Mountain tomatoes

[zipcode]

Okay, maybe not quite mountain, but it's probably not the best place to plant tomatoes. It's about 6-700 m altitude and fir trees are the norm here.
Biggest problem isn't the cold nights, but the rain. Too much rain, too much lateblight+septoria+earlyblight. Some pics from this year:

Unknown italian multiflora cherry tomato. Nice and productive. Also bland.










Next an ugly Legend tomato. No late blight resistance unfortunately, most died soon after pics were taken (early august)






Then an heirloom from around here that looks like an opalka. Extremely productive in a bit better weather, doesn't do very well here though.



Hot peppers at least do well. We give most since we eat very few.




The patch of ground in the spring. Not all of it is ours, basically a relative lets us use some of theirs.




And some more unrelated pics taken from spring to fall.

[Farmette]

Thanks for the pictures Zipcode. Where about in Romania are you located? My grandfather was from a small village near Arad.Chris

[puttgirl]

It looks beautiful!
Is the yellow flower some sort of tree peony?

[zipcode]

Not sure what flower that is. Is a sort of bush type thingy. I grows near the fountain along a japanese apple (you can see their flowers in the background). Here's a closeup:



The village is Sucevita, somewhere in northeast. Also somewhat on the touristic map due to one of the monasteries. Beautiful forests, at least part of them still are. they started 'thinning' them quite a bit.

[mdvpc]

Curious what the paste is called that is like Opalka, and what the history of it is.

[zipcode]

Like all heirloom varieties, they're not named until someone 'collects' them. I got it from someone who said he got it from a guy that had cultivated them a long time in one of the villages here. That village is the only place people grow for farmer's market, because they have some sort of microclimate which is incredibly better then places nearby, they can even grow eggplants with good results.
It's a droopy leaves plant, grows unreasonably tall, also late season, likes to be pruned, the tomatoes are more like a heart in texture and seeds, and they get soft very fast. Sensitive to all diseases. I made a cross with a late blight resistant cherry, and f2 was very promising, very early crop of plum tomatoes that grow even taller and do better here.

[mdvpc]

Zip

Thanks for replying.

[Farmette]

Zipcode, the flower is lovely. It looks like you live in a beautiful area.
Thanks for sharing.
Chris

[greyghost]

Zipcode, what a beautiful view you must have from your garden!
Great photos; thanks for sharing. Darlene

[habitat_gardener]

Originally Posted by puttgirl

Is the yellow flower some sort of tree peony?

The yellow flower looks like Kerria japonica.

[travis]

Originally Posted by zipcode

Like all heirloom varieties, they're not named until someone 'collects' them. I got it from someone who said he got it from a guy that had cultivated them a long time in one of the villages here.

It's a droopy leaves plant, grows unreasonably tall, also late season, likes to be pruned, the tomatoes are more like a heart in texture and seeds, and they get soft very fast. Sensitive to all diseases.

The most disease sensitive variety I've grow with that fruit shape is Polish Linguisa, but I wouldn't necessarily describe it as droopy leaf, so probably not the same variety. Opalka has been much less disease sensitive for me than Polish Linguisa, which usually succumbs before fully fruiting out.

[barefootgardener]

Zip,
What a beautiful area you live in! The unknown flowering bush pic is stunning to look at, especially when we have lot's of cold and snow right now..Thank you for sharing your pictures with us!