Tomatoes were transplanted between March 12 - 19.

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Mortgage Lifter

Nice setup tex container.

Jay

Thx Jay.

Hard part now is waiting for them to ripen!!

wow I am so jealous! I hope my tomato plants look as healthy as yours! I haven't even started mine yet >.~Jamie~

Yea, I second the nice setup & plants, Tex! Show us pics again when they're ripe. :)

Here's mine:

This is supposed to be Chapman. Doesn't look like the pics I've seen of it:

Here's a better picture:

Don't remember which one this is...

And finally...
A little herbicide damage on four plants on the opposite side of the yard!

Hey, tex_container_man:

Do the red things you have hung help with the birds? They've been a nuisance these past few years. I'm trying to hang red Christmas ornaments all over the place because I'm tired of picking my tomatoes green!

Archerb:

That is correct. It doesn't work 100% of the time but it does seem to help. Netting will be my next step if these christmas ornaments don't work this year. Let me know if yours work!!

Good Luck

This morning in my garden,

The other side of the garden

First to ripe this season : Tomato Berry, Yellow Submarine, Indian Stripe, Monokah's Hat, Hungarian Giant, Estiva. I will update the pictures when most of the fruit is ripe.

Silvia

Tex_Container_man,

can i ask what your set up is exactly? you have some huge plants in containers... i've had pretty bad luck growing tomatoes in containers.

michelle

- I'm jealous of all of you zone eight and niners.

some of my tomato plants

Hey Michelle, (pearsaml)

I followed the general design on globalbuckets.org I made a few modifications. Send me an email if you want further info.

Have to bump this one back up to the top with a pic of my cherry tomato "jungle." lol...2-3 getting leggy, but will do just fine when I get them outdoors in the next few days & pot them up to their final containers. :) Bud sets on about half of them already. Chocolate Cherry, Chadwick Cherry & Sungold Select II...

Ready to plant just waiting on the weather. My soil temps are still 50 with all the rain and clouds this past month.

2nd best seedling. This one has smaller, more narrow foliage but the flower trusses are better.

Taken today...

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WOWI love looking at the photos, it gives me something to look forward to.

Karen

Hi Thisisme,

Are you the Thisisme figster from the fig forum?

noss

Yes Vivian, the one and only. In fact if you look close. (Sorry about the picture quality. It was windy.) There are some rooted cuttings sitting on the table inside the shade structure I built for my tomatoes.

I will be adding the next level of supports inside the tomato trellis in the next day or two and planting a fig tree or two while I'm at it.

Tomato plants update as they look this morning

And some are ripening I picked this in the morning and this evening I picked more.

Silvia

GlobalBucket.org

Smart Kids, wicking system like "earth Box" great tomatoes and peppers.

Jealous of all you warmer climate folks...

I will post pictures one of these days - when my plants are a little more impressive looking, hehe.

They're doing great, it's just still too early in the growing season here in PA.

Wow love all your photos! Still too cool for me here, I have a couple of cherry type and a few Early Girls going in shortly. Not nearly as many as some of you though!

I'm harvesting some early season types already. The beefsteaks are coming soon. Most of Texas is suffering from drought, but it's not as bad in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. Early Blight has infected some of my plants. Hopefully, I can keep it under control and still manage to get a good harvest.

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May 13th update.

Crnkovic setting well,

Kosovo leading

Outside plants (planted several weeks earlier...) are

Today's harvest

And tomato tart for lunch

Silvia

Silvia, that looks so yummy!!

How did you make it? Looks like basil and maybe mozzerella?
What kind of dough?

I am hoping to get enough tomatoes to make some crafty recipes.

Karen

Our smart pot veggie garden

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A tomato flower

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Our first tomatoes on Sara Black

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Thank you Karen, here is the recipe for you. I really like it and I will make it again, I substitute the goat cheese for the feta. I like the crust too.

Silvia

Here is a link that might be useful: tomato galette

Silvia,
I was stuck with idea and the photo of your Galette just like Karen. Thanks for posting the link. I've already copied the recipe. Now I just have to wait for the tomatoes.
Gail

Not stuck - struck!
Gail

Gail

The good thing about this recipe is that you can substitute big tomatoes if that is what you have, also the cheese, anything you like. Everyone that sampled at my house liked it. I will be trying new recipes since my big tomato harvest is just starting, cherry, medium, big, colors. I will try to post the recipes that come out good.

Silvia

Thanks Silvia!!!

It sounds yummy. I even have some feta in the freezer.

Now I also need to grow tomatoes!!

We should have a summer recipe post. I am sure we all have tomato recipes to share.

Karen

Jon_z6b...I think I spot a sucker...if you pluck it off then you will see better crop...

You are welcome Karen, and yes the tomato recipe post idea is very good!

Good luck with your tomatoes!

And I made some fresh salsa for lunch.

Silvia

Salsa yum! I have cilantro growing already. I am ready for salsa!
Karen

"Jon_z6b...I think I spot a sucker...if you pluck it off then you will see better crop..."

Wouldn't this only be true for an indeterminate? I mistakenly pinched a few of the initial suckers off of my Glacier plant a month ago and it is not looking like it will be turning out very well.

Thank you Phil..am a newbie...didn't know.

geebos: interesting white containers...what are they?

Thanks in advance

Goliath! These flowers are massive.

I am really enjoying these:

They look great!

Lunch!