should these heirlooms be larger by now?

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Posted by njitgrad 6A/6B New Jersey (My Page) on

Sat, Jul 20, 13 at 23:57

Below are photos of my Black Zebra and Pineapple heirlooms in grow bags next to the side of my garage (first year growing anything from seed).

At 67 days since transplant, shouldn't the green tomatoes be larger? I'm also starting to see a lot of dropped blooms lately. Is this due to a lack of bee activity lately?

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Posted by seysonn 7b WA/HZ 1 (My Page) on
Sun, Jul 21, 13 at 1:34

Your plants look real healthy and must be doing something right.
67 day from transplant is not a long time. That is how long it takes from FLOWER to ripe FRUIT in a lot of cases.

Blossom dropping could be due to heat , too much fertilizer, water...
For tomatoes to bear fruits, insects' help is not needed. Their flowers are self-pollinating.

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Posted by edweather Zone 5a/b Central NY (My Page) on
Sun, Jul 21, 13 at 8:31

Yaeah, your plants look good. None of my beefsteaks are ripe yet. When you say 'Pineapple' heirloom, is that the same as Hawaiian Pinepple?

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Posted by sjetski 6b NJ (My Page) on
Sun, Jul 21, 13 at 12:27

Agreed with Seysonn.

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Posted by BriAnDaren Ottawa zone 5 (My Page) on
Mon, Jul 22, 13 at 13:40

Black Zebra is a small, salad size tomato.

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Black_Zebra

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Posted by mato_nj none (My Page) on
Tue, Jul 23, 13 at 8:13

I'm in NJ as well and am just starting to see some ripening on the larger types where I was fortunate to have to fruit set early on. It all depends on when the fruit set on your plants. Between the rain and then the heat I had a lot of blossom drop and some of my plants only have smaller fruit as well like you.

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