Miracles do happen! Tomatoes are starting to ripen finally. Got a slew of tomatoes growing, from pea size to really big.

ChefDebbie said:Miracles do happen! Tomatoes are starting to ripen finally. Got a slew of tomatoes growing, from pea size to really big.

It takes great patience sometimes till those tomatoes start to get red!!

Or pink or orange or yellow or green or white or black or......

Tonight mine will turn rotten. Freeze warning.

PaulF said:Or pink or orange or yellow or green or white or black or......

Tonight mine will turn rotten. Freeze warning.

Oh no, sorry about the freeze.

No freeze here yet but all I am getting are some cherry tomatoes.

As of 7:30 AM nothing turning black from 33 degree temp in the garden. The sun is just beginning to peek over the Missouri River looking forward to 60s and 70s for the next couple of weeks.

We have a lot of tomato seeds being offered on the seed swaps this year. Both DND's ALL SEEDS SWAP and the Not from the Seed Rack Seed Swap have a good selection if anyone is interested in joining.

@ChefDebbie I grew Celebrity tomatoes this year and kept production records,too (prolly not as complete as most of y'all semi-professionals, but I'm TRYING!!!).

I'll post it in a few hours: they're in the other room but I JUST laid down to rest after exercising my new k nee, so will fetch them the next time I get up. (Today marks a milestone: I've been home a full week aft3er my total knee replacement! I can almost do everything myself and will try to drive in a few more days!!) **HINT HINT** Stay off the roads. . . and the sidewalds. . heck, to REALLY be safe, take a short vacation OUTSIDE of North Carolina!!!

BetNC said:@ChefDebbie I grew Celebrity tomatoes this year and kept production records,too (prolly not as complete as most of y'all semi-professionals, but I'm TRYING!!!).

I'll post it in a few hours: they're in the other room but I JUST laid down to rest after exercising my new k nee, so will fetch them the next time I get up. (Today marks a milestone: I've been home a full week aft3er my total knee replacement! I can almost do everything myself and will try to drive in a few more days!!) **HINT HINT** Stay off the roads. . . and the sidewalds. . heck, to REALLY be safe, take a short vacation OUTSIDE of North Carolina!!!

Sounds like your doing great!!

here's my info re Celebrity. . .

Vendor information:
hybrid
Determinant
height 2-4'
DTM: d70
fruit: red 7-10 oz globe (slicer), flattened top & bottom
special attributes: late blight resistant, heat tolerant, vining habit

My production notes from this year
sowed seed indoors 3-5-16
transplanted outside May 1 (~8 weeks later) as 1 of 2 tomato plants in an Earthbox
plant grew very highly branched (NOT vining), dense and compact
picked first ripe tomato 75 days later (7-14)
produced 46 fruit from then until cut down Sept 2
***production peaked in late July, with only 1 small fruit produced after 8-8
**plant did NOT continue to flower in the heat of late July and Aug
fruit size and shape variable, with yellowish-red shoulders when ripe
fruit was juicy, meaty and very tasty
plant mature size was about 4.5'

BetNC said:here's my info re Celebrity. . .

Vendor information:
hybrid
Determinant
height 2-4'
DTM: d70
fruit: red 7-10 oz globe (slicer), flattened top & bottom
special attributes: late blight resistant, heat tolerant, vining habit

My production notes from this year
sowed seed indoors 3-5-16
transplanted outside May 1 (~8 weeks later) as 1 of 2 tomato plants in an Earthbox
plant grew very highly branched (NOT vining), dense and compact
picked first ripe tomato 75 days later (7-14)
produced 46 fruit from then until cut down Sept 2
***production peaked in late July, with only 1 small fruit produced after 8-8
**plant did NOT continue to flower in the heat of late July and Aug
fruit size and shape variable, with yellowish-red shoulders when ripe
fruit was juicy, meaty and very tasty
plant mature size was about 4.5'

A very thorough report!

Makes sense that if it was Determinate it would have quit after the big rush of fruit you got in late July.

I finally have my dehydrator up and running. This hopefully will cope with the large volume of cherry tomatoes I have across spring to autumn. It is a Sunbeam.

Gleni said:I finally have my dehydrator up and running. This hopefully will cope with the large volume of cherry tomatoes I have across spring to autumn. It is a Sunbeam.

Looking good!!

Does any one have their heirloom tomato seeds started for transplanting later?

Mine have been in the soilless mix for about two weeks and most have germinated. It will be about one more week until repotting time. They will all go into individual 2 inch by 3 inch deep plastic pots after they have two true leaves. Back under the lights until May when it is hardening off and planting time.

I started my tomato seeds on March 2nd. Many have popped up already. I have a mixture of heirloom and hybrid types.

NebraskaVickie said:Does any one have their heirloom tomato seeds started for transplanting later?

Still too early for me.. won't be starting mine until the end of March.

I, too, have a mixture of heirlooms and hybrids. I started them Feb.28 (I just COULdN'T wait any longer!!! ) I was lucky and all germinated, came up. . .they are under lights, waiting to see their first true leaves yet.

I re-pot twice, about every three weeks: first into regular size coffee cups (8 oz) and then into those jumbo RED Solo cups! (red IS supposed to be good for tomato plants; besides, red and green looks better than blue and green! )

I harden off in March, so by April 1 they're spending all day outside!! Then May 1st, it's transplanting time!! Into Earthboxes and patio containers and they start experiencing the nights!! ( I DID take pity on them their first few nights outside and covered them up; after all my time and effort, it'd be a shame just to let them suffer and/or die from my negligence at this point!)

P.S. Since I live in an apartment, my DIY grow station is set up in my living room. . . so color co-ordination is. . . . important?

BetNC said:I, too, have a mixture of heirlooms and hybrids. I started them Feb.28 (I just COULdN'T wait any longer!!! ) I was lucky and all germinated, came up. . .they are under lights, waiting to see their first true leaves yet.

I re-pot twice, about every three weeks: first into regular size coffee cups (8 oz) and then into those jumbo RED Solo cups! (red IS supposed to be good for tomato plants; besides, red and green looks better than blue and green! )

I harden off in March, so by April 1 they're spending all day outside!! Then May 1st, it's transplanting time!! Into Earthboxes and patio containers and they start experiencing the nights!! ( I DID take pity on them their first few nights outside and covered them up; after all my time and effort, it'd be a shame just to let them suffer and/or die from my negligence at this point!)

P.S. Since I live in an apartment, my DIY grow station is set up in my living room. . . so color co-ordination is. . . . important?

Just sowed tomatoes here.
Most are open pollinated types with one or two hybrids.

CarolineScott said:Just sowed tomatoes here.
Most are open pollinated types with one or two hybrids.