my first run at growing heirloom tomatoes - Page 3

Alfredo · August 7, 2013

Your garden looks great wally, looks like you're getting a big harvest.

~Alfredo

wally mcgee · August 7, 2013

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Originally Posted by Alfredo

Your garden looks great wally, looks like you're getting a big harvest.

~Alfredo

Worth1 · August 7, 2013

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Originally Posted by wally mcgee

Pick it.? Or give it a few more days. I have never grown Cherokee Purple before. What say yee?

Pick it now as soon as you can.

It is common for many of these types to have green shoulders.

Well I see that post was three weeks old.

Worth

MissS · August 7, 2013

That is a big harvest. Worth was right pick it now. While it has green shoulders and a yellow flush.

Perfect!

Definitely a keeper.

wally mcgee · August 7, 2013

Don't know what happened to my text that went with the picture.

This is my fertilizer acquisition manager: W.J. (grandson).
We buried a fish under every tomato plant. I'm not sure of how much it helped, but these are the best looking tomatoes I have ever had.

efisakov · August 8, 2013

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Originally Posted by wally mcgee

Don't know what happened to my text that went with the picture.

This is my fertilizer acquisition manager: W.J. (grandson).
We buried a fish under every tomato plant. I'm not sure of how much it helped, but these are the best looking tomatoes I have ever had.

I do the same thing. Fish head and shrimp scales are great for tomatoes.

wally mcgee · August 19, 2013

I wish they all wouldn't get ripe at once!

Had BLTs and some of my sweet corn tonight!

Life is good. Its such a blessing to have a bumper crop after last years drought burnt most of my garden to a crisp.

efisakov · August 20, 2013

Wally, what type of Brandywine are on your pictures?

wally mcgee · August 20, 2013

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Wally, what type of Brandywine are on your pictures?

wally mcgee · August 20, 2013

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Wally, what type of Brandywine are on your pictures?

They are Sudduth pink. I am very impressed with them. They seem to be holding at about 6'6" high. My German Pink are 9' high in my hoop house but lack the qualities of the Brandy Wine. I got the seed from Seed Savers out of Decora, Iowa. Seedsavers.com I think. I am trying my hand at saving the seed......so far so good....time will tell...I have never done it before.......fermenting, washing, and bleaching. I plan to do a germination test next week to see if I'm on the right track.

efisakov · August 20, 2013

Good luck.

wally mcgee · August 20, 2013

Thank you

August 7, 2013	#34
MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,150	That is a big harvest. Worth was right pick it now. While it has green shoulders and a yellow flush. Perfect! Definitely a keeper. __________________ ~ Patti ~

August 20, 2013	#38
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	Wally, what type of Brandywine are on your pictures? __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

August 20, 2013	#41
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	Good luck. __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

August 7, 2013	#31
Alfredo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Clifton, NJ Posts: 554	Your garden looks great wally, looks like you're getting a big harvest. ~Alfredo

August 7, 2013	#35
wally mcgee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: peru, Iowa zone 5a Posts: 167	Don't know what happened to my text that went with the picture. This is my fertilizer acquisition manager: W.J. (grandson). We buried a fish under every tomato plant. I'm not sure of how much it helped, but these are the best looking tomatoes I have ever had.