Sunday, January 28, 2018

Tomatoes

We planted four different tomato plants this spring.  Bloody Butcher which produced quite well until the storms, Sweet n Neat Red which was good, Black cherry which is still going strong and the ever popular Russian Red.

Way back in 2013 I purchased a Yates Seeds 130 year Commerative Tin containing 10 packets of Seeds,  Most were still unopened so this year after planting the other tomatoes we sowed a few seeds of a Tomato called on the packet "Large Red".  These have been growing well and outgrew their posts while we were busy on other projects so that after one storm Doug spent a morning putting in new stakes and chopping the tomatoes back and retying them.



They are just starting  to ripen. .Tonight I picked the first, by no way the largest.  Here it is pictured next to a Black Cherry Tomato.



12 comments:

  1. we have red cherry ones, and I think the large might be Beefsteak or Russian Red. They are fruiting so well. I found the ruffled red poppy seeds!!!

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    1. Large red was the name on the Yates packet. Looks like a beefsteak type. The poppies only if you can spare some.

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  2. They look so good. Except for fighting the dreaded black spot disease, growing tomatoes is so satisfying.

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    1. Yes, if these survive the distance we will have a good crop.

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  3. Catching up with my blog reading. Sue, your tomatoes look fantastic. The weather's been really cold and windy here so I haven't ventured out and bought any seeds yet.

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    1. I just googled Oswestry weather and see it is not good. Keep warm.

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  4. Black Cherry looks interesting

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  5. I can't wait for our Tomato season. Still a long way off.

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    1. When you have your tomatoes we will be eating soups and stews.

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  6. I miss having a garden, since we live in an apartment I've only got a few pot plants on the deck.

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