Dark Tomato Picking (Please see comments for text.)
Dark Tomato Picking (Please see comments for text.)
by NPKzone8a
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NPKzone8a
**Dark Tomato Picking**
One of the main garden goals for this year was to grow more dark tomatoes, more anthocyanin-rich varieties, because of their deeper, more complex flavor. A second goal was to try for an early first harvest.
The larger tomatoes started becoming ripe about a week ago; the cherry tomatoes, about two weeks ago.
Heavy rains, combined with pruning mistakes, resulted in some blemished and destroyed fruit. Insects and birds damaged a few others. Thus far, however, I’ve been able to keep significant fungal disease at bay with a program of preventive spraying.
This morning, Saturday 25 May 2024, here is a snapshot showing some favorable results. Growing outdoors in large grow bags. Northeast Texas, 8a. Plenty of green fruit still on the bushes and vines.
The full-size dark ones: Black Krim, Japanese Black Trifele, Cherokee Carbon, Black Sea Man, and Dark Star. Also Black Cherry. Tasmanian Chocolate and Rosella Purple are two dark-fruit dwarf varieties that have fruit on the vine which is still not quite ready for picking.
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How many plants you have? Looks like could be 28? What do you do with all the tomatoes?
4 Comments
**Dark Tomato Picking**
One of the main garden goals for this year was to grow more dark tomatoes, more anthocyanin-rich varieties, because of their deeper, more complex flavor. A second goal was to try for an early first harvest.
The larger tomatoes started becoming ripe about a week ago; the cherry tomatoes, about two weeks ago.
Heavy rains, combined with pruning mistakes, resulted in some blemished and destroyed fruit. Insects and birds damaged a few others. Thus far, however, I’ve been able to keep significant fungal disease at bay with a program of preventive spraying.
This morning, Saturday 25 May 2024, here is a snapshot showing some favorable results. Growing outdoors in large grow bags. Northeast Texas, 8a. Plenty of green fruit still on the bushes and vines.
The full-size dark ones: Black Krim, Japanese Black Trifele, Cherokee Carbon, Black Sea Man, and Dark Star. Also Black Cherry. Tasmanian Chocolate and Rosella Purple are two dark-fruit dwarf varieties that have fruit on the vine which is still not quite ready for picking.
How many plants you have? Looks like could be 28? What do you do with all the tomatoes?
Lovely setup and beautiful produce!
I love this.