*Are they red yet? Are they red yet?* Enh! Making me crazy.

Next year i'm planting a couple of Stupice in containers as insurance :)

2013 was an odd year.

Where are you in NJ?

I had my mail order company trade my independance day tom for a might sweet hybrid grape tomato.... that has worked out so well for me as the grape tomato has had ripe fruit daily and the fruit is 2 oz each (grown in compost)

My Brandywines are still green but the cherry and grape are keeping us busy... my San marzano was put in I think June.

I live near the Freehold, NJ are in south/central jersey.

Pineapple
Black Zebra
Black Krim
Abe Lincoln
Independence Day
Better Boy
Gardener's Delight Cherry
Chadwick Cherry
Super Steak
Better Bush

I have this feeling that I'm going to be swimming in tomatoes in early August because they're all going to turn in a matter of days, not weeks. It just figures we're vacationing the first week of August.

But this time last year I had squash and green beans, and I didn't start those any later this year, I think the weather did delay things. Might have some next week though. Tomatoes and peppers got set out later this year (though Independence Day was only 1 week or so later than usual).

So njitgrad, we are fairly close as I am just bit more East of you in River Edge. I have about 4 tomato plants that were stressed for most of June so they are fighting back right now. I, too, suspect that I will have tomatoes into September & October at this rate as long as the weather stays warm.

Now the others "4th of July" are to size but still green. And to note this one was the first flower to produce and the others followed about 2 weeks after. So I think the weather had something..?

To note it was grown in a 20 gallon fabric container and I also have another plant in ground.

Edit on start date. Germanation at March 15th and planted May 16th

Early Girls and Parks Whopper look the closest. But it actually got down to 48 last night, thats not going to help at all!

And now I'm getting Septoria Blight from all the wet and the deer damage and my neighbor, who has it really bad right now. :(

At least they're starting to turn red though...

Anyone else having problems with "Big Rainbow" this year? Tiny flower bud clusters that are forming *super* slowly and not a fruit to be seen yet. Or is this just how it is? Brandywine was slow too, but it actually has fruit now, so Big Rainbow is officially the latest. Don't know why, all the other plants fruited...

I want to say this is the worst tomato year yet (Sue already asked that), but at least I have a variety though no many. 2011 everything except Glaciers drowned/rotted and those had bacterial speck/spot/anthracnose so I guess that was worse. But the other veggies aren't doing well either - the berries were, but since July has been so dry the wild blackberries are shriveling up like they did last year. Maybe we'll be lucky and have apples in the fall - look good so far.

Those were the days, my friend,
we thought they never end.
we couldn't wait for that mato to turn red..
and suddenly the fall fell upon us
..
when life becomes memories , it becomes of more value.
I dream of spring again.

how about you ?