first to ripen!

[johno]

Finally!

Whipper Snapper was the first tomato of 40+ varieties in my garden to ripen today. It's large for a cherry, and kind of egg-shaped. The plants are rather small, but loaded down with fruits. I was thrilled to taste my first homegrown tom of the season, even if it did have that 'just brushed my teeth' whang to it!

What's your first to ripen?

[dcarch]

Originally Posted by johno

Finally!

Whipper Snapper was the first tomato of 40+ varieties in my garden to ripen today. ------What's your first to ripen?

Cherries don't count!

I am in Z6, I had Sub Artic Maxi last week. A little bigger than cherries, good taste for being the first.

I am expecting Black Krims to be ready before July 4th (nice sizes).

dcarch

[Fert1]

Well, my very first to ripen was SunGold as usual, but since you say cherries don't count, Kimberly came in right behind it. I had 2 of them this evening. Very tasty! I'd dare to say it's as good or better than any early variety I've tried, and pretty productive, even if my plant is a mutant dwarf Kimberly. One side shoot has sprouted up to about a foot tall, and the rest of it is maybe 6-8 inches tall, but very bushy.

Coming in third will probably be my Compari or Amish Gold, just judging by the size of the green tomatoes.

[bbjm]

Tasted my first Sungold ever on June 17, and will eat a SuperSweet 100 tomorrow. Of the ones that "count", It will be a race between Patio, Rutgers, and JetStar, followed closely by the one I'm very excited about -- Cherokee Purple. Hopefully all of those will be by July 4th.

[gardengalrn]

DCarch, have you grown Black Krim before? I did last year and was pretty pleased at how early and PRODUCTIVE it was. Not my favorite black/purple but it sure filled some gaps while the others ripened or became finicky. It seemed I was picking off that plant daily, very reliable.

[Bryan24]

Oddly, a Pink PL Brandywine. They usually are one of the last to start producing ripe fruit, just got lucky, I guess...

laurel-tx

[nctomatoman]

Cherries don't count....but....
Sungold came in at 50 days, Mexico Midget at 51 days.
First non-cherry will be Kimberly, which has a bit of a blush to it, so I expect within the next 3-4 days.
First large fruited will likely be Cherokee Purple - some are getting to be quite large.

[kygreg]

Stupice was the first in my KY garden.

[spkfero]

planted a kimberly may 15
had a ripe one june 18. thats 38 days
never had one that early in
zone 5

gene

[johno]

Not too long after the first ones, Peacevine came in second (I heard ya', cherries don't count...)

Been getting my first full-size ones for a couple of days - Black Krim. We ate one with dinner tonight that weighed 1 lb, 7 oz.

It looks like Nyagous will be ripe in another day or two.

[remy]

I'm jealous of you all!

Gene,
38 days Wow!
Remy

[dcarch]

Originally Posted by gardengalrn

DCarch, have you grown Black Krim before? ---------.

Actually I made a mistake, it was a Carbon that's getting ripe first. Black Krims are not far behind.
So I picked this Carbon a day ago. My first Carbon and first of the season. Not bad for Z6:
dcarch

[Soilsniffer]

1. Red Brandywine, seed from Carolyn. Picked 27 June. Flavor 6/10.
2. Wes, seed from Carolyn again. Picked 29 June. Flavor 8/10.

[tomatoguy]

1. Earl's Faux
2. Mortgage Lifter
3. Big Red
4. Clear Pink Early

mater

[supergirl]

Haven't been here in a while, but now that my plants are getting big, I couldn't keep away.

I'm jealous that I still have no ripe tomatoes, even though I'm in zone 9! This is only my second year starting them from seed (3rd year growing them at all), and I still have to get the timing down. I put them out in early April, and they look pretty good, I think -- mostly 5-6 feet tall, lots of greenies, but nothing ripe yet. I keep hoping I'll start seeing some color up soon, but in the meantime, I've been buying some at Whole Foods to tide me over. Sigh...