Ripe tomatoes on the Gold Nugget. So far, not very impressed with the flavor. There are a huge number of tomatoes on the plant, but the taste (to me) seems to be bland, and the tomatoes a little bit mealy. There is not even a hint of sweetness. The only redeeming factor is that there is a bit of acid tomato flavor.
The Momotaros are close, with two or three tomatoes showing a good blush. I hope to pick a couple ot them this week. Lots of green tomatoes on the Sweet 100, some green on the Isis Candy. Not very many tomatoes on the Sweet Ozark Orange plants yet. Lots of green tomatoes on the dwarf, but none are getting big. I wonder if I was sold seed to dwarf Red Cherry rather than just dwarf Red. I guess I'll know eventually.
At this point, everything is growing really well and seems to be producing okay. No sign of disease, and no sign of bugs after the initial spray to kill the cabbage loopers. I don't think that growing indeterminates is a good choice for someone in a wheelchair, simply because the plants get so large and unwieldy. It is too hard to stake/tie/cage and retain the ability to move the Earthboxes. If the boxes were static, on soil, then it would be possible to use external structure to support the plants well. The limited mobility of the wheelchair make using external structure impossible if I hope to be able to move the boxes and access both sides from the wheelchair. If I had to do again, I might grow only dwarf plants or determinates.
