biggest harvest ever

PaulF · August 29, 2013

Today in the near 100 degree heat I went out to pick a few tomatoes and I ended up with the largest (in average size and weight per tomato) one day picking in nearly 40 years of growing tomatoes. I weigh all my fruits but I can't give the exact weight, but these are the biggest in size and the most of them for me ever. The varieties include: Red Butter Heart, Flathead Monster, Giant Oxheart,Church, Joe's Pink Oxheart, Cowlicks Brandywine and Earl's Faux. The smaller ones are Randy's Cherry Bomb and Ambrosia Red.

Alfredo · August 29, 2013

Congrats! Looks like a big harvest indeed.

dustdevil · August 29, 2013

Nice harvest Paul. Forty years is a long time to wait for a big haul! Better go buy a lottery ticket while you're on a roll

**mdvpc** · August 29, 2013

Great harvest. Congratulations!

kath · August 29, 2013

Whoa- that's a lot of tomatoes to pick in that kind of heat! There are some beauties in your photo, too.

If you don't mind me asking, how did those hearts perform for you, Paul?

kath

newatthiskat · August 29, 2013

Really nice harvest!!! Awesome that you got your best haul ever! Now what are you going to do with all those babies?

Heritage · August 29, 2013

That's great, Paul, congratulations! Do you have any overall favorites for flavor and production?

Steve

Doug9345 · August 29, 2013

That's a nice group of tomatoes.

RobinB · August 30, 2013

Wow, that's amazing! Good work!

guruofgardens · August 30, 2013

Beautiful tomatoes! Sure is nice to see a great harvest of hard work.

bluebonnets · August 30, 2013

Congratulations!! And they are beautiful!!

amideutch · August 30, 2013

Good stuff and it definitely looks like you hit the mother load. Things are looking good in Brownville.

Ami

gnol · August 30, 2013

They look so delicious. I am so missing homegrown tomatoes.

BucksCountyGirl · August 30, 2013

Wow...congratulations!

PaulF · August 30, 2013

Thanks for the comments. I really was surprised to see so many huge tomatoes all at the same time.
Kath: Hearts always do very well here. There isn't a heart I don't love.

Kat: We will have a few for BLTs, several just cut into chunks and eaten with other meals and the rest go into a big tub, taken to the local Post Office with a sign, "help yourselves." Everyone in our little village picks up mail at the PO so they will last an hour or so.

Heritage: This year for flavor the top picks are Boondocks, Italian Sweet,Dora,Fish Lake Oxheart,Terhune,Earl's Faux, Joe's Pink Oxheart, Cowlicks Brandywine and (for my wife) Ambrosia Red Cherry.
For production it has been Black Brandywine, Volovie Ukho (Ox Ear, thank you Tania), Boondocks, Dora and because of a one day picking of just over 14 pounds from 10 tomatoes, Red Butter Heart (another from Tania).

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Alfredo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Clifton, NJ Posts: 554	Congrats! Looks like a big harvest indeed. __________________ ~Alfredo

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mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Great harvest. Congratulations! __________________ Michael

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amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Good stuff and it definitely looks like you hit the mother load. Things are looking good in Brownville. Ami __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

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BucksCountyGirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Holland, PA/Zone 7A Posts: 692	Wow...congratulations! __________________ - Kelli Life's a climb...but the view is fantastic

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PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,296	Thanks for the comments. I really was surprised to see so many huge tomatoes all at the same time. Kath: Hearts always do very well here. There isn't a heart I don't love. Kat: We will have a few for BLTs, several just cut into chunks and eaten with other meals and the rest go into a big tub, taken to the local Post Office with a sign, "help yourselves." Everyone in our little village picks up mail at the PO so they will last an hour or so. Heritage: This year for flavor the top picks are Boondocks, Italian Sweet,Dora,Fish Lake Oxheart,Terhune,Earl's Faux, Joe's Pink Oxheart, Cowlicks Brandywine and (for my wife) Ambrosia Red Cherry. For production it has been Black Brandywine, Volovie Ukho (Ox Ear, thank you Tania), Boondocks, Dora and because of a one day picking of just over 14 pounds from 10 tomatoes, Red Butter Heart (another from Tania). __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.

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dustdevil Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: WI, USA Zone4 Posts: 1,887	Nice harvest Paul. Forty years is a long time to wait for a big haul! Better go buy a lottery ticket while you're on a roll

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kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	Whoa- that's a lot of tomatoes to pick in that kind of heat! There are some beauties in your photo, too. If you don't mind me asking, how did those hearts perform for you, Paul? kath

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newatthiskat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: texas Posts: 1,451	Really nice harvest!!! Awesome that you got your best haul ever! Now what are you going to do with all those babies?

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Heritage Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,255	That's great, Paul, congratulations! Do you have any overall favorites for flavor and production? Steve

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Doug9345 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Durhamville,NY Posts: 2,706	That's a nice group of tomatoes.

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RobinB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Near Reno, NV Posts: 1,621	Wow, that's amazing! Good work!

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guruofgardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: zone 5 Colorado Posts: 942	Beautiful tomatoes! Sure is nice to see a great harvest of hard work.

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bluebonnets Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: TX Posts: 178	Congratulations!! And they are beautiful!!

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gnol Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 125	They look so delicious. I am so missing homegrown tomatoes.