I that one plant or two?

I am growing it for the first time this year and I am wondering about spacing. How wide are your plants?

Not very wide at all, say maybe 16-20" wide, 12-14" tall and really compact.

Looks like you will have a bumper crop! I have never heard of this variety.
I'm jealous! Some of my plants have blooms but no fruit yet- too early here. Brandy

This may be a dumb question, but if it is green when ripe, how do you know when it's ready?

I believe there is an amber blush to it when is ripe.

I am trying LGS for the first time. It was planted in an E.B. on April 15 so the plant is not as large as yours but it is beautiful and have gotten lots of comments about its rugose growing habit and deep green color

LGS won't get a noticeable amber blush. You need to rely on feel. The fruit will start to soften when it ripens.

They'll look like this. And they can get an amber blush, at least here in NC.

Lee

In 2006, when I first grew Lime Green Salad, I thought OMG! how is this little plant gonna hold up all the tomatoes when these blossoms all set???

But fact is, you only get about 10% blossom set as I've found out after growing about four plants in 2006 and 6 in 2007. The best plants only gave me about 1 tomato for every 10 blossoms even though all plants expressed those huge multi-floral flower sprays.

As far as the amber blush ... yeah, I get the same general colors as Lee shows in his pictures. The insides stay that beautiful dark lime green tone though.

Some of the tomatoes seem more oblate and some plants seem to give larger sizes than other plants. See that one up above the golf ball? I've tried to select for plants that give more of that size fruit with more seed cells (four or more locules is what I look for). But then I've only been selecting for two summers so far. This will be my third try and right now I only have three plants selected for best seedling vigor from seeds saved from largest fruit producers.

BTW, I find the ones let go 'til amber are softer and much sweeter; while I prefer them firmer and zingier and pick them before the amber blush for my tastes. When they go amber, I either give them away or save them for seeds.

Bill

Thanks everyone, for the harvesting tips! I'm growing one right now, but unfortunately, I don't get to keep it. I've been growing a few plants for one of my husband's coworkers, and this is one that she chose from the long list of seeds that I acquired over the winter. I still have some seeds left, so maybe I will put that one on next year's list. Too many plants already started for the tiny space I have available this year.

Bonnie