with existing soil and added compost. I added tomato tone again once fruit set started

Vince · April 19, 2007

Hey all,

You have been making me jealous with all your reports of fruit set. I planted out Mar. 3 and now I finaley have one stupice set. When I planted we were in a heat wave for 2 weeks, which really gave the plants a jump start. Now it has cooled down. The day time temps have been good 70's to Low 80's but the nights have been low 50's High 40's. I think in the next 3 weeks I should start seeing fruit set on all the plants. Tons of flowers and VERY stocky healthy looking plants this year. Good luck in the garden all.

Vince

FlipTX · April 23, 2007

I just checked my plants and Sugary has a couple of fruit starting to color up. First of the season!

Suze · April 24, 2007

Ate my first fruit today, April 24. Lucky Leprechaun.

Two weeks later than last year, likely because of the strange weather and also because I didn't do any early container plantings as per usual.

feldon30 · April 24, 2007

Congrats!

For an early, how was it? And where's the picture?

Jet Star

Brandywine OTV

Cherokee Purple

duajones · April 24, 2007

Congrats Suze, I cant wait to eat my first tomato. Your plants are looking great Feldon.

Suze · April 24, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by feldon30

For an early, how was it?

Tolerable.

Considering that it's a fruit that's spent at least one night in the 30's, I didn't expect much tastewise.

Looks like your plants are coming along nicely indeed. How large are some of those set fruits?

feldon30 · April 24, 2007

The biggest Jet Stars and the biggest OTV are 3" across.

Suze · April 24, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by feldon30

The biggest Jet Stars and the biggest OTV are 3" across.

Most of my biggest ones are about 1.5 - 2" across.

I think about 65-70% of my plants now have at least some fruitset on them, but that's proably an underestimation, as I'm not really looking carefully for some of the little pea sized and smaller ones. A few random pics:

Zolotoy Korol -- one from Andrey

Big Sungold - I don't know much about this one, plant habit is just like Sungold F1, though

Berkeley Tie Dye

Pendulina Orange -- look at all those blooms, very compact plant

Vince · April 25, 2007

Things are starting to pick up.
At least 10 stupice have set. Others have decided to join the party. At least 2 Cherokee purple, 4 BW Sudduth, 4 Earls Faux, 1 GMG, and 2 Box Car Willie have set. Now that I have spotted a comparitively large Cherokee purple, I think this one must have set first. Earlier varieties like Sun gold, and Anna Russian have yet to set, go figure. Lots of flowers and very good temps predicted this next. Hope they keep coming.

Vince

feldon30 · April 26, 2007

I'm gonna go after my Anna Russian with the toothbrush. She is just not getting with the program. Also Cherokee Green is being very shy.

I will count today to see if I am making any gains.

Maybe I have 2 doomed slots in my garden. The center two rear slots in my 4' x 8' bed did not produce last year either.

**carolyn137** · April 26, 2007

Maybe I have 2 doomed slots in my garden. The center two rear slots in my 4' x 8' bed did not produce last year either

*****

Obviously the site of a mini nuclear dumping area.

And the four sites at the end of my raised bed gave me almost nada last year as well, but I just ordered 4 huge pots, 19 inch by 18 inch from Miller's Nursery and a case of six big ones from Johnny's b/c I want to put perennials in the raised bed and do veggie stuff in pots until I can get a complex built in the backyard of 3 ft high raised beds with gravel walkways that I can access with my walker.

I'll have Freda, my cleanng lady and garden person amend that end of the raised bed.

As a sidelight, when I was talking to the Johnny's person, I found out it was only the server associated with the website that got smushed and security was lost. Any phoned in orders using credit cards were fine. Had to get a few seeds as well since my fave farm stand would never carry the Cousa squash I love or the armenian cukes or those wonderful early Japanese wee turnips or the Charantais melon that I like, etc., etc.

No will power here at all, and now I call Bank of America to be sure my money that I had wired from my retirement account has arrived so I can write checks off of it, etc..

FlipTX · April 26, 2007

My Anna is being shy, too, Feldon. I think she may have a couple fruits coming but it's too early to say for sure. Too often I've anticipated a fruitset, only to have a promising looking blossom fall off the next day.

