!! ?? I definetly started too late this year. (end of March)

My Stupice doesn't even have buds yet. lol My parents Early girls have fruits set. My Big Boy have buds, but no other plant has anything close to it.

i'm in ct as well and i have 14 tomato plants all have babies!i planted them on april 28th. i know really early but i put in a new raise bed and tons of mulching material and homemade compost.

Natural - that's okay. You fret too much. You are probably at least a couple of weeks behind me on your plants due to seedstarting dates. You will be catching up next week sometime - the weather is going to be very cooperative for optimal fruitset. And so what if your parents have Early girls. We all know what those taste like.

Watboy - how's it going? April 28? Well, you picked a good year to get away with it, I guess. I have done it that early a couple of times, but it never helped me much because when it's cold the plants just sit there and turn purple. Mine were placed out in the beds May 10 and 11, which proved to be a good bet. Your raised bed with compost strategy is keeping things warmer, indeed, so that was wise. Mulch is key. Do you have any buds or fruitset?

i got fruit set on one plant at the beginning of this month. red lightning, which strangely enough is known for BD. yet my early girls are still at blossom stage. how odd. coupla cute little tomatoes tho.

now i have a few more larger transplants to put in this week (a little late, but what the hell) and wait and see.

Raise,
I did the same thing just this morning.I don't have any fruitset yet ,but I planted may 24th.I did a bed this yr and my transplants are doing well.Its a bit strange seeing the plants grow and not having the sprinkler running!I have a few flowers and clusters of buds.Keep 'em growing!
oh,I do have a tiny pepper though :o)

After a quick inspection today, I am happy to announce that Stupice has been joined in the "fruitset festival" by Black Krim, Black Cherry. Gardener's Delight, Earl's Faux, and Jaune Flammee! Here we go!

raisemybeds i've always wanted to try to plant that early and always wussed out. i will start picking peas and beans by the end of the week as well. i planted all my crops on april 28th. and i have buds and little fruit sets. my cherry tomato and jetstar have the most fruit set.

And today we can add Cherokee Purple to the list! Watboy - you are doing better than I am on the Jet Star (I love that plant) as I have no 'maters on that one yet, but lots of flowering going on. Try going a whole month earlier on your peas - I am completely serious. Mine went in (directly in the bed outside from seed) on March 14 and we have been chowing them for more than a week - they are LOADED.

Dunnn57 - I will bet you have fruitset within 2 weeks tops.

wow! i'll try that . it was my first year really trying to plant so early. i love peas. thanks for the tip!

raisemybeds, you know we want pictures right? :)

Awesome Raisemybeds T !!!

We've just started to get fruitset here in NJ !
Are you growing TYW this season?

Hope all is well ~

Tom

Tom - you KNOW I am growing your Yellow Wonder, and I gave the extras away to many delighted area gardeners, too. Send me an email of the varieties you are growing this year, and I will send you one, too. There might be a "seed swap" in the air.

Yes, Natural, I will try to post pictures at some point. I have never learned how to do it, though, and technology is my weakest skill set. I can barely use the stupid digital camera.

Just checked outside. Teensy fruits evident now on Jet Star, Lemon Boy, Faux Box Car Willie, Marianna's Peace, Caspian Pink, and Pink Brandywine. Hot sunny days, and cool evenings are doing it. No doubt I will find more tomorrow!

raisemybeds, I'm getting a little annoyed with you now. LMAO. JK. Seems like everyday you have something good popping up.

Tpday I noticed a growth spurt. 1st day above 82 after that big rain we had few days ago.

Just flowers & buds, no fruits yet. Stupice is growing fast.

Okay and now Cherokee Green has one! Sorry, Natural!

now if we could get some sun here in CT! that would be nice!today's forecast "mostly cloudy

Raisemybeds,

How many varieties do you grow, and how many of each variety? Do you use everything yourself or do you sell or give away?

I had a too much luck with my seeds this year, and I can't throw away a perfectly good tomato plant, so I have 27 plants this year, managed to give away four. All have flowers, and I saw a tiny Azoychka tomato yesterday. Next year I will try Stupice too. :-)

Hilde

I have about 6 or 8 2-inch tomatoes on each Stupice. No sign of ripening yet. Stupice is always a very reliable variety, never bothered by hot or cold. Must be all those great potato genes.

Bob B.

I want some tomatoes. my plants are getting much bigger all over 2 ft now, but nothing as far as fruit. Last year though nothing started showing up until the end of June. I didnt put my tom's outside until mid may though.

Hilde - I have about 25 or so plants out there right now. I have given away a couple hundred. I keep the most primo healthy ones for my own garden, and yes, one per variety. The exception is Cherokee Purple - I am growing 2 of those because they are so wonderful tastewise, and also I am growing 2 Green Grape, because they are smaller than the other plants I currently have and I remember fairly low production the last time I tried it. This number of plants, I have found, is the number I can reasonably manage in the space I have, given all the other things I grow. It allows me to institute some tried and true family favorites, and to also grow out new (to me) varieties. You will like Stupice, it is early and prolific.

Today even more fruit has set, on Yellow Pear and Omar's Lebanese. The weather has been OPTIMAL for this, with perfectly alternating periods of cool breeziness and full hot sun. There has been an adequate amount of rainfall, but nothing ridiculous. I am thrilled so far.

It is a strange and somewhat wonderful year. I realize that I am not in your area, but I did get a late start this year. I have over 75 plants of close to 20 different varieties. Quite a few of them is first time trials.

I join in your thread because there is such a variety, some of my plants are loaded, yet some have no tomatoes set on the vines at all yet. I am getting a few cherry tomatoes that are ripening, sure taste good, but thus far none of the big ones are even turning. Well - ah - two of the Big Beefsteak did start to turn but they were rotting where they touched and held rainwater in all this rain that we have had.

Some of the new ones that I am looking forward to trying are the Mr. Bruno, Porterhouse, Ugly, all of which are setting lots of tomatoes, plus Big Zac and Box Car Willie, which only have blooms thus far.

I fully intend to cut back some on them next year and will save seed from the ones that really impress me, to plant next year.

Raise, I will be glad to try to help you with picture posting if you would like. It just sounds a lot harder than it really is. If this ol dawg can learn how, I feel pretty sure that you could, and it is easy and fun after a little practice.

Good luck to all of you up there, I know that it is sometimes hard to wait, but sometimes the anticipation is one of the better parts.
Bill P.