We Need More Tomato Plant Pictures

Love the pictures, and your furry garden helper!

[SpookyShoe]

Is that a yellow Labrador Retriever?

[arnorrian]

Yes, Penny.

[Shrinkrap]

Wow! So many ripe tomatoes already! In Serbia! My apologes for not being familiar. How would you describe your climate?

[arnorrian]

The pictures above are from last and earlier years, except the last post with the Labrador, that one is from this year.

I think that climate of central Serbia is similar with climate in southern Ohio, but with less reliable snow. Hardiness zone is 6. My town had extremes of -25 C to 45 C (-13 F to 113 F) in the last fifteen of so years. Last frost date is usually in early April. But the springs have been very cold in recent years, especially May, in step with climate change prediction for Europe. I planted the tomatoes out in late April, but they mostly stood still in May, because of the cold and almost constantly overcast sky.

Hail is also a problem here. Last year an area just kilometers north of my house was heavily hit, with roofs and windows of houses shredded, and open holes on the metal parts of cars. Shade netting saved my tomatoes then, I luckily got the fringe of the storm. My father's vineyard and plum orchard were not that lucky.

[Shrinkrap]

"The pictures above are from last and earlier years, except the last post with the Labrador, that one is from this year."



Ohhhh! Of course! "Earlier years"!

What variety are the cherries in the white 5 gallon (? L) bucket?

[arnorrian]

In post #723 is a variety called Jasmin, developed at the Institute for Vegetables here in my town. Very sweet and vigorous, and tolerates lite late-fall frosts.

[SpookyShoe]

at this time in my growing season I have only a few green tomatoes that have a a chance of of ripening. This season has been really bad with the birds and the squirrels getting a lot of the fruits. So I put nylon knee-highs over the larger green fruits that are still on the remaining plants. The fabric will expand as the fruit grows.

[Tamcrochets]

Have you tried hanging foil pie plates, or other things in the garden to scare/discourage birds and other animals? Although my tomatoes are not very big yet, so far I don't seem to have issues with them, but when I planted, I put two of those red, plastic cups on top of my bamboo poles and they rock and clack together when the wind blows, so I thought maybe they were helping, but it's just a guess.

[maxjohnson]

Orange Roussollini sold by MIGardener.

When he introduced this variety about 3 years ago, most of his seeds were crossed and the results were disappointing. I bought the seeds again and the characteristics look correct compared to his video; short, very bushy and strong rooting tendency. The fruits lacks the attractive point at the end, but reallyy can't complain.

[SpookyShoe]

No, Tamcrochets I haven't tried the pie pans are the red Solo cups.

[maxjohnson]

Unfortunately Marsha left, but I'm grateful to her for sending me the Rebel Alliance seeds. I grow it more for novelty, but being a Star Wars fan it have an extra value to it.

[maxjohnson]

Baby microdwarf.

The plants are 4inches tall and grown in 4inch pots.

[Shrinkrap]

Beauties!l

My first ripe tomato of 2019. Maglia Rosa.

[arnorrian]