the season downunder - Page 12

Medbury Gardens · January 5, 2009

Tessa Sorry checked the name tag again and its White Beauty,not Great White,i do have a Great White but it`s about two weeks away from ripe.I love growing my whites and have found that theres not alot of difference in colour between the two, more to do with size, with Great White being the larger of the two.
Looking forward to next seaon where i will have Big White also to grow to add to the other two

tessa · January 5, 2009

gosh richard, that's a big knife.
have mercy on the poor things...
they're trembling!

Medbury Gardens · January 5, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by tessa

gosh richard, that's a big knife.
have mercy on the poor things...
they're trembling!

Ya right, i should have put my cell phone beside them so they could have phoned for help

LenaBeanNZ · January 5, 2009

HAHAHAHAHA funny, I usually put my 8 inch knife next to them for comparison too. These are my GW from last season. Mine are a few weeks from ripe still. Today I picked the first Cherokee Purple at breaker point, because we are going away early tomorrow morning and I dont want to miss it! It stayed quite small though.

LenaBeanNZ · January 5, 2009

Ill try add the photo this time

Grub · January 5, 2009

Awesome pics, Kiwis.

Tess, the GMG is among my favourites too. Small plant, strong, sets in heat, good keeper, PL, and I have a bomb coming, a 1-pounder I reckon.

I'm so glad it came through in the end.

tessa · January 5, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Medbury Gardens

Ya right, i should have put my cell phone beside them so they could have phoned for help

well...that's what i always try to do.
LOL!!!!

hey...nice looking GW's lena.
were they sweet?

LenaBeanNZ · January 5, 2009

Yes very sweet. These were the late season ones, they were lovely. Got a few very beautiful and big pale ones. I have a lovely photo of one (with the knife) but I cant find which album its in. The earlier ones were not so pretty, yellow and stunted and covered in blemishes.

Templeton · January 8, 2009

Today's pickings, a bit underripe, but trying to beat the birds
Clockwise from 12 o'clock
Jaune Flammee, Raff, Rainy's Maltese, Reisentraube, Black Trifele, and in the middle Cebrino.
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tessa · January 10, 2009

we're getting tomatoed out down here.
today's haul:

those are, from 12 o'clock...
big white, stump of the world (outter tomato), honey (4 inner tomatoes), tessie's treat, canadian heart, anna banana russian, canabec super, and grub's mystery green. in one case...it's a grub's mystery green and red stiped.

here's a closer look at the grub's mystery green with red stripes:

is that unusual?

and i'm starting to get some good size despite the heat
canadian heart

stump of the world

tessa · January 21, 2009

i'll bet you north hemispherians are starting to get hungry right about nows.

here.
have something to eat.

LenaBeanNZ · January 21, 2009

Such a tease! Apparently alot of my tomatoes have reached breaker point by now, lucky Ill be home in a few days. I spent last night on 90 Mile Beach, that was an experience.

Grub · January 22, 2009

Here's a 378 gram or 13.5oz GMG, the first for 2009.
And mighty fine on the tooth.
Sorry about the boiled egg lips

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Grub · January 22, 2009

The usual patch pic or part thereof... late this year and plants haven't reached their usual heights by now and I am wondering if they will in this high heat.

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Lomatia · January 22, 2009

Same for me in Melbourne Grub. Some plants are still quite short but plenty of flowers and reasonable fruit set.
Then i really just want to peak late Feb for my little tomato show at Marysville.
Very hot and dry here but at least there's 12 hours plus of tennis per day and one-day cricket to watch!!!!!

Been bagging flowers furiously because of the seed embargo into Oz.

January 5, 2009	#166
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	Tessa Sorry checked the name tag again and its White Beauty,not Great White,i do have a Great White but it`s about two weeks away from ripe.I love growing my whites and have found that theres not alot of difference in colour between the two, more to do with size, with Great White being the larger of the two. Looking forward to next seaon where i will have Big White also to grow to add to the other two

January 5, 2009	#167
tessa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: perth, western australia Posts: 1,031	gosh richard, that's a big knife. have mercy on the poor things... they're trembling!

January 5, 2009	#169
LenaBeanNZ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 114	HAHAHAHAHA funny, I usually put my 8 inch knife next to them for comparison too. These are my GW from last season. Mine are a few weeks from ripe still. Today I picked the first Cherokee Purple at breaker point, because we are going away early tomorrow morning and I dont want to miss it! It stayed quite small though.

January 5, 2009	#170
LenaBeanNZ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 114	Ill try add the photo this time

January 5, 2009	#171
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Awesome pics, Kiwis. Tess, the GMG is among my favourites too. Small plant, strong, sets in heat, good keeper, PL, and I have a bomb coming, a 1-pounder I reckon. I'm so glad it came through in the end.

January 5, 2009	#173
LenaBeanNZ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 114	Yes very sweet. These were the late season ones, they were lovely. Got a few very beautiful and big pale ones. I have a lovely photo of one (with the knife) but I cant find which album its in. The earlier ones were not so pretty, yellow and stunted and covered in blemishes.

January 10, 2009	#175
tessa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: perth, western australia Posts: 1,031	we're getting tomatoed out down here. today's haul: those are, from 12 o'clock... big white, stump of the world (outter tomato), honey (4 inner tomatoes), tessie's treat, canadian heart, anna banana russian, canabec super, and grub's mystery green. in one case...it's a grub's mystery green and red stiped. here's a closer look at the grub's mystery green with red stripes: is that unusual? and i'm starting to get some good size despite the heat canadian heart stump of the world

January 21, 2009	#176
tessa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: perth, western australia Posts: 1,031	i'll bet you north hemispherians are starting to get hungry right about nows. here. have something to eat.

January 21, 2009	#177
LenaBeanNZ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 114	Such a tease! Apparently alot of my tomatoes have reached breaker point by now, lucky Ill be home in a few days. I spent last night on 90 Mile Beach, that was an experience.

January 22, 2009	#178
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Here's a 378 gram or 13.5oz GMG, the first for 2009. And mighty fine on the tooth. Sorry about the boiled egg lips Click for Larger Size

January 22, 2009	#179
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	The usual patch pic or part thereof... late this year and plants haven't reached their usual heights by now and I am wondering if they will in this high heat. Click for Larger Size

January 22, 2009	#180
Lomatia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 147	Same for me in Melbourne Grub. Some plants are still quite short but plenty of flowers and reasonable fruit set. Then i really just want to peak late Feb for my little tomato show at Marysville. Very hot and dry here but at least there's 12 hours plus of tennis per day and one-day cricket to watch!!!!! Been bagging flowers furiously because of the seed embargo into Oz.