This is what I garden for. If I could grow only one type of plant in my garden, it would be the scrumptious and delicious home grown tomato. This shot above was from August 15th of 2010, when the tomatoes hit full stride that year. Varieties that I can identify in this photo are the yellow Jubilee, Pink Brandywine and Cherokee Purple, all winners in my estimation.
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| Pink Brandywine |
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| Chocolate Cherry |
A couple of weeks ago I planted Chocolate Cherries, and a wonderful big and juicy yellow tomato called Dr. Wyche. I planted those early, as they were my saved seeds. Wanted a second chance if nothing germinated, but all is well. Yesterday I started Black Krim, Cherokee Purple, Pink Brandywine, Marglobe, and Rutgers. This morning I have started Jubilee, Roma, Oxheart, Bloody Butcher, Early Girl, and German Johnson.
All were started using the damp paper towel method. In four to five days, I will pick out the barely started seeds with tweezers, to plant them one to each cell. That way you can see which seeds germinated, and not waste time nursing non-productive cell packs for weeks. This is what I am hoping for:
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| Tomatoes on the porch, 8/15/2011 |
The onions and garlic were a nice bonus. This year I hope to freeze a lot of tomatoes as they are picked, because too many get wasted just sitting like this. And that is a despicable waste of good tomatoes.
