Mine are starting to ripen, but they have the mushy taste to them, some are firm and juicy some not. I will be canning them this weekend. It has been pretty slow for tomatoes here too. I ws beefsteak but they aren't ripe yet, the early girls, romas & cherry's are ripe. I think I want to move south, my aunt told me they plant in september & march in florida but I don't like the heat!

Galcho,

I WS about 1/2 of my tomatoes, and sowed the rest indoors to see which would do better. It's not exactly a scientific experiment, since they were different varieties, but here are my results so far.

Azoychka WS None ripe yet
Black Cherry SI(Sown Indoors) 1st ripe 8/21
Cherokee Purple SI 1st ripe 8/19
Mini Bush Yellow Cherry WS None ripe yet - only one growing in a container though
Moskvich WS None ripe yet
Opalka SI None ripe yet
San Marzano SI 1st ripe 8/20
Sungold WS 1st ripe 8/16
Supersweet 100's WS None ripe yet

So it looks like out of the ones sown indoors 3 out of 4 are already ripe, and only 1 out of 5 of the wintersown are ready, though they all have tons of tomatoes on them now.

I may do half and half again next year with different varieties and see if the indoor ones still produce ahead of the wintersown ones.

To be coninued ...
Bonnie

I have plenty--I canned 12 pints of sauce yesterday and I could do another 12 tomorrow, and the day after that and so on. I am growing all short or mid-season plants which went into the ground only a few inches tall, some of them only had a few true leaves.

T

I WS'd all of my tomatoes this year and last. From what Trudi said, I'm guessing It didn't help I waited longer than I should have to plant out. They stayed in little cups for a while because I thought we were going to move.

Even so, they seem slow, compared to last year. I've had the most ripe tomatoes from Cherokee Purple so far. Also, I've had a few Tiger Tom, Black Cherry, Yellow Pear, Hillbilly and Yellow Ruffled ripen, but not in large quantities.

I am still waiting on White Snowball and Missouri Love Apple to ripen.

I also just today harvested my first cucuzzi gourd. I was expecting them earlier, but maybe that's typical for gourds. I harvested it small so I can use it like a zucchini. We're having it for dinner this evening ... curious how this one will taste.

all mine were WS, no idea how mnay plants I have cuz .. well,

I freaked out when they hadnt sprouted, recycled the soil to other things and redid everything. well, the recycled soil is popping maters up all over the place and I prolly had to pull 5 or 6 plants that popped up way too late, they're still popping here or there.

Anyway,
I got one ripe one from Bonnie Best
1 from Silver Fir (Actually 2 but one had BER
6 Black Cherry (a real winner for a late sprouter!!!!)
1 Mortgage Lifter

Like Bonnie, not a scientific experiment - it may be that my indoor sown tomatoes don't like the soil in either the herb bed (southwest) or the south house garden, but -

Supersweet 100 - indoor sown - south house garden - okay, sparse ripe tomatoes, not a big yield

Sungold - indoor sown, herb garden - ditto - I think I've had 3 sungolds, LOL

Pilgrim - indoor sown, herb garden - only one

Hawaiian Pineapple - WS, southwest raised bed - beautiful, 2 ripe so far, 3 or 4 more big ones on the vine

Glasnost - WS, southwest raised bed - same as HP

WS wins for me! I didn't do too many this year because of the move.

Well, I just made spagetti sauce and salsa out of 9 of Mom's Big Bite tomatoes and WS herbs. My romas have been claimed by the stinking chipmunks again. They are plucking the green ones and chewing the orange ones right on the vine. I'm considering delegating all tomato production to Mom. I'm glad all of you are getting some juicy toms.

Squirrel Girl