Comments on: First Tomato of the Season http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/07/02/first-tomato-of-the-season/ Gardening for the People. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: You Grow Girlâ„¢ - » Poised to Be the Best Tomato Harvest Yet http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/07/02/first-tomato-of-the-season/#comment-16333 You Grow Girlâ„¢ - » Poised to Be the Best Tomato Harvest Yet Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:33:40 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/07/02/first-tomato-of-the-season/#comment-16333 [...] Aside from several handfuls of ‘Whippersnapper’ tomatoes that started ripening over a month ago there have been tomatoes here and there but not in the numbers were starting to see on the roof and over at the community garden plot. Despite a tray-full like this I am still eying clusters of green tomatoes dripping off the vines at the garden plot, willing them to ripen faster. You would not believe how monstrous and prolific the ‘Zapotec Pink Pleated’ plants are! It’s been hard work keeping the plants pruned and staked. The minute I turn my back there is another fruit-laden branch flopping over and threatening to break off. I’m anxious to reach that point where the tomatoes are so abundant that we’re literally drowning in them. [...] [...] Aside from several handfuls of ‘Whippersnapper’ tomatoes that started ripening over a month ago there have been tomatoes here and there but not in the numbers were starting to see on the roof and over at the community garden plot. Despite a tray-full like this I am still eying clusters of green tomatoes dripping off the vines at the garden plot, willing them to ripen faster. You would not believe how monstrous and prolific the ‘Zapotec Pink Pleated’ plants are! It’s been hard work keeping the plants pruned and staked. The minute I turn my back there is another fruit-laden branch flopping over and threatening to break off. I’m anxious to reach that point where the tomatoes are so abundant that we’re literally drowning in them. [...]

]]> By: Megan http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/07/02/first-tomato-of-the-season/#comment-15942 Megan Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:43:38 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/07/02/first-tomato-of-the-season/#comment-15942 I am SO jealous. I've got 1 grape tomato COVERED in tomatoes, but they're all green. My other tomatoes weren't getting enough sun for a while, and are woefully behind schedule. I'm down in Jersey city, but went to college in Canada (McGill). Haven't heard the expression "two-four" in almost 15 years. sigh. While I will be tomato-less.. I do have the beer thing covered... (she types, pausing to sip from her Stella Artois mid sentence...) I am SO jealous. I’ve got 1 grape tomato COVERED in tomatoes, but they’re all green. My other tomatoes weren’t getting enough sun for a while, and are woefully behind schedule.

I’m down in Jersey city, but went to college in Canada (McGill). Haven’t heard the expression “two-four” in almost 15 years. sigh.

While I will be tomato-less.. I do have the beer thing covered…

(she types, pausing to sip from her Stella Artois mid sentence…)

]]> By: Katie http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/07/02/first-tomato-of-the-season/#comment-15929 Katie Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:17:07 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/07/02/first-tomato-of-the-season/#comment-15929 Ooh! I'm so jealous. My tomatoes aren't showing any signs of color yet. Maybe I'll have to plant some Whippersnappers next year... Ooh! I’m so jealous. My tomatoes aren’t showing any signs of color yet. Maybe I’ll have to plant some Whippersnappers next year…

]]> By: Gayla http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/07/02/first-tomato-of-the-season/#comment-15898 Gayla Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:32:11 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/07/02/first-tomato-of-the-season/#comment-15898 I planted them out in late May. This was one of the first tomatoes planted. And my deck is very hot and sunny so things grow a little bit faster out there. I don't know what I did with my chart where I write my start dates. Probably in late March/early April. I did two tomato seed batches so I'd have to find that chart although I think it was the early batch. I planted them out in late May. This was one of the first tomatoes planted. And my deck is very hot and sunny so things grow a little bit faster out there. I don’t know what I did with my chart where I write my start dates. Probably in late March/early April. I did two tomato seed batches so I’d have to find that chart although I think it was the early batch.

]]> By: gnomenclature http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/07/02/first-tomato-of-the-season/#comment-15873 gnomenclature Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:08:58 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/07/02/first-tomato-of-the-season/#comment-15873 Nice, upside down tomatoes! They look beautiful. When did you start them? I would love to grow a tomato variety that starts ripening at the beginning of July! Nice, upside down tomatoes! They look beautiful. When did you start them? I would love to grow a tomato variety that starts ripening at the beginning of July!

]]> By: Tracy27 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/07/02/first-tomato-of-the-season/#comment-15848 Tracy27 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:57:43 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/07/02/first-tomato-of-the-season/#comment-15848 I've been on the hunt for a really good determinate heirloom tomato... Looking forward to the final taste review on Whippersnapper! I’ve been on the hunt for a really good determinate heirloom tomato… Looking forward to the final taste review on Whippersnapper!

]]> By: Matron http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2007/07/02/first-tomato-of-the-season/#comment-15846 Matron Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:23:06 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2007/07/02/first-tomato-of-the-season/#comment-15846 How wonderful! There is nothing like your first few tomatoes is there? Those supermarket lemmings don't know what they're missing, do they? How wonderful! There is nothing like your first few tomatoes is there? Those supermarket lemmings don’t know what they’re missing, do they?

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