April 17, 2007	#92
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Duajones - Do you use non-organic fertilizer ? Do you fertilize at all ? Your results sound great ! ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

April 19, 2007	#94
Vince Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 942	Hey all, You have been making me jealous with all your reports of fruit set. I planted out Mar. 3 and now I finaley have one stupice set. When I planted we were in a heat wave for 2 weeks, which really gave the plants a jump start. Now it has cooled down. The day time temps have been good 70's to Low 80's but the nights have been low 50's High 40's. I think in the next 3 weeks I should start seeing fruit set on all the plants. Tons of flowers and VERY stocky healthy looking plants this year. Good luck in the garden all. Vince __________________ Vince

April 24, 2007	#97
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Congrats! For an early, how was it? And where's the picture? Jet Star Brandywine OTV Brandywine OTV Cherokee Purple Last edited by feldon30; April 24, 2007 at 10:13 AM.

April 25, 2007	#102
Vince Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 942	Things are starting to pick up. At least 10 stupice have set. Others have decided to join the party. At least 2 Cherokee purple, 4 BW Sudduth, 4 Earls Faux, 1 GMG, and 2 Box Car Willie have set. Now that I have spotted a comparitively large Cherokee purple, I think this one must have set first. Earlier varieties like Sun gold, and Anna Russian have yet to set, go figure. Lots of flowers and very good temps predicted this next. Hope they keep coming. Vince __________________ Vince

April 26, 2007	#104
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Maybe I have 2 doomed slots in my garden. The center two rear slots in my 4' x 8' bed did not produce last year either ***** Obviously the site of a mini nuclear dumping area. And the four sites at the end of my raised bed gave me almost nada last year as well, but I just ordered 4 huge pots, 19 inch by 18 inch from Miller's Nursery and a case of six big ones from Johnny's b/c I want to put perennials in the raised bed and do veggie stuff in pots until I can get a complex built in the backyard of 3 ft high raised beds with gravel walkways that I can access with my walker. I'll have Freda, my cleanng lady and garden person amend that end of the raised bed. As a sidelight, when I was talking to the Johnny's person, I found out it was only the server associated with the website that got smushed and security was lost. Any phoned in orders using credit cards were fine. Had to get a few seeds as well since my fave farm stand would never carry the Cousa squash I love or the armenian cukes or those wonderful early Japanese wee turnips or the Charantais melon that I like, etc., etc. No will power here at all, and now I call Bank of America to be sure my money that I had wired from my retirement account has arrived so I can write checks off of it, etc.. __________________ Carolyn

April 17, 2007	#91
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	You're killing us here. That's fantastic and there's still time for fruitset, right? I hope the cold weather does not set your plants back at all. I just gave all of my plants, which vary from 2-3', a foliar feed of HastaGro (6-12-6), Maxicrop, and Alaska 5-1-1.

April 17, 2007	#93
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	Feldon, I hope the cold weather that damaged my plants doesnt hurt the end result as well. I have only foliar fed fish emulsion to my lone cherokee purple that is on its own in the ground but not in one of my 2 beds. It was the runt of the bunch and still doesnt look all that great, foliage wise. But it has more fruit set than my previous 2 plants combined so I am engouraged. Tom, I ammended my soil with cotton burr compost, manure, coffee grounds, leaves etc in the fall. At planting I added couple tbsp tomato tone along with a sprinkie of epsom salts mixed in with existing soil and added compost. I added tomato tone again once fruit set started

April 23, 2007	#95
FlipTX Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 271	I just checked my plants and Sugary has a couple of fruit starting to color up. First of the season!

April 24, 2007	#96
Suze Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,027	Ate my first fruit today, April 24. Lucky Leprechaun. Two weeks later than last year, likely because of the strange weather and also because I didn't do any early container plantings as per usual.

April 24, 2007	#100
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	The biggest Jet Stars and the biggest OTV are 3" across.

April 26, 2007	#103
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	I'm gonna go after my Anna Russian with the toothbrush. She is just not getting with the program. Also Cherokee Green is being very shy. I will count today to see if I am making any gains. Maybe I have 2 doomed slots in my garden. The center two rear slots in my 4' x 8' bed did not produce last year either.

April 26, 2007	#105
FlipTX Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 271	My Anna is being shy, too, Feldon. I think she may have a couple fruits coming but it's too early to say for sure. Too often I've anticipated a fruitset, only to have a promising looking blossom fall off the next day.