Earliest tomatoes

[steev]

Yeah, well; I'm not gonna get all jiggy until I have a tomato I can eat. I've had flowers ~3 weeks. At this point, it's a race between fruit and temps, 'cause once the temps get too high, the fruit stops developing. So I may get tomatoes before July, though maybe only green ones (not a bad veggie, IMHO), but August early?, not so unlikely. Oh, well, doubtless they'll be the tastier. the longer I have to wait.

[DarJones]

I'm not waiting. I'm eating. Why aren't you?

Need proof? I can take pics. But if I do, it will just make things worse. You will have to look at pics of ripe tomatoes while yours are just green buds.

[materman]

My earliest this year was Kimberley at 52 days. Here is a pic of one I put in a one gallon pot that shows whet they look like and how they can load up. This pic was taken a week ago.

I here mention of Bloody Butcher, here is my Bloody Butcher as of today.

I have been picking the Kimberley for two weeks now but still waiting on anything else. By the way the Kimberley got left outside in flats and got snowed on the 2nd day of May with no noticeable side effects.

[steev]

"Me, Tarzan" has green marbles.

[DarJones]

Lol, I'm not going to comment about that statement steev. Green marbles? whoa.

[steev]

Yeah, well, Jane may not be impressed, but I'm gratified to see something more than blossoms.

[littleminnie]

I'm noticing lots of tiny fruits on my plants, especially those I started early to plant in a low tunnel but ended up planting them with the rest. Mc Clintock's is already make fruit and it is a beefsteak. Almost every plant is flowering. Of course it has been hot and wet now and they are in the red tomato bags so they are very happy. No water problems like last year. First to pick lists are coming soon.

[littleminnie]

I was just making an excel chart of first picking for this year and last of all crops. Last year I picked a few tomatoes on 7/2! I won't see that again without a high tunnel.

[oxbowfarm]

Took my first tomatoes to market today. First ripe tomato for us this year were Gregori's AltaiXBloody Butcher F1. Closely followed a few days later by Siletz and Neve's Azorean Red X Bloody Butcher F1.

[12540dumont]

Still the only ripe tomato I have is Sungold.

Nothing for the CSA. Da Apprendere, Campbell54, Bear Creek, Bernadina Paste, Grappiolo d' Invierno, Lucky Cross, Rutgers Cosmo, KBX, Piennolo Dar, Daniels, Lynnwood, Crazy Horse, Jean's Prize, Sioux Cosmo, Me Tarzan, Dr. Carolyn's Pink, Santa Anna, Stump of the World and Picardy. Nary a ripe tomato amongst these.

105 degrees out and not a single ripe tomato. Tomatoes were transplanted on March 30 to the field. No frost and 3 months and not a damn tomato. She toss her hands up in despair. I have peppers on!

[steev]

And my earliest tomato is...Me Tarzan! Followed closely by Black Prince. I ate the volunteer that had looked promising, a yellow-orange plum, but it was lame.

[RpR]

I only planted four varieties of tomatoes this year, and a total of five plants.

I have green tomatoes on most plants but for the first time ever, not one single plant is even three feet tall.
It is really weird as they are all very healthy.

[littleminnie]

I ate the first two Sungolds today. They win for earliest this year.

[ottawagardener]

Typically Taxi and Silvery Fir will be among the first for me. I'll keep track.

[steev]

Gregori's Altai and Principe Borghese have crossed the finish line.

I regret having maligned the volunteer, my fault for thinking it was mature at orange; at red, it's decent.