My 2018 Tomatoes and Garden

[jmsieglaff]

Something caught my eye today, part of a bean plant is albino and part is variegated and part is normal. Never have seen this before.

A couple notes from around the garden today, first cucumber flowers are opening and first female zucchini opened. Squash plants are a few days from flowering. Found a couple SVB eggs on zucchini and pumpkins—so be warned Wisconsin growers!

[jmsieglaff]

Just picked over a pound of raspberries!! So good!!!

[MissS]

That bean plant is lovely. I wonder if you save seed from the variegated portion if the seeds will produce more variegated plants?

[jmsieglaff]

If it produces seed I may try. I can't remember what I planted there--either Dragon Tongue (that's my guess) or Blue Lake 274 Bush Beans. The beans on the plant will tell me.

[jmsieglaff]

Got a big surprise tonight! My first ripe tomato (aside from the January started microdwarfs)!

It is part of the Teensy dwarf project, an F3 pink cherry. I sowed all dwarf tomato seeds on March 21--so ripe on June 27 is 98 days from seed and 43 days from transplant (May 15)!!

[jmsieglaff]

Maybe not a garden pic, but this is my homebrewed Steamin Hot Pilsner. A Pre-Prohibition American Lager. How beer was made in the US before prohibition watered it down and made hops an afterthought. Delicious and perfect for our heatwave.

[bower]

If there's one thing that makes home brewing worthwhile, it's the freedom to add more hops! I do love me a truly hoppy beer.

[jmsieglaff]

The old standby is the first indeterminate to blush! Even if it was a month later I’d still grow it every year. Sungold F1! First blush was 6/30, picture is from tonight 7/1.

[jmsieglaff]

We enjoyed our first Sungold F1 yesterday! Today I find my Crnkovic Yugoslavian x Jaune Flammee, the pollen donor Jaune Flamme, dwarf Metallica and Maglia Rosa all blushing!

[jmsieglaff]

I’d like to think this ranks up there with ugliest tomato ever.

[Nan_PA_6b]

Originally Posted by jmsieglaff

I’d like to think this ranks up there with ugliest tomato ever.

WOW! I've seen better looking tumors.


Nan

[Koala Doug]

It's so ugly that it's almost come back full circle to being pretty again!

[TexasTomat0]

Originally Posted by jmsieglaff

I’d like to think this ranks up there with ugliest tomato ever.

You've got my vote - 2018's ugliest mater.... by far.

[Nan_PA_6b]

What variety is that ugly mater?

[jmsieglaff]

Originally Posted by Nan_PA_6b

What variety is that ugly mater?

It's from the dwarf project, a lead on a orange/yellow mini beefsteak in the Teensy family. I'll snap a picture sometime of the rest of the fruit, they are flattened, ruffled ~3/4 oz fruits that will ripen to yellow/orange.