Yep! It throws all those "days to maturity" claims offa' the bus, too! I've always thought it would be more helpful if they listed "days from fruit-appearance to maturity"! And kinder to impatient gardeners.

Dave,

Thanks for taking the time and making the sacrifice of those tomatoes to show us such an interesting timeline! I was impressed.

I'm still wondering how you managed to not pick those fruits. But then again I've been looking at green tomatoes for what now seems like weeks. So you know I am just drooling for that first tomato to turn red!

Thanks again. Very educational.

Michelle

Yeap, nice link, give or take a few days based on temps and rains but very cool to see. Thanks.

~~~ Thanks for taking the time and making the sacrifice of those tomatoes to show us such an interesting timeline! I was impressed. ~~~

Whoa! Thats not my work.

That guy probably forgot more than I'll ever know.

Thanks anyway.

That guy probably forgot more than I'll ever know.

*****

His name is Paul and he used to post here at GW a lot. We who were posting here at the time all knew he was setting up a database website, was soliciting input and actually this is the first time I'm seeing it.

Well done Paul!!!

Paul is not a long long time grower, compared to many others who used to post here but have opted to post elsewhere starting about a year ago, but he's a very good and enthusiastic one. Hear that Paul if you're reading here.

I got to know him fairly well b'c I was lead person on altering and adding new articles to the FAQ section, in terms of organization, although I contributed to several of them as well.

But it got to the point where for several reasons I didn't want to continue. I chose Paul to continue and he was instrumental in getting some of that new stuff uploaded to the FAQ section as well as doing a wonderful job with the How To Prevent Cross Pollination FAQ.

Carolyn, who remembers that he did post that sequence of ripening here several years ago. It sure helps for those with little to no patience re ripening. LOL

Dave,

I'm sorry for the misunderstanding on my part. But I still give you a hearty "thank you" for posting the link then.

I came back looking to reference against it since I have a tomato that is FINALLY at the point of blushing!

Dave, nice post, good info.bill w.