Alaska- greenhouse tomatoes 2014

[AKmark]

Last year I had good luck with Sudduth's, this year I have Cowlick's setting alot of tomatoes very early in the season.
A truss with 6 tomatoes set, and a pic of two perfect beefsteaks on the same plant, it has 19 total as of April 25th. These seem to enjoy the length of day up here in my greenhouse.

[AKmark]

A pic of my tiny Blk Cherry plant in a 20 gallon container and some of the other happy plants.

[AKmark]

Green Giant did ok for me last year, I got 15-20 tomatoes, this year it set a big fruit then the flowers broke off for a couple of weeks, finally it is setting a few more tomatoes. It grows like a tree, but it is harder for me.

[suvoth]

Wow..hope my plants turn out as great as yours.

[AKmark]

Here is a pic of a NAR that is really loading up, I have been pinching off flowers because they are all setting tomatoes.
Since it is outproducing other NAR, and it is still early in the season, I have taken several cuttings to duplicate it, and Sherry AK is putting some pollen to it from early varieties for me.

[zipcode]

That is not a NAR. NAR has whitish-green fruit. Definitely not with green shoulders.

[AKmark]

It is a NAR, Neves Azorean Red, I have grown many of them, our length of day may contribute to darker shoulders, or not. They are from the same seeds I used last year, and will be bright red beefsteaks.

[AKmark]

Black Cherry and Pruden's Purple are tall enough now that I had to break out the ladder to prune and tie up the tops. Blk Cherry has a fruit ripening, the plant sprouted January 21st.

[AKmark]

I found a suprise this morning when I was watering plants, Fred Limbaugh has a little tomato that is ripening, and it looks like a couple other larger ones are right behind it. It ripened before other beefsteak varieties started in Mid January, Sudduth's Cowlick's, NAR, Steakhouse, Delicious, Caspian Pink, Pruden's Purple, and Green Giant.
I really liked these last year.

[KarenO]

Unreal Mark. In bloody Alaska.
you win
Karen

[clkeiper]

WOW! you are good. everything looks fabulous! My greenhouse tomatoes are about 2' tall and some are loaded with tomatoes, but nothing as nice as yours. Well Done!

[bower]

Yowza, Mark!!!
I am bowled over by a ripe Black Cherry 102 days from sprouting.
I have only gotten that quick a fruit from precocious varieties like Kimberley, my Black Cherry was about 25 days later than that.

Do you keep that greenhouse tropical warm?
I think I must be setting my plants back with exposure to the cold.

Here it is, May, and it's been snowing all morning.

[AKmark]

Our leaves have came out on the trees, they usually sprout around May 15, I have not seen such a nice spring in many years. March, and April were almost all sunny, Yesterday we hit 70 degrees, WTH is going on?
Anyway... the tomatoes love it, and a few weeks ago I turned the thermostat to 61 up from 57, and the difference in fruit set is notable. We also are getting some long days now, maybe 18 hours or so, 20 in June where I am at.
Next week it may be 40, this is Alaska and the weather is crazy here sometimes.

[gtnate]

I heard about the warm weather that you are getting in Alaska this year. There was an article about how all of the Iditarod records were absolutely smashed this year. Areas of the course that are usually covered in feet of snow were barren and the racers could just ride bikes across them. I'm not sure that is a good thing overall, but it looks like it is turning out great for your greenhouse tomatoes. They look amazing!

[akgardengirl]

I got to see Mark's greenhouse in person last week and all I can say is AMAZING! What a tomato jungle in there and he grows the varieties that I only read about.
Sue B.