We have been harvesting something every day lately. The bees have been keeping me hopping and of course cleaning the dead flowers away from the flower garden. We have been growing several different types of toms this year. Here is one called, “Crimson Crush” The Roma’s. The way we plant them means that the first bunch comes low down on the stem, which means an extra bunch or two at the end of the season. Here another ‘trial’ candidate, the “Mountain Magic”. We have grown these outside the greenhouse as well as inside. At home, a Crimson Crush...opened-up and ready for the stomach: We harvested more blueberries. This time,3.3 kilo’s. Jam from the trug-full of berries.
Sjoerd, do you and your Bride have a favorite tomato for eating in sandwiches? Ours is Black Krim. For canning, Rutgers is hard to beat.
Hiya GP— yes our fav for salads and BLT’s is the Ferline. As for making concentrate for soups and sauces we use a variety and try new things. We like the Roma’s and the Legend. We are always looking for a new type to try in addition to our favs.
I wonder how similar our tomatoes are. And the names, I suppose each company creates the name of their product? Some tomato names are handed down through the ages. There are Roma, Cherry (for salads, just popping into our mouth, etc), a type for canning, and the larger tomato for sandwiches.
Turkey bacon, Mart. I weeded yesterday and today. Tons of weeds (I exaggerate)and I'm a tired gardener.
Hi Netty. I have six bushes of varying ages. Here “they” say that you can only keep them for 10-12 years but we prune them . Odif, I see them. It looks like the plant stems are all bent-over. Are they cordon varieties? Do you stake your toms at all.. BTW— what is going on with that tom on the foreground? It almost looks s if it is splitting.
@Sjoerd The tomatoes are indeed staked. I pruned the top out and grew two stems up each stake. The stakes are about 20 cm behind where my tomatoes come out the ground, so I had to bend them to reach the stake. There is nothing wrong with my big tomato, except that it is almost like 2 tomatoes that have grown as one.
Odif—I see how you do it. What a whopper that tom is. I see how it works. Did you say it was a roma sort? Cayu— Thanks so much. I am glad you like them...if only you could taste (and smell) a picture, right.
This tomato is called Cornu des andes or in English "Andean horn". They are bigger than Roma tomatoes and are a popular tomato for gardeners here in France.
I have not heard of this one, but it looks interesting to me. I will suss this one out this winter. Thanks for the name. I wonder if it is available up here.
