First ripe tomatoes of 2014

ScottinAtlanta · June 10, 2014

My first was picked today - 69 days after setting out plants. Ailsa Craig!

kath · June 10, 2014

Congrats, Scott! I've got a ways to go yet. Carolyn's Sen-Say looks to be in the lead here unless a later setting fruit overtakes that one and ripens first. That first one is always so exciting.

mensplace · June 10, 2014

There are few things better than that first bite of the year! Congratulations... and ENJOY!

While I have a lot of new fruit still in the ripening stage, it seems to be taking forever. Too, maybe due to the heat and humidity, I'm not seeing a lot of new blossoms. I was careful not to add too much nitrogen, but with all of the rain of the past month combined with daily highs in the 90s and high humidity, there is a ton of new foliage growth. Maybe they are too healthy and just don't feel the need to send out new blossoms. They are already over four feet tall with heavy fruit set around the lower two feet.

Fiishergurl · June 10, 2014

Congrats! I set mine out the first week in February and have been eating them for about 6 weeks now.... :-). This is my first year growing so we have been eating them like crazy and today for the first time, I don't want another tomato for a while... lol. Had a grilled sungold and cheese sandwich for breakfast.

Here are some we picked today. Thankfully our neighbors are eating a lot of them. It's been fun to share.

Congrats again on your first one and many more to come!!

Ginny

b54red · June 10, 2014

Congratulations. I'm still waiting for the first blush which I still haven't seen. This starting late is killing me. I'm used to having the first ones in late May. Maybe one of the hybrids that I am using as rootstock will ripen one soon. They were set out a little earlier than the grafts which were out in the garden over a month late.

Bill

Elliot · June 11, 2014

Congratulations. We are in the NY area and are at least 4- six weeks behind you

tomatoguy · June 11, 2014

Independence Day is in the lead, here. I'm guessing it will come in a few days ahead of its name.

mater

David Dooley · June 11, 2014

Already had Cherokee Purple, Cherokee Green and several of the Wild Boar tomatoes ripen. Really impressed with Pink Berkeley Tie Dye. I've had some one pound plus Stump of The World.

ScottinAtlanta · June 11, 2014

You folks a little further south than Atlanta are looking great! Ginny, that is one lovely basket.

**Lee** · June 11, 2014

Scott, You know the rules here!

No photo = didn't happen!

Congrats on getting the first ripe one of the season. I'm hoping mine will ripen up before next Tuesday.

Lee

ScottinAtlanta · June 11, 2014

Dang it, already ate it. But I would not post a pic of a two ounce tomato. Not manly enough.

Brandon558 · June 11, 2014

Awesome....nothing like the first good batch of maters.

Picked a few myself but still waiting on the first big push.

David Dooley · June 11, 2014

I know how to grow tomatoes but don't know how to load pictures. I'll be at Collin County Farmers Market Saturday morning in Plano , Tx if anyone wants to see some pretty tomatoes.

b54red · June 11, 2014

Checked my toms this morning and saw two blushing fruit both on the hybrid rootstock varieties I planted earlier than my grafts. One is on a BHN 640 and the other is on a Crista. I don't know if either is very tasty but they should be better than the ones available at the grocery store. It will be a few days before either is anywhere near ripe; but at least I know I'm in the game finally.

Bill

Labradors2 · June 11, 2014

Posted by Scott: "Dang it, already ate it. But I would not post a pic of a two ounce tomato. Not manly enough.

"

Luckily, I'm not a man

, so here's a pic of my little cherry Sungolds that I picked yesterday and I can't wait to eat them! They were started in February!

Linda

June 10, 2014	#1
ScottinAtlanta Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 2,593	First ripe tomatoes of 2014 My first was picked today - 69 days after setting out plants. Ailsa Craig!

June 11, 2014	#10
Lee Tomatopalooza™ Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NC-Zone 7 Posts: 2,188	Scott, You know the rules here! No photo = didn't happen! Congrats on getting the first ripe one of the season. I'm hoping mine will ripen up before next Tuesday. Lee __________________ Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad. Cuostralee - The best thing on sliced bread.

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kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	Congrats, Scott! I've got a ways to go yet. Carolyn's Sen-Say looks to be in the lead here unless a later setting fruit overtakes that one and ripens first. That first one is always so exciting.

June 10, 2014	#3
mensplace Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: USA Posts: 1,013	There are few things better than that first bite of the year! Congratulations... and ENJOY! While I have a lot of new fruit still in the ripening stage, it seems to be taking forever. Too, maybe due to the heat and humidity, I'm not seeing a lot of new blossoms. I was careful not to add too much nitrogen, but with all of the rain of the past month combined with daily highs in the 90s and high humidity, there is a ton of new foliage growth. Maybe they are too healthy and just don't feel the need to send out new blossoms. They are already over four feet tall with heavy fruit set around the lower two feet.

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Fiishergurl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Oak Hill, Florida Posts: 1,781	Congrats! I set mine out the first week in February and have been eating them for about 6 weeks now.... :-). This is my first year growing so we have been eating them like crazy and today for the first time, I don't want another tomato for a while... lol. Had a grilled sungold and cheese sandwich for breakfast. Here are some we picked today. Thankfully our neighbors are eating a lot of them. It's been fun to share. Congrats again on your first one and many more to come!! Ginny

June 10, 2014	#5
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Congratulations. I'm still waiting for the first blush which I still haven't seen. This starting late is killing me. I'm used to having the first ones in late May. Maybe one of the hybrids that I am using as rootstock will ripen one soon. They were set out a little earlier than the grafts which were out in the garden over a month late. Bill

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Elliot Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Hicksville, New York Posts: 503	Congratulations. We are in the NY area and are at least 4- six weeks behind you

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tomatoguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rockvale, TN Zone 7A Posts: 526	Independence Day is in the lead, here. I'm guessing it will come in a few days ahead of its name. mater

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David Dooley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Frisco tx Posts: 43	Already had Cherokee Purple, Cherokee Green and several of the Wild Boar tomatoes ripen. Really impressed with Pink Berkeley Tie Dye. I've had some one pound plus Stump of The World.

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Brandon558 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2014 Location: Hampstead,NC Posts: 64	Awesome....nothing like the first good batch of maters. Picked a few myself but still waiting on the first big push.