My earlies are early, and so are my lates?

Mudman · July 11, 2012

So I kind of polled people here last year to find a really late variety and Old German seemed almost unanimous as to being very late. I thought it would be fun to see if I could get it to ripen up north. Well out of 45 varieties I now have 3 non-cherry tomatoes that are blushing. One is Sibirskiy Skorospelyi (meaning Siberian early), another is Tante Ci, and the other is Old German!

lakelady · July 11, 2012

LOL. Just like kids, out to make a fool of you!

I'm baffled. I planted early, mid, and late season varieties and they are all over the map. My earlies are just now ripening, along with the mid season varieties, and a few I thought were going to be late are robust and look ready to start turning too.

I tell you, there is something very weird going on this year. The earth's rotation must be off or something! Too many oddities not just with the tomatoes, but people in general and goings on. Maybe it's Worth's little green men!

Neohippie · July 11, 2012

Last year my Cherokee Purples were the first to ripen, before the Bloody Butcher, which is supposed to be an early variety.

This is why I don't pay much attention to Days to Maturity.

babice · July 11, 2012

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Originally Posted by Mudman

So I kind of polled people here last year to find a really late variety and Old German seemed almost unanimous as to being very late. I thought it would be fun to see if I could get it to ripen up north. Well out of 45 varieties I now have 3 non-cherry tomatoes that are blushing. One is Sibirskiy Skorospelyi (meaning Siberian early), another is Tante Ci, and the other is Old German!

So how do you like the taste of the Old German? And when did you plant it?

Mudman · July 11, 2012

Planted the Old German on 5/5 so it has been 67 days. It is still just blushing, so no reports on the taste yet.

rsg2001 · July 11, 2012

Days to harvest is always a hit or miss, although in my garden Sungold has always been the first to ripen. It's always interesting, though, to see how it turns out.

Mudman · July 12, 2012

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Originally Posted by rsg2001

Days to harvest is always a hit or miss, although in my garden Sungold has always been the first to ripen. It's always interesting, though, to see how it turns out.

Yes, I have 3 cherry tomatoes and Sungold was ready on 6/28 (54 days) but the two others (Black Cherry and Isis Candy) are still green. And then I have a large Old German blushing, go figure.

Boutique Tomatoes · July 12, 2012

This year things are all over the board. I had a Nile River Egyptian and a Limmony with dinner tonight, both of which I normally wouldn't get until mid August. Yet some of the "early" varieties I planted are showing no color at all.

lakelady · July 12, 2012

Me too Mark; my container plants I expected to get ripe fruits a month ago (4th of July, B&B Boar and Glacier. I just got 2 ripe fruits from Glacier this week, little things. But, I have JD's, Earl's Faux, Vorlon, a big Zac (a small Zac actually lol) and Franchi Red pear blushing too. So much for my plan to have "early" toms. But I've been eating some peppers for over a month! Chimayo especially

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Mudman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NW Wisconsin Posts: 910	My earlies are early, and so are my lates? So I kind of polled people here last year to find a really late variety and Old German seemed almost unanimous as to being very late. I thought it would be fun to see if I could get it to ripen up north. Well out of 45 varieties I now have 3 non-cherry tomatoes that are blushing. One is Sibirskiy Skorospelyi (meaning Siberian early), another is Tante Ci, and the other is Old German! __________________ Mike Last edited by Mudman; July 11, 2012 at 08:14 PM.

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lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	LOL. Just like kids, out to make a fool of you! I'm baffled. I planted early, mid, and late season varieties and they are all over the map. My earlies are just now ripening, along with the mid season varieties, and a few I thought were going to be late are robust and look ready to start turning too. I tell you, there is something very weird going on this year. The earth's rotation must be off or something! Too many oddities not just with the tomatoes, but people in general and goings on. Maybe it's Worth's little green men! __________________ Antoniette

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Mudman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NW Wisconsin Posts: 910	Planted the Old German on 5/5 so it has been 67 days. It is still just blushing, so no reports on the taste yet. __________________ Mike

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lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	Me too Mark; my container plants I expected to get ripe fruits a month ago (4th of July, B&B Boar and Glacier. I just got 2 ripe fruits from Glacier this week, little things. But, I have JD's, Earl's Faux, Vorlon, a big Zac (a small Zac actually lol) and Franchi Red pear blushing too. So much for my plan to have "early" toms. But I've been eating some peppers for over a month! Chimayo especially __________________ Antoniette

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Neohippie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: San Marcos, Texas Posts: 77	Last year my Cherokee Purples were the first to ripen, before the Bloody Butcher, which is supposed to be an early variety. This is why I don't pay much attention to Days to Maturity.

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rsg2001 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Zone 6 Posts: 479	Days to harvest is always a hit or miss, although in my garden Sungold has always been the first to ripen. It's always interesting, though, to see how it turns out.

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Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	This year things are all over the board. I had a Nile River Egyptian and a Limmony with dinner tonight, both of which I normally wouldn't get until mid August. Yet some of the "early" varieties I planted are showing no color at all.