Summer Harvest - here they come - Page 13

Grub · January 9, 2007

Yeh, sorry to hear the dissapointment.

Wine will help dull the memory. Time for thoe plants to come back and set more fruit.

Makes no sense at all, composting good fruit, let alone diseased stuff.

But there is still time

feldon30 · January 9, 2007

I sure wouldn't "calm down".

What he did is unforgiveable.

Tomstrees · January 9, 2007

Grub,

Thanks so much for the "shouts-out" in regard to
TYW ! That plant and maters look like they are off and running !

They should fill out if there are no set backs (aka heat; but it has produced for me in OUR August) ~

Greece was a blast ~
The misses and I said we would do a different country for future New Years Eves ...
I'm 100% sure, Australia was part of the convo ~

Great growing everyone !

~ Tom

ps.
I tried not "falling" for those Big Jim pictures in catalogs ... but looks to me like they really DO get big !

Mantis · January 9, 2007

Yeah, I am going to need a recipe for stuffing them. Never done it before. Any ideas?

Suze · January 9, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grub

Just picked a pair of vine-ripened, luscious looking Kalman's Hungarian Pinks.

Thanks Korney. This new one is excellent. Great taste! Prolific. A keeper. First fruits were classic plum paste shaped, but latter ones are large bombs.

I strongly recommend KHP.

Me too. Outstanding taste, and it did very well here.

Grub · January 9, 2007

Snap!

We concur again.

I'm going to grow a couple next year. It does better here than some similar fresh- and paste-kind of combo maters.

Speckled Roman isn't too bad either. Nowhere near the same league, but a very good for novelty.

Spatzbear · January 11, 2007

Full Moon, hope you were able to salvage as much as possible. Do let us know what the other tomato plants are doing. I'm sure with a little TLC they'll start looking better.

Did your 'gardener' get the wine? Or did you enjoy it?

I have quite a lot of green fruit now on the plants. Looking good, but I'm hoping they'll ripen soon. I'm really looking forward to some ripe fruit.

I picked my first Jaune Flamme yesterday. Some Broad Ripple Yellow Currant, and a Cherokee Purple which is anything but a Cherokee Purple. No idea what happened there.

Grub · January 11, 2007

My best fruitsetter is Stump of the World and then, maybe, this Momotaro...

Grub · January 11, 2007

I will move these pics to their rightful home later. Meantime my first C.Pubescens, Dwarf Orange Manzana...

Here is my first Almagro eggplant...

And Waimanalo Long putting on an inch a day thanks to the fertiliser of 1/20 parts Hoodia...

And finally after heavy aphid infestations, Fish is setting peppers. Caribbean cuisine here we come...

Grub · January 11, 2007

Very hot here which suits the eggplants. So, dah-dah, my first ever eggplant harvest with one lovely large Listada da Gandia, two Pink Long Tung, one nice Round Mauve, two crossed non Rosa Bianca, and three non Lao Green Stripe (Thai white round?). I didn't pick some others, as one has to spread the harvest.

Eggplant tonight (

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ll

So hot in fact I had to duck down the road for a dive. I took my underwater camera so you could share in the fun.

Here is the female of our state fish, the Blue Groper. She's known as a brown groper...

And not far away was Bluey, the blue groper... nice afternoon dip. Cia.

I'll shift these pics later. Ta.

**nctomatoman** · January 11, 2007

I think that either I mislabeled them, or there was some other transcription issue. I think that what you have is Lao White - it looks exactly like what I grew two years ago -

Grub · January 11, 2007

Were the seeds from you Craig? Sorry if I haven't said so yet, but thanks so much. They are contributing to making this another summer to remember.

I think, knowing your modus operandi, a transcription issue is more likely. Your Lao White looks identical. That must be it! H

ave all the cookbooks out and oodles of delicious Middle Eastern and Med' recipes for eggies. And so many recipes includes tomato and peppers and herbs in my garden. Mmmmm.

If you don't already have them in your library, two must-haves: Arabesque by Caludia Roden - A taste of Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon; and The Silver Spoon, that best selling Italian bible for over 50 years, recently translated to English, with a chapter on aubergines.

Both these books are a wonderful source of inspiration.

Grub · January 13, 2007

Today's Quick Pic...

michael johnson · January 13, 2007

That Kalmans Hungarian Pink looks a Helluva good plant and tomatoes (Real whoppers) is it a fairly well known variety, as I cant say I have come accross it before.

Grub · January 13, 2007

The big hearty thing in there is a Wes.

Kalman's Hungarian Pink is, ahem, pink.

