Status Report on Day 55

[sic transit gloria]

For those interested in this sort of thing...

I won't bother listing all 56 varieties, but I will mention those that are doing the best/worst in terms of fruit set and growth.

Naturally, the earlier varieties have set more fruit at this time, but there is quite a variance even within those.

Mother Russia is the leader, with over a dozen fruit on, some golf ball sized. I'm very impressed with the plant so far, and I just hope the taste is 75% as good as the performance.

Bloody Butcher is doing well with close to 10. It's sort of an odd plant, though. There isn't much foliage. Similarly, Kimberly doesn't have much foliage, but does have 8 or 9 tomatoes, and was the earliest to set fruit at 31 days! 24 days later and those STILL haven't ripened.

Silvery Fir Tree has around 10 fruit and dozens of blooms. It's a neat plant.

Tigerella is probably the most wildly productive plant so far, if you count blooms. This thing probably has 50 blooms and 10 tomatoes. Some are "showing their stripes," so to speak. Hopefully we'll be eating those by 4th of July.

My two early performers from last year, Azoychka and Gregori's Altai, have let me down so far. GA has one tomato on, and it's small. Azoychka is acting like an oxheart variety, not standing up, but rather leaning on the cage. It has recently begun to set a lot of blooms, though. The early buds aborted (i.e. turned yellow without ever opening).

Most vigorous growth goes to Wisconsin 55, Ponderosa Pink, and Cuostralee.

OTV Brandywine is a gorgeous plant, but not a single open bloom!! Even Brandywine Suddth and Brandywine Purple have blooms, Purple having two tomatoes as well.

Wilting problems continue with certain plants (Garden Peach, Golden Queen (USDA), Purple Russian, Wisconsin Gold). I don't know what it is, really. It's not over or under watering at this point. They are just wilted, recover some, wilt again, recover, wilt. The leaves aren't changing colors, though. The problem isn't spreading, either.

Jason

[KCMO_Don]

Where did you get your Cuostralee?
From seed?

That was one I REALLY wanted, but did not get!

[sic transit gloria]

I bought it from Tomato Growers Supply.

jason