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Tomato Thursday
"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
They are amazingly sweet—and prolific!
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8712
Join date : 2015-06-12
Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
I planted a few Sungolds a few weeks ago. There are tomatoes setting on now. I have only ever planted red/pink tomatoes. So how do you tell when these are ready to harvest??????
yolos- Posts : 4152
Join date : 2011-11-20
Age : 74
Location : Brooks, Ga Zone 7B/8A
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
I like to halve and dry my excess Sungolds. THey are kind of like golden raisins and very good in curry/ rice dishes.
Yolo, when they are a lemon yellow start trying them till you find the color you like the flavor best at. I like them best a golden orange with no lemon yellow color, but all is good. They can have problems with splitting, so I eat those when picking.
Yolo, when they are a lemon yellow start trying them till you find the color you like the flavor best at. I like them best a golden orange with no lemon yellow color, but all is good. They can have problems with splitting, so I eat those when picking.
Turan- Posts : 2620
Join date : 2012-03-29
Location : Gallatin Valley, Montana, Intermountain zone 4
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
See those orange-colored ones, like the one that split open after it was picked? Those are fully ripe, and unbelievably sweet. You will see some of them that are a little green, or light yellow in the bowl - those are in the ripening process and will finish ripening in 1 to 2 days. Eat or use the deepest orange ones first, while the others are still ripening.
"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
Turan and OG, thanks for your responses. There are hundreds of green ones on the four plants now so I should get some ripe ones before our average first frost of about Oct 28. This is just a trial to see if I should add them to my grow list.
yolos- Posts : 4152
Join date : 2011-11-20
Age : 74
Location : Brooks, Ga Zone 7B/8A
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
yolos wrote:This is just a trial to see if I should add them to my grow list.
Once you taste them, you won't be able to live without them!
"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
Turan, Once you dry the halved Sun Gold tomatoes, how do you preserve/store them.
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
All of my tomatoes are in containers. I read an article from another thread that recommended containers being half-barrel size. I don't have room for anything like that. In fact, my largest containers (probably 15 gal.) are producing less than my 5 gal. containers. My 4th of July -- most productive of all -- is in a 5 gal. pot.
If the larger varieties require more space, I'm cooked, cuz my brandywine and beefsteak can only have 5 gal. pots, since they have to come inside for the winter, and I don't have room inside for anything larger. Anybody have success with large maters in small containers?
If the larger varieties require more space, I'm cooked, cuz my brandywine and beefsteak can only have 5 gal. pots, since they have to come inside for the winter, and I don't have room inside for anything larger. Anybody have success with large maters in small containers?
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
CN, 5-gallon buckets are just fine if you use Mel's Mix and top off with more compost during the long season.
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
Fingers crossed I can get big maters by planting late. If not, I'll start again on New Year's Day and try it the other way by planting super early.sanderson wrote:CN, 5-gallon buckets are just fine if you use Mel's Mix and top off with more compost during the long season.
Speaking of "big maters", I'm still getting these big, green things on one of my cherry tomato plants. I think it's the sungold. The last one just rotted. We'll see what happens with these.
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
Agree; I didn’t grow them last year and completely regretted it. This year, i have way too many! But SWEETOhioGardener wrote:yolos wrote:This is just a trial to see if I should add them to my grow list.
Once you taste them, you won't be able to live without them!
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8712
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Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
My Sungolds have started maturing. But every one that turned orange was also split. I think they do not like the +95*f days. But they are delicious and they are setting fruit even in this heat. I am going to add them to my grow list next year. But I have now started harvesting before they fully matured so they would not split. I will have to wait a few days to see if they taste as good if picked when they first blush.OhioGardener wrote:
See those orange-colored ones, like the one that split open after it was picked? Those are fully ripe, and unbelievably sweet. You will see some of them that are a little green, or light yellow in the bowl - those are in the ripening process and will finish ripening in 1 to 2 days. Eat or use the deepest orange ones first, while the others are still ripening.
yolos- Posts : 4152
Join date : 2011-11-20
Age : 74
Location : Brooks, Ga Zone 7B/8A
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
I put the bag in hte freezer. Then I would grab a handful to toss in the cooking basmati rice. They probably would store just fine in a mason jar with the lid screwed tight.sanderson wrote:Turan, Once you dry the halved Sun Gold tomatoes, how do you preserve/store them.
Turan- Posts : 2620
Join date : 2012-03-29
Location : Gallatin Valley, Montana, Intermountain zone 4
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
They say it tastes "smoky." If someone doesn't come forward with a first-hand report on this Japanese Black Trifele, I may just have to take one for the team next spring.sanderson wrote:Interesting tomato.
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
countrynaturals wrote:If someone doesn't come forward with a first-hand report on this Japanese Black Trifele, I may just have to take one for the team next spring.sanderson wrote:Interesting tomato.
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
Getting ready to roast the last of this year's volunteer tomatoes. I harvested 14 trays of green tomatoes a few weeks ago, just before the first hard freeze. At that time, I counted at least 6 different types of tomatoes that had sprung up from the cold compost pile. The plants I carefully coddled from seed didn't do that well, but the volunteers took off and never looked back. I've already processed 9 of the trays, making several batches of soup and sauce to enjoy during winter. All things considered, it turned out to be a productive year, after all...
Oven ready:
In addition to the two above, these will make another three trays:
The ones pictured below are the mystery tomatoes I pulled to save for seed. Any idea what they might be?
Oven ready:
In addition to the two above, these will make another three trays:
The ones pictured below are the mystery tomatoes I pulled to save for seed. Any idea what they might be?
Ginger Blue- Posts : 281
Join date : 2016-06-02
Location : New Hampshire, Zone 4
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
I have a Super Sweet 100 tomato plant, in a container, that I can bring in for the winter. Right now, it's growing out of control and producing. Can I cut it back and bring it in? If so, how much? Could I prune it back by about a third? Any advice? Suggestions?
Re: Tomato Tuesday - 2018 & 2019
You should be able to cut it back as far as you want. It should recuperate pretty quickly. You might want to take a pruned branch and let it root as a back up plant. Those are yummy tomatoes!
Turan- Posts : 2620
Join date : 2012-03-29
Location : Gallatin Valley, Montana, Intermountain zone 4
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