I didn't know that much about it, and thanks to whoever sent it to me, no, many many honest thanks, but when I Googled Kalman's Hungarian Pink tomato I got some good infor from reliable seed sources.

Definitely worth growing in a season or two.

Best, Grub.

January 9, 2007	#182
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	I sure wouldn't "calm down". What he did is unforgiveable. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

January 9, 2007	#183
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Grub, Thanks so much for the "shouts-out" in regard to TYW ! That plant and maters look like they are off and running ! They should fill out if there are no set backs (aka heat; but it has produced for me in OUR August) ~ Greece was a blast ~ The misses and I said we would do a different country for future New Years Eves ... I'm 100% sure, Australia was part of the convo ~ Great growing everyone ! ~ Tom ps. I tried not "falling" for those Big Jim pictures in catalogs ... but looks to me like they really DO get big ! __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

January 11, 2007	#191
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	I think that either I mislabeled them, or there was some other transcription issue. I think that what you have is Lao White - it looks exactly like what I grew two years ago - __________________ Craig

January 9, 2007	#181
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Yeh, sorry to hear the dissapointment. Wine will help dull the memory. Time for thoe plants to come back and set more fruit. Makes no sense at all, composting good fruit, let alone diseased stuff. But there is still time

January 9, 2007	#184
Mantis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oz Posts: 1,241	Yeah, I am going to need a recipe for stuffing them. Never done it before. Any ideas?

January 9, 2007	#186
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Snap! We concur again. I'm going to grow a couple next year. It does better here than some similar fresh- and paste-kind of combo maters. Speckled Roman isn't too bad either. Nowhere near the same league, but a very good for novelty.

January 11, 2007	#187
Spatzbear Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Adelaide Hills, Australia Posts: 349	Full Moon, hope you were able to salvage as much as possible. Do let us know what the other tomato plants are doing. I'm sure with a little TLC they'll start looking better. Did your 'gardener' get the wine? Or did you enjoy it? I have quite a lot of green fruit now on the plants. Looking good, but I'm hoping they'll ripen soon. I'm really looking forward to some ripe fruit. I picked my first Jaune Flamme yesterday. Some Broad Ripple Yellow Currant, and a Cherokee Purple which is anything but a Cherokee Purple. No idea what happened there.

January 11, 2007	#188
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	My best fruitsetter is Stump of the World and then, maybe, this Momotaro...

January 11, 2007	#189
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	I will move these pics to their rightful home later. Meantime my first C.Pubescens, Dwarf Orange Manzana... Here is my first Almagro eggplant... And Waimanalo Long putting on an inch a day thanks to the fertiliser of 1/20 parts Hoodia... And finally after heavy aphid infestations, Fish is setting peppers. Caribbean cuisine here we come...

January 11, 2007	#190
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Very hot here which suits the eggplants. So, dah-dah, my first ever eggplant harvest with one lovely large Listada da Gandia, two Pink Long Tung, one nice Round Mauve, two crossed non Rosa Bianca, and three non Lao Green Stripe (Thai white round?). I didn't pick some others, as one has to spread the harvest. Eggplant tonight ( ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ll So hot in fact I had to duck down the road for a dive. I took my underwater camera so you could share in the fun. Here is the female of our state fish, the Blue Groper. She's known as a brown groper... And not far away was Bluey, the blue groper... nice afternoon dip. Cia. I'll shift these pics later. Ta.

January 11, 2007	#192
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Were the seeds from you Craig? Sorry if I haven't said so yet, but thanks so much. They are contributing to making this another summer to remember. I think, knowing your modus operandi, a transcription issue is more likely. Your Lao White looks identical. That must be it! H ave all the cookbooks out and oodles of delicious Middle Eastern and Med' recipes for eggies. And so many recipes includes tomato and peppers and herbs in my garden. Mmmmm. If you don't already have them in your library, two must-haves: Arabesque by Caludia Roden - A taste of Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon; and The Silver Spoon, that best selling Italian bible for over 50 years, recently translated to English, with a chapter on aubergines. Both these books are a wonderful source of inspiration.

January 13, 2007	#193
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	Today's Quick Pic...

January 13, 2007	#194
michael johnson Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK. Posts: 960	That Kalmans Hungarian Pink looks a Helluva good plant and tomatoes (Real whoppers) is it a fairly well known variety, as I cant say I have come accross it before.

January 13, 2007	#195
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	The big hearty thing in there is a Wes. Kalman's Hungarian Pink is, ahem, pink. I didn't know that much about it, and thanks to whoever sent it to me, no, many many honest thanks, but when I Googled Kalman's Hungarian Pink tomato I got some good infor from reliable seed sources. Definitely worth growing in a season or two. Best, Grub.