my first heirloom fruit!

WilburMartin · July 26, 2016

sorry for the excitement, as I am sure you long-time gardeners are thinking "so what"

This pic is a Pink Brandywine I grew from Burpee seed - my first tomato from seed. Oddly, this is from a plant that I started a week later than the largest Pink Brandywine I have growing - which has lots of blooms, but no fruit as of yet.

I checked my other Pink Brandywine plants and my Mortgage Lifter plants, which have all bloomed - no others have set fruit yet. I am surprised this one did as it has been so ridiculously hot and humid in the past couple of weeks. I have heard that the Pink Brandywine is a bit difficult and has generally low production, so I am surprised I have any fruit on that plant.

rags57078 · July 26, 2016

Good job ,

gardeninglee · July 26, 2016

Wow! That's exciting. I'm waiting for a couple of plants to set fruit again - hopefully they will later next week when it is a little cooler. I've been growing tomatoes for a couple of years now and always get excited when fruit sets! Even someone else's fruit!

PaulF · July 26, 2016

As long as we have excitement tomato growing will stay alive. I enjoy seeing another addiction beginning. Keep us informed.

MissS · July 26, 2016

Very cool! My first heirloom was Brandywine as well. It was also the first tomato that I started from a seed.

Keep up the enthusiasm and never let it go away. I still get excited every year...

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PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,296	As long as we have excitement tomato growing will stay alive. I enjoy seeing another addiction beginning. Keep us informed. __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.

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MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,150	Very cool! My first heirloom was Brandywine as well. It was also the first tomato that I started from a seed. Keep up the enthusiasm and never let it go away. I still get excited every year... __________________ ~ Patti ~

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rags57078 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: South Dakota Posts: 278	Good job ,

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gardeninglee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: West Los Angeles Posts: 203	Wow! That's exciting. I'm waiting for a couple of plants to set fruit again - hopefully they will later next week when it is a little cooler. I've been growing tomatoes for a couple of years now and always get excited when fruit sets! Even someone else's fruit!