Hands down the slowest plant I've ever grown.
The plant with the lowest ROI and the slowest growth ever… I’m officially done!It takes two whole months just to go from flowering to maturing. And the worst part? I started it from seed. It’s been an eternity… Oh my god."😂
by Salt-Telephone6959
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Assuming that’s an indoor window plant, you did well! They mature more quickly when out in full sun, but it still takes forever
If you want to grow tomatoes inside you can get special types for containers which helps. also non container cherry tomatoes are a good call as you can get a few often rather than big ones less often. they are also faster to mature.
As well as container specific ones if you have a large enough container and space I would go for something like a sungold. yummy and fast, they can get quite tall.
I grew those last year, or a close cousin. Total waste of time, space, and fertilizer. I had 4 plants on the deck…and every time I walked past them I said the same thing…”Never again.”
What variety was it?
I grew Blue Bayou in my greenhouse last year and it was soooo slow. The fruits took weeks of not months to ripen. Never again.
I remember these ones taking forever to ripen.
They do take a while to ripen. But are quite delicious. Window tomatoes in Jan/Feb are a treat though.
Looks similar to my indigo rose I grew last year. They did take a long time to mature and it took a bit of a learning curve figuring out when exactly they were ripe. I can understand the frustration but we did enjoy them in the end enough for them to make this year’s list.
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Off season tomatoes take time, even in places where it’s warm enough to grow outside. If you’d rather have no tomatoes vs slow tomatoes, sure.
Tomatoes need between 50 and 70 days from flowering to mature fruits, so it’s pretty normal you had to wait 2 months.
There are 2 types of gardeners. The first has patience and the second is still learning to be patient.
If that’s Midnight Snack then I grew them last year and they produced really well for me.
If this is Cherokee purple, god what an overrated plant. Last time I tried growing it (sunny location, loamy soil, all my other cultivars did great) it produced maybe two tomatoes total and they barely had a hint of dark coloration AND they tasted bland asf, like slightly better than supermarket tomatoes
60 days from flower to ripe fruit is pretty common I think.
Indigo Rose?
Yeah, tomatoes.Take a long time to ripen, sometimes. It all depends on the variety.
go indigo apple
Looks pretty hope it tasted good.
Which kind of tomato is that??
It looks like an “antho”(one of the blue varieties) anyway. I haven’t found any that really taste good! I think my tastebuds like the black and purple ones best. Tomatoes take forever. I haven’t even been able to start mine here in Denver yet! I’m a real long way from a decent tomato sandwich!
This looks similar to the indigo rose I grew last year. They do take forever to ripen but they were fantastic once they did
not so tasty either…mine looked gorgeous but were mealy and bland