Blushing – Finally
I know it hasn’t been that long since I planted my tomato plants, but it really seems like it has been taking them forever to ripen. In a quick glance I found 6 that were starting to ripen. I am also suspecting that my malakite and green zebra are probably close too, I just didn’t have time to examine them that closely.
The first two pictures are from my two sungold plants. The first one is in a pot while the other is in the ground. I can’t believe the size difference between the tomatoes. The ones on the second plant have to have at least three times the mass of the first.
Sungold #1
Sungold #2
And here we have the royalty of the garden, the Golden King of Siberia. The biggest one is ripening, as well as one other just behind it to the right. We’ll see how it looks tomorrow, but judging from the amount of color already it should be ready to eat in a couple of days.
Golden King of Siberia
Next up is another Russian, the Cosmonaut Volkov. This one was hiding on me, I was very surprised to find a flash of pink. Seems like a pretty good sized tomato, and should be ready to eat by the weekend.
Cosmonaut Volkov
The last of my ripeners (I think I just made up a new word) is a yellow pear. Next year this will be replaced with Yellow Submarine, which is supposed to have a slightly better flavor. The yellow pear plant I keep having to prune back as it tries to take over the garden.
My peppers are doing great. I am debating picking some of the jalapenos so I get some more by the end of the season, but I really want them red. I had taken a picture of my tobasco plant which is finally poking some peppers up into the air but the camera battery died while snapping the last shot. The hot hungarian wax is going crazy, peppers everywhere. If hot pepper rings weren’t so cheap I would pickle some of them. As it is I will be saving them for salsa.
The sweet chocolate finally threw a few peppers too. Hopefully I can get one or two by the end of the growing season.
The last picture is one of me standing in my tomato plants. For reference I am 6’2″ tall, and most of them are as tall as me or better. I wish my cages were 7 feet tall!
Tomato Haven
Are you sure that second one is a sungold? Those look huge! Or are the sungold plants THAT unstable?
I am speechless at the size of your plants. Simply speechless. That’s so awesome!!!!!
You got me on whether that is a sungold or not. I guess we will see what they taste like and how they look when ripe.
My yellow pears are also doing the same thing (trying to take over), but if they taste anything like the ones I remember from when I was younger I don’t care. I will have to try the “subs” next year. I am jealous of the Jalapeno’s, as this was the first year I have not grown any in a long time, and of course I miss them insanely. Nice looking plot of tomato’s!!!!!!!!!!
I decided I am going to yank out the Grace Lahman plant Erika. It just isn’t healthy, even the tiny tomatoes are a pale white. I have spotting on the leaves, which suggest blight, so I would rather yank it than take a chance of it infecting my other plants.
Oh, that’s sad. 🙁 We’ll never know for sure then what tomato it was supposed to be.
I just had my first Amish Paste… definitely a good candidate for including in some recipes, though it can stand on its own feet as well.
Caleb, the Amish Paste is IDEAL for making salsa and for simply canning. If your plant is abundant, I highly recommend a batch of salsa at the very least.