The Next Round of Tomatoes

Randall · July 14, 2012

A few more varieties coming around

greyghost · July 14, 2012

Randall, you've had some absolutely beautiful tomatoes this summer!!
Enjoyed the photos very much. Darlene

Randall · July 14, 2012

Thanks, Darlene

Tania · July 14, 2012

Randall, wow, very beautiful fruits and great photos!

I love Kellogg's Breakfast, the way it looks and the way it tastes.

PA_Julia · July 14, 2012

Randall,

Simply beautiful!!

Julia

ScottinAtlanta · July 14, 2012

Great pics. You have a loving hand.

lakelady · July 14, 2012

You have some gorgeous tomatoes Randall!

Today my older son and I had a tomato sandwich with a beautiful big Vorlon. He said it was the best tomato he'd ever eaten. I told him to just wait, the fun has just begun, there's much more to come!

Mark0820 · July 14, 2012

Randall,

Very nice harvest, and excellent photography! I'm growing Hoy this year also, but none of mine have ripened yet (it was the last plant to set fruit).

Do you use anything on your plants other than the seaweed/molasses foliar spray?

Randall · July 15, 2012

Thanks a lot everyone! I appreciate that

Mark, I use the SeaCom PGR, molasses and Actinovate together as a foliar. At plant out, it's Mycogrow, Biotamax and Actinovate. As a fertilizer at plant out and for feeding, I use Tomato-tone. I amend the soil once in the beginning with some good old homemade compost and then top dress more compost again about halfway through the season. This year, I also added Azomite to the beds where I grow tomatoes. This combo seems to work really well for me but I know people have success with other methods also.

barryla61 · July 16, 2012

WOW!!! Would love to see a pic of your garden

Randall · July 16, 2012

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Originally Posted by barryla61

WOW!!! Would love to see a pic of your garden

Here you go, Barry. It's a mess but it's my favorite mess. It looked a little more lush before all of the potato vines died back but I'm ready to eat some potatoes!

The dead grass is a testament to how drought-stricken my area is right now.
It's around 95F out there and I'm trying to catch everything up on my day off! I noticed the butternuts are ripening nicely too! I'll throw in the Ananas Noire I had from lunch. Enjoy!

remy · July 16, 2012

I'm dying looking at your (and everyone else's) yummy tomato pics!
Remy

meadowyck · July 17, 2012

Ok, I would have no problem taking a several bites if not eating all of those beauties.

RebelRidin · July 17, 2012

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Originally Posted by Randall

A few more varieties coming around

Absolutely GORGEOUS!

FILMNET · July 17, 2012

Holly Butternut WOW, I grew them last year i learned to cook them so many ways. I grew Waltham Butternut, this year its Butternut Bush and 1 other mixed seed possibly from Lakelady. I had a tough time starting seeds of squash outside this summer, took 2 times before 1 started. I was wondering way these plants would not grow long like last summer, found out i did plant bush ones here.1 plant has different color leaves so i hope it grows faster, possibly her Italian squash. Good for you Randel 2nd crop? You should have weighed the fruit from each plant, nice start! I am weighing my fruit from Amazon Chocolate this year.

July 14, 2012	#4
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	Randall, wow, very beautiful fruits and great photos! I love Kellogg's Breakfast, the way it looks and the way it tastes. __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase

July 14, 2012	#5
PA_Julia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, Ky Zone 7A Posts: 2,208	Randall, Simply beautiful!! Julia __________________ Personal Best- 4.46 LB Big Zac 2013

July 14, 2012	#7
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	You have some gorgeous tomatoes Randall! Today my older son and I had a tomato sandwich with a beautiful big Vorlon. He said it was the best tomato he'd ever eaten. I told him to just wait, the fun has just begun, there's much more to come! __________________ Antoniette

July 15, 2012	#9
Randall Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: 6a Posts: 396	Thanks a lot everyone! I appreciate that Mark, I use the SeaCom PGR, molasses and Actinovate together as a foliar. At plant out, it's Mycogrow, Biotamax and Actinovate. As a fertilizer at plant out and for feeding, I use Tomato-tone. I amend the soil once in the beginning with some good old homemade compost and then top dress more compost again about halfway through the season. This year, I also added Azomite to the beds where I grow tomatoes. This combo seems to work really well for me but I know people have success with other methods also. Last edited by Randall; July 15, 2012 at 11:25 AM. Reason: left out the Azomite

July 16, 2012	#12
remy Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Z6 WNY Posts: 2,354	I'm dying looking at your (and everyone else's) yummy tomato pics! Remy __________________ "I wake to sleep and take my waking slow" -Theodore Roethke Yes, we have a great party for WNY/Ontario tomato growers every year on Grand Island! Owner of The Sample Seed Shop

July 14, 2012	#2
greyghost Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: southeastern PA Posts: 760	Randall, you've had some absolutely beautiful tomatoes this summer!! Enjoyed the photos very much. Darlene

July 14, 2012	#6
ScottinAtlanta Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 2,593	Great pics. You have a loving hand.

July 14, 2012	#8
Mark0820 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 907	Randall, Very nice harvest, and excellent photography! I'm growing Hoy this year also, but none of mine have ripened yet (it was the last plant to set fruit). Do you use anything on your plants other than the seaweed/molasses foliar spray?

July 16, 2012	#10
barryla61 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Bedford, VA Posts: 257	WOW!!! Would love to see a pic of your garden

July 17, 2012	#13
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	Ok, I would have no problem taking a several bites if not eating all of those beauties. __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

July 17, 2012	#15
FILMNET Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,803	Holly Butternut WOW, I grew them last year i learned to cook them so many ways. I grew Waltham Butternut, this year its Butternut Bush and 1 other mixed seed possibly from Lakelady. I had a tough time starting seeds of squash outside this summer, took 2 times before 1 started. I was wondering way these plants would not grow long like last summer, found out i did plant bush ones here.1 plant has different color leaves so i hope it grows faster, possibly her Italian squash. Good for you Randel 2nd crop? You should have weighed the fruit from each plant, nice start! I am weighing my fruit from Amazon Chocolate this year.

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