I grew no early varieties this year. I've had SunGold's ripe for about two weeks now. None of the big ones yet though.

I have had ripe SunSugar, 4th of July, Goliath, First Lady II, Aussie, and Celebrity. Still waiting on several others. First canning of juice this weekend.

1" green beefsteak fruits. Pfft.

Zone 6b, Southwestern Ohio River Valley, ripe so far as of this morning:

Cherry tomatoes, planted April 28:

A dozen or more Galinas off same plant beginning with a couple on June 22, and the rest in the past two days.

3 from single Sungella plant, two on June 24, one today.

Maybe 20 or so from Indian Stripe x Sungold F1 beginning with 2 on June 21, 4 on the 25th, and the rest this morning.

Maybe a dozen from a single Chello plant so far.

2 Una Hartsock, clear pink grape, this morning.

Full size tomatoes planted April 21:

3 Rutgers off same plant, first two on June 23, 3rd one yesterday.

2 from Tom's Yellow Wonder, one on June 22, one yesterday.

1 Marianna's Conflict, June 29.

1 Glory, July 5.

2 Novikov's Giant, July 5.

2 Mozark, July 5.

1 Glamour, July 5.

Noticed one Cherokee Purple Potato Leaf breaking good color this morning.

In other words, the tomatoes are just starting to ripen here and there are loads to come in the next few weeks.

Bill

I'm up in the north east corner of MD (Cecil County) and got my plants in the ground mother's day weekend.

About 2 weeks ago, I started seeing green toms appear and I now have about 25 green ones I'm waiting on. It's driving me nuts, because I'm tired of eating lettuce zucchini and want something else.

BTW, I've got 10 plants in and they all have green tomatoes. I just wish some would start to ripen!

30 miles N. detroit- 1 or 2 weeks away. Lots of toms and flowers. Planted May 20

Wisconsin --- I do not have a ripe tomato yet, but I have a stupice which is just about there. I have been fondling the tomato for a week, cuddling it, speaking endearments to it, and making sure that no leaf shades it.

I have four slices of Nueske's bacon, some fresh green lettuce, and I picked up a couple of lemons today to make mayonnaise with.

Tomorrow, my little plumpkins, tomorrow....

I live in the southeastern part of North Carolina. I started my tomatoes from seed a bit late in the season (early april) and have lots of green tomatoes ranging in all sizes. Can't wait to have a nice ripe one!!!

I haven't even gotten flowers yet. :-(

Roger,
I've picked two from Novikov's Giant but everything else is still green. I suspect the next ripe ones I get will either be CP or Black Krim but don't think I'll see anything else until the "average" time for me -- normally the last week of July.

Terry Light
Oak Hill, Virginia

Butonsville MD here, and I've got plenty of large and small Beefsteaks that are all unripe. I also have quite a few Super Sweet 100 Hybrids with many fruit, but all green. I too am getting tired of zucchini!

Just ate my first cherry tomato last night, it was awesome! Although, I think one more day would have been even better.

I started all of mine early April 19

Forth of july ---Fathers day
better boy ---One red one 8 oz july 7
big boy ---No red but the plants are full
super boy ---Plants are huge and the tomatoes are growing fast
Roma ---no red but full of toms
EXTRA---Green peppers ---loaded and still going june 9
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I was about 4 days late on my personal July 4th goal of getting my first ripe. Can't remember the exact day I planted, but it was mid May. I have gotten a few Early girls so far, with a ton more on the way. The Brandy Boys are only a week or so behind the Early Girls. I thought it was a fluke getting a Brandy Boy beefsteak so early last year, but I am getting the same thing this year. I dare say, Brandy Boy is an early, at least a second early, way ahead of the other beefsteaks. Even ahead of the Jet Stars, which are considered a second early. I've got a few Brandy Boys that are blushing a nice pink, and should be ready in a day or two. Actually, I could pick them today and not feel guilty. A day or two on the kitchen counter would suffice. Everything else are still green with another week or two to go. The pics tell the story....

Early Girl, I have two that are absolutely loaded, the foliage is hiding some of them

Brandy Boy #1

Brandy Boy #2

Mortgage Lifter

Brandywine Sudduth

Cherokee Purple

Big Beef

Kellogg's Breakfast

(Varieties not shown)Livingston's Favorite, Jet Star, and Maryland Large Red all have some nice fruit as well, but very much still green.

Hi
I'm in the same area as you, Vienna VA.

All my tomatoes are still green.

But, I was a bad girl this year and I didn't get my tomatoes in their containers until May 23.

I hope I have a chance to harvest from all of them.

I have some green one that have been just sitting there for weeks. I'm quite a bit north of you but I figure if you're still waiting for ripe ones then I still have even more weeks to wait. OMG, this is maddening! :P

BLT TONIGHT BABY! LOL

First of the big boyz to ripen here in my barely zone 7 Delaware garden (I can spit into zone 6 according to that map) is BrandyBoy! Big Beef will be second tomorrow. I am basing this on fully ripe and ready to eat.

Great tomato weather continues and man in two weeks I'm going to be having ripe tomatoes everywhere on my 23 plants! Nice tall bushy non pruned plants simply loaded with fruit. YES!

We didn't get good tomato weather until July this year. All my plants have just started to set fruit in the last two weeks. So I'm looking at the end of the month to mid Aug before I get anything.

Bill S

Still waiting

I picked Large Red Cherries on July 11th.

I have a Roma that should be ready in three days or so(turning now).

Better Boys, seedlings put in the ground May 22. Tons of fruit, about 1/4-1/3 of them full sized at this point. Not a blush.

I planted a bush cherry variety (sorry, don't remember the name!) the same day and had ripening in the last couple of weeks. It is such a tease to eat those little ripe cherries! I wish my BBs would see those babies and get the hint......

So far, 4 Early Girls and 2 grape tomatoes. But those 2 plants, we cheated and bought well-started potted plants. Of the ones I started from seed or little seedlings, it will be a while. But worth the wait, oh yeah!!!!!!

These have ripened so far in the order they ripened:

SunGold
BrandyBoy
BigBeef
Brandywine
Marianna's Peace
Magnum
Jet Star
Big Zac

Still waiting for:

Pruden's Purple
Neves Azorean Red
Kellogg's Breakfast
Momotaro
Porterhouse
Chapman

A rather odd order. Just goes to show how every year is different and DTM not very accurate.

Mine of started as of yesterday 7/18. I can't wait to pick them. And I'm in Maryland, off the Susquehanna River.

I'm in upstate NY at 3000 feet.I haven't got one ripe tomatoe yet.So far ,its been a race between the Brandywine OTV heirlooms, and the hybrid better boys.BOTH have set fruit early , and have huge green tomatoes,just need some time to ripen now.Every other variety I have decent sized greenies on.I planted may 23rd & june 6th.

Supersonics ripe today. I was able to pick 4 of them, although one might have benefitted from an extra day on the vine. It's not as deep a red on one side as I'd like. It will ripen overnight in the kitchen though.

I have a couple of Red Pears that look ready, but they aren't a red, more orangey. Is this normal?