Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye Determinate???

[gssgarden]

Here's what I have. She is short, only about two feet or so, 16 tomatoes on it, all on the bottom, and not a sign of a flower near the top at all! Probably will pull it in a week or so when all the fruit turn!! lol

I'm very happy that I'll get 16 off of it. I have never really grown a Determinate before so this is new to me.


Anyone ever have this with PBTD??

Greg

[gssgarden]

Sorry about the small pic. I saved it and can't get it back!! lol

Will try tomorrow in the sun light!!

Greg

[JJJessee]

I'm a new grower of OP tomatoes and I'm growing that one this year.
It seems to be listed as an indeterminate. Mine is not as far along as yours. I'll look my over closely and get back with you.

That's a pretty fruit set.

[KarenO]

PBTD should be an indeterminate plant. Yours is atypical for the variety.
KO

[b54red]

I don't think I would pull it so soon. I have noticed on more than a few varieties that when they have a very robust fruit set lower on the plant that they will sometimes pause in setting out more blooms and fruit until those lower fruits are done or nearly done. BTDP is an indeterminate and will probably produce more fruit later on but usually not so much after an early heavy fruit set. I usually get around 25 fruits off of BTDP and a plant about 8 ft tall before something kills it like gray mold which it is very susceptible to.

I have several plants in the garden of different varieties that are doing exactly the same thing. I usually give them a good dose of TTF to help boost new flowers and new fruit. I also give it to them about every 5 days til they start blooming again.

Bill

[Virtex]

You got lucky with 16 tomatoes I grew a Captain Lucky that only had 1 tomato and it terminated right above that tomato. No growing tip it just stopped at about 1 1/2 foot tall and no suckers formed. My 1 tomato ripened then I pulled it and replanted, it was a nice early one too. I think this is something that just happens from time to time, probably some random mutation, a flaw in the DNA.

[feldon30]

Did you get a megaflower at the center of the plant which stopped the main growing tip?

I've seen this on Cherokee Purple in separate two years and the result was incredible productivity but the plant only grew about 2-3 feet tall.

[Sharpcheddar]

My PBTD plants are indeterminate and currently the tallest plants that I have! Your tomatoes on it look great!

[Virtex]

Nope mine was a normal sized tomato, it just decided it was done.

[tam91]

I had one broken off by the wind (!). Plant is still alive and happy, think it will make a sucker or something to keep growing?

[JJJessee]

Mine is blooming bottom to top. Seed came through Baker's Creek.

[nordicnacho]

Mine are smaller then all of my other plants it says right on his site. Compact Indet

PINK BERKELEY TIE-DYE 25 SEEDS - Beautiful, early, and very sweet rich flavor. 10 out of 10 people liked it better then Cherokee Purple in a farmers market taste off. Early to mid-early, 65-75 days.Compact indet. regular leaf. 8-12 oz. average. Port wine colored beefsteak with metallic green stripes. Excellent sweet, rich dark tomato flavor. Fabulous. Marginal tomato climate recommended.

[gssgarden]

Feldon, No mega bloom but I think I lost the main stem to frost so these are results of side shoots.

STILL, nothing unless no signs of any flowers anyway so I'm going to pull it. she's just sit there and do nothing unless.

Greg

[Salsacharley]

Greg,

I urge you to not pull your PBTD yet. I have one (PBTD) this year that was stressed early on, and had no flowers or even a visible growing tip. I feed it frequent strong doses of Texas Tomato Food, and now it is flowering and has one tomato set that I can see. It is still quite small (2 ft), but very bushy and healthy looking, and I expect it to continue growing.

BTW, I've got a couple of magnificent Shannon's growing and starting to set fruit. I'll post pics when I get some good stuff.

Thanks,

Charley

[gssgarden]

Charley, because you have my fathers name...I'll keep it!! lol

I admit the plant still seems healthy too. Maybe with the fruit gone it will put more energy into producing flowers.

That's great about Shannon's. I have a few plants that are putting up some good numbers for her so far! good luck with her!

Greg