Aussie Summer Harvest - the brag thread

Mantis · November 27, 2007

First ripe ones. 3 Gary O'Senas with the first ugly one just over 1 pound

Suze · November 27, 2007

Very nice - Manto and all, keep those brag pics coming!

Winding down here, getting cold. So I'll just start to enjoy the SH pics for now.

cottonpicker · November 27, 2007

manto....... Nice pics! Good sized fruit! Now that Gary O'Sena is in production, will you tell us your opinion? Taste?? Plant habit?? It's on my "grow list" for 2008.

Thanks..
LarryD

Mantis · November 27, 2007

Hi and thanks. Suze I think you sent me the GaryO seeds so thanks for that.
They are a vigorous plant that sets fruit really well and they are early for a big fruit as you can see.
They are prolific for me as well although this one and others have stopped flowering thru something I have done

Spatzbear · November 27, 2007

Lovely, Mantis! I like the look of this fruit. What are you going to do with them?
Please send pictures of meal and taste report!

tessa · November 27, 2007

gee manto...how early did you have to start again to get ripe fruit in november????

nice job!

Mantis · November 27, 2007

Greenhouse Tessa, greenhouse

cosmicgardener · November 28, 2007

I take it the panic over wilt or blight or whatever is well and truly in the far distant past

Grub · November 28, 2007

Good growing. You're still the man (to).
Always good to have you come in with these inspiring bombs.
Good fruit set here.

Mantis · November 28, 2007

Yes Cosmic, the leaf mould/blight/whatever has stopped and the fruitset has increased. I'm a happy Mantis.
Picked my first two Sungolds that were not even quite ripe. Crunchy and sweet. None of these will make it to the house , so if the wife and kids wish to try them, they can come down to the patch

Great to hear about the fruitset Grubo, hope you are keeping the blight at bay eh. Been humid up there by the looks of the weather sites

Tomstrees · November 29, 2007

whoooahhh ! Good growin Mano !!!

~ Tom

Mantis · December 1, 2007

Some smaller ones. Juanne Flammee on the left and my F1 of Juanne Flammee X Azoychka on the right. They both tasted great and very similar

cosmicgardener · December 2, 2007

First tomato in time for Christmas! IPB is the winner followed by a bunch of Kotlas about to ripen up. OUTSIDE IN TASSIE

And while we are bragging - check out the peas that we'll pick tomorrow and the spuds getting ready for Christmas day.

Spatzbear · December 2, 2007

Blimey the peas look good!

The ripe IPB looks as if it was waxed and polished! Well done! This is quite an achievement! Enjoy!

cosmicgardener · December 2, 2007

We just had 12 hours of heavy rain and the peas are popping. It's rain ( you know - that wet stuff) that makes them look shiny.

November 27, 2007	#3
cottonpicker Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SE PA..near Valley Forge Posts: 839	manto....... Nice pics! Good sized fruit! Now that Gary O'Sena is in production, will you tell us your opinion? Taste?? Plant habit?? It's on my "grow list" for 2008. Thanks.. LarryD __________________ "Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause". Victor Hugo

November 27, 2007	#5
Spatzbear Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Adelaide Hills, Australia Posts: 349	Lovely, Mantis! I like the look of this fruit. What are you going to do with them? Please send pictures of meal and taste report! __________________ http://madgnomes.blogspot.com/

November 28, 2007	#8
cosmicgardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tasmania, Australia Posts: 407	I take it the panic over wilt or blight or whatever is well and truly in the far distant past __________________ http://cosmicgardening.blogspot.com

November 28, 2007	#10
Mantis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oz Posts: 1,241	Yes Cosmic, the leaf mould/blight/whatever has stopped and the fruitset has increased. I'm a happy Mantis. Picked my first two Sungolds that were not even quite ripe. Crunchy and sweet. None of these will make it to the house , so if the wife and kids wish to try them, they can come down to the patch Great to hear about the fruitset Grubo, hope you are keeping the blight at bay eh. Been humid up there by the looks of the weather sites Last edited by Mantis; November 28, 2007 at 04:35 AM. Reason: spelling and oversight

November 29, 2007	#11
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	whoooahhh ! Good growin Mano !!! ~ 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

November 27, 2007	#2
Suze Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,027	Very nice - Manto and all, keep those brag pics coming! Winding down here, getting cold. So I'll just start to enjoy the SH pics for now.

November 27, 2007	#6
tessa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: perth, western australia Posts: 1,031	gee manto...how early did you have to start again to get ripe fruit in november???? nice job!

November 28, 2007	#9
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Good growing. You're still the man (to). Always good to have you come in with these inspiring bombs. Good fruit set here.

December 2, 2007	#14
Spatzbear Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Adelaide Hills, Australia Posts: 349	Blimey the peas look good! The ripe IPB looks as if it was waxed and polished! Well done! This is quite an achievement! Enjoy! __________________ http://madgnomes.blogspot.com/