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Tomato Harvest
Starting to enjoy natures bounty... :-)
I've been pulling yellow cherry tomatoes off all week. Very tasty though he skin is a bit tough. I took a medium sized yellow heirloom (been ripening in a paper bag) and will take a large red big boy off the vine this evening to make Caprese. Hope the fruit on my Brandywine heirloom starts to ripen soon. Jon |
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On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:01:50 -0400, "Zeppo" wrote:
Starting to enjoy natures bounty... :-) I've been pulling yellow cherry tomatoes off all week. Very tasty though he skin is a bit tough. I took a medium sized yellow heirloom (been ripening in a paper bag) and will take a large red big boy off the vine this evening to make Caprese. Hope the fruit on my Brandywine heirloom starts to ripen soon. I hope the fruit on any of my tomato plants starts to appear soon! We've had a lousy summer so far for any of the heat loving vegetables, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, etc. Ross. Southern Ontario, Canada. AgCanada Zone 5b 43º 17' 26.75" North 80º 13' 29.46" West |
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"Zeppo" wrote in message ... Starting to enjoy natures bounty... :-) Isn't it great? I am bringing in about 20 tomatoes daily now. We are almost having trouble keeping up with them. (There's a box of eight red and yellow tomatoes on the desk right now that didn't get eaten the last few days. The peach, orange, and white ones go fast, so we are always left with the red and yellow.) Every time I pull off handfuls of small tomatoes, I get bummed because the new fruit productions doesn't appear to be keeping up with the harvest, so I know eventually we are going to run out! --S. |
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In article , rossr35253
@forteinc.com says... I hope the fruit on any of my tomato plants starts to appear soon! We've had a lousy summer so far for any of the heat loving vegetables, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, etc. Ross. Southern Ontario, Canada. AgCanada Zone 5b 43º 17' 26.75" North 80º 13' 29.46" West We're in London ON and IIRC one degree south of you and I'd guess 40K away. I feel your pain. Our cold weather crops are doing better than usual and we're planting more for the fall Tomatoes etc. are 2 to 3 weeks behind. We're seeing fruiting though the fruits seem to be marking time due to the cool and *dim*. There hasn't been much sun this year. |
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"Balvenieman" wrote in message Wow; it's just about over he Peninsular Florida, USDA zone 9. Greens and curcurbits long gone; eggplant, peppers (Jalapeño, California Wonder), okra, collards and peanuts still going strong; red beefsteak tomatoes still growing apace and blossoming but not setting much fruit; patio tomatoes done and gone; lima beans, snap beans and cowpeas done and gone. Why are the continuous-bearing plants like tomatoes and cukes done in your area? Too hot? --S. |
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On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:51:58 -0600, "Suzanne D."
wrote: "Zeppo" wrote in message ... Starting to enjoy natures bounty... :-) Isn't it great? I am bringing in about 20 tomatoes daily now. We are almost having trouble keeping up with them. (There's a box of eight red and yellow tomatoes on the desk right now that didn't get eaten the last few days. The peach, orange, and white ones go fast, so we are always left with the red and yellow.) Every time I pull off handfuls of small tomatoes, I get bummed because the new fruit productions doesn't appear to be keeping up with the harvest, so I know eventually we are going to run out! --S. That's simply cruel, posting that kind of information where the no tomato people can read it ;-). The only plant that has any fruit is a volunteer that I didn't have the heart to till under this spring. I have no idea what variety it is, only that it should be an heirloom as that's the only kind we grow. Ross. Southern Ontario, Canada. AgCanada Zone 5b 43º 17' 26.75" North 80º 13' 29.46" West |
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"Balvenieman" wrote in message ... "Suzanne D." wrote: Too hot? Yeah, basically. Long, hot humid days and nights. Where I live (southern Utah) we get really hot days (about 105 this week), so I sprinkle my tomatoes during the hottest art of the day, to cool them down and fool them into setting fruit, But it's very dry here, so the leaves evaporate right away and there is no threat of mold. I guess with you being in Florida, that wouldn't work due to the humidity and possibility of fungus. --S. |
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"Balvenieman" wrote in message m... "Zeppo" wrote: Starting to enjoy natures bounty... :-) Wow; it's just about over he Peninsular Florida, USDA zone 9. Greens and curcurbits long gone; eggplant, peppers (Jalapeño, California Wonder), okra, collards and peanuts still going strong; red beefsteak tomatoes still growing apace and blossoming but not setting much fruit; patio tomatoes done and gone; lima beans, snap beans and cowpeas done and gone. Will replant peanuts and cowpeas in vacant beds but likely they'll be turned under before they amount to much in order to make room for fall planting of "English" garden peas (Little Marvel). When tomato blossom drop becomes a "problem" (any day now), I'll layer a couple of canes so they'll root to make fall tomatoes come Nov/Dec. Last season's container-grown bell peppers and eggplant overwintered so they fruited very early, as did the "Little Marvel" peas, which also overwintered. From-the-vine peas and a Samuel Adams make a wonderful Feb/Mar morning treat! I had to cover those plants, as well as an assortment of "greens" but needed no supplemental heat. This year, I'm going to see whether I can shepherd the bed-grown eggplant and bell peppers through the winter. Jalapeños are grown as perennials, but protected from temperatures in mid-40s or lower. Makes sense. I'm in USDA Zone 7 (SE Pennsylvania) and am just getting ripe yields and the folks in Canada are just getting first fruits appearing. Newbie question, what is the problem with tomato blossom drop? Jon |
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Balvenieman wrote: "Zeppo" wrote: Newbie question, what is the problem with tomato blossom drop? Oh, it's generally believed that prolonged exposure to high temperatures causes tomato blossoms to drop off instead of setting fruit. However "prolonged exposure" and "high temperatures" seem to be subjective terms among gardeners as well as among tomatoes, it seems. If you search the Web, you may find some actual data on the subject. Off-and-on, blossom drop has been the subject of much discussion on gardening forums. In http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1624.html it was reported that, "Blossom drop can occur in early spring when daytime temperatures are warm, but night temperatures fall below 55 degrees F as well as in summer, when days are above 90 degrees F and nights above 76 degrees F." Have you read differently? -- Racial injustice, war, urban blight, and environmental rape have a common denominator in our exploitative economic system. ~Channing E. Phillips http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm http://www.tomdispatch.com/p/zinn |
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Balvenieman wrote:
"Zeppo" wrote: Newbie question, what is the problem with tomato blossom drop? Oh, it's generally believed that prolonged exposure to high temperatures causes tomato blossoms to drop off instead of setting fruit. However "prolonged exposure" and "high temperatures" seem to be subjective terms among gardeners as well as among tomatoes, it seems. A little while back, I posted about my tomato plants that were growing vigorously but not setting fruit. We had a very hot June, 90s almost every day. People here mentioned the heat problem. After things cooled down, the plants began to set fruit. There're now about 50 green tomatoes. A bit delayed, but there should be some good eating down the line. Brian -- Day 179 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project |
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