Enough Tomatoes already...

No, I'm not serious. Can one ever have too many?

Just another sample of the heirlooms. The lighting is a little deceiving. The sun was blasting through our thin green curtains. Still, the variety is great. From left to right on the image:

The small dark ones are Black Princes.
The large dark ones are Black Krims.
The medium red ones are Big Russian Romas, I think the larger on on the left is a cross with the German Queen it was growing with.
The large orange ones are Amana Oranges.


Profiles to follow after the season. It's a shame that I am having to pull some of these before they are 100% vine ripened, due mainly to foliage disease and insect damage. The color and flavor is still wonderful despite this.

Round 2

From the top. Black Prince, Sweet Orange Cherry, Golden Jubilee, and Russian Big Romas. Just a few we enjoyed last night. We will be having the first Amana Oranges of the season in the next day or two. They are really starting to ripen. Once the season is over, I plan on giving a full report on each variety, with pros and cons. That's months away though, no need to look that far ahead. I'm becoming addicted to fresh tomatoes. I don't know what I will eat this winter. Dehydrated ones I suppose.

Have you see this.... woman?

A many fungus among us..

Number 1

Number 2


Number 3

A sad day for the garden. While this did not happen over night, it certianly spread in less than a week to various other plants. Here are three different afflictions.

From the top: Number 1 is from my black prince plants. They started out the strongest seedlings, with the highest number of fruits among the non-cherry heirloom plants. I found mites on them, and this withering disease. So far my interent research has come up with little explanation as to what this is.

Number 2 is an example of my German Queen. The plant is nearly 80% in this condotion. There are new areas of new growth that is green and lush. However, these areas are now succumbing to whatever is killing the main plant leaves.

Number 3 is the only one I am fairly certian of. It's Early Blight, and with a few applications of a fungicide, it should clear up.
I hate to use it, but otherwise, the plant dies.