Lots of cracking this year

[JRinPA]

I have been doing the short start the last couple years and even mine got a little blighty in the trays a few days before plant out. Not too bad, but on the verge. It was just too cool and wet of a spring for summer crop transplants. Great spring though for the spring crops with good drainage. Bad for poor drainage areas.

I do have more cracks than usual on the sunny tomatoes but I'll tell you what...those big beefs I had full-sun florida weaved taste fantastic. They are super sweet and nice an firm! There is some white/hardish core on some but even that tastes really sweet, I was amazed. I haven't eaten big beefs on sandwiches for a couple year since I usually have so many heirloom tomatoes. I cut back this year and the OR117 were wet and tasteless which whittled me down to about 1/3 of the heirloom slicers I usually grow. Big Beef to the rescue, I guess, but I will come up short on canning I think. I picked a tray and a half to make sauce the other day and I think we ate half of them on sandwiches! Here is the latest. Please excuse me while I eat my ugly cracked tomato!