First Vine Ripe Tomato - Would You Belive Momotaro!

rnewste · June 15, 2021

Yep, first vine ripe tomato for me this Year (June 15):

And the Cukes are starting to produce:

Sweet Success:

Great Year so far.

Raybo

MSchep · June 15, 2021

Congrats, Raybo! Looking great!

garyc1234 · June 15, 2021

Wow, looks beautiful, Raybo!

Labradors2 · June 16, 2021

Woo hoo! Lucky you!

Enjoy,
Linda

aclum · June 16, 2021

Raybo,

Yeah!! Congrats on your first tomato! Everything's looking great - as expected. I like the way things are pruned. I think you're going to have to share some of your "what to do with all the cucumbers" recipes soon. I imagine you have some good ideas in that regard

.

Anne

rnewste · June 16, 2021

Quote:

Originally Posted by aclum

Raybo,

Yeah!! Congrats on your first tomato! Everything's looking great - as expected. I like the way things are pruned. I think you're going to have to share some of your "what to do with all the cucumbers" recipes soon. I imagine you have some good ideas in that regard

.

Anne

Anne,

Dear Wife takes it all to her Church (she's one of the Deacons) and puts up a table by the Exit for all to help themselves on their way home......(I am lucky to end up with a few that I would like to eat for Dinner

).

Raybo

aclum · June 17, 2021

Raybo,

So they become indulgences then??

JOKING

This isn't an option for me so I'm thinking maybe I'll drag out one of my juicers and the obnoxious vittorio (or whatever it's called) tomato processor and, if I actually do have a surplus

, go the juicing route. I can only eat so many tomatoes and cucumbers but I can drink A LOT

- especially on a hot day and I'm sure we've got lots of those coming up

.

Anne

QAGuy · June 25, 2021

When I grew momotaro, it was always one of the first ones to come ripe. No surprise to me.

rnewste · June 25, 2021

Quote:

Originally Posted by QAGuy

When I grew momotaro, it was always one of the first ones to come ripe. No surprise to me.

Good to know. I always thought Momotaro was more of a mid-season tomato.

I am also picking Dona right now:

F-1 Hybrid

Dona F-3

Raybo

aclum · June 26, 2021

Looking good, Raybo!

I had recalled Momotaro being a larger tomato so I looked up the listing on Kitizawa. Since I last checked the price has gone WAY up (or number of seeds has gone way down)! And, I was surprised at how thorough the cultivation notes (points for successful production) were. I don't recall that level of detail esp. regarding flower stage. (or else I never read those parts of the listing before). I learn something new every day

.

https://www.kitazawaseed.com/seed_111-125.html

Anne

June 15, 2021	#1
rnewste Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Campbell, CA Posts: 4,064	First Vine Ripe Tomato - Would You Belive Momotaro! Yep, first vine ripe tomato for me this Year (June 15): And the Cukes are starting to produce: Sweet Success: Great Year so far. Raybo

June 25, 2021	#8
QAGuy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Glendora, CA Posts: 167	When I grew momotaro, it was always one of the first ones to come ripe. No surprise to me. __________________ "We have met the enemy and he is us" - Pogo

June 15, 2021	#2
MSchep Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Los Gatos, CA Posts: 70	Congrats, Raybo! Looking great!

June 15, 2021	#3
garyc1234 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Zone 10a (Alameda, CA) Posts: 67	Wow, looks beautiful, Raybo!

June 16, 2021	#4
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,894	Woo hoo! Lucky you! Enjoy, Linda

June 16, 2021	#5
aclum Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Merced, CA Posts: 832	Raybo, Yeah!! Congrats on your first tomato! Everything's looking great - as expected. I like the way things are pruned. I think you're going to have to share some of your "what to do with all the cucumbers" recipes soon. I imagine you have some good ideas in that regard . Anne

June 17, 2021	#7
aclum Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Merced, CA Posts: 832	Raybo, So they become indulgences then?? JOKING This isn't an option for me so I'm thinking maybe I'll drag out one of my juicers and the obnoxious vittorio (or whatever it's called) tomato processor and, if I actually do have a surplus , go the juicing route. I can only eat so many tomatoes and cucumbers but I can drink A LOT - especially on a hot day and I'm sure we've got lots of those coming up . Anne

June 26, 2021	#10
aclum Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Merced, CA Posts: 832	Looking good, Raybo! I had recalled Momotaro being a larger tomato so I looked up the listing on Kitizawa. Since I last checked the price has gone WAY up (or number of seeds has gone way down)! And, I was surprised at how thorough the cultivation notes (points for successful production) were. I don't recall that level of detail esp. regarding flower stage. (or else I never read those parts of the listing before). I learn something new every day . https://www.kitazawaseed.com/seed_111-125.html Anne