Tomatoes

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First harvest, Black Prince from the seed bank. Thanks @stevebradford.
Big, firm with the proper give, good taste and aroma. 3 open faced sandwiches with mayo, salt, pepper and a bit of chili flakes.
Stuffed!
My wife enjoyed a good chunk too. Still some for dinner.
 
I still threw away about 4-5 blossom end rot tomatoes. This seemed less than usual but not conclusive.
 
I tried some heirloom tomatoes from a high end produce store. Very red, firm but not hard. A tomato smell but not as complex as homegrown. Taste: dull. Lesson: store bought are not worth it (except for the better Canadian cherry tomatoes).
Today had one of the end of season homegrown tomatoes: still slightly green, one soft spot, fragrance excellent, taste, sweet and strongly tomato-y. Worth all the effort.
 
@stevebradford do you have a favourite for this year of the above ones? I still have 2 plants on my high up balcony that haven’t had a single ripe one yet, despite having close to 60 green Tom’s between them. But of the 10 varieties in my in-ground plot, my favs this year were ananas noir for sandwiches, and strawberry cherry tomatoes for absolute sweetness.
 
DaniL said:
@stevebradford do you have a favourite for this year of the above ones? I still have 2 plants on my high up balcony that haven’t had a single ripe one yet, despite having close to 60 green Tom’s between them. But of the 10 varieties in my in-ground plot, my favs this year were ananas noir for sandwiches, and strawberry cherry tomatoes for absolute sweetness.
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They are all so good!

But.. the ones I love to eat the most are Medusa,
Old German and Yellow Mellow.
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And then.. Oxheart are the best for canning! The skins slide off so easily after a short blanch and are very meaty with few seeds.

Also.. Cherry and Current are great for snacking and packing in lunches.

Too hard to stick to just one!
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I show a dip here next week to single digits, but I grow early girl and Manitoba varieties and they are pretty cold hardy. Once June hits, everything stay outside.
 
Lloyd Gordon said:
Have to take my tomato plants in for the next 2 nights: going to below 10°C tonight and tomorrow night. Worth it to get an extra week of growing season.
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Wonder if I've planted mine outside too early this whole time... I've had tomato plants covered in late spring snow that survived hahaha.
 
I've read that below 10°C can damage tomatoes. Thats why I usually wait till June to put them outside. I'd like to put them out earlier because I find they tend to lose leaves in the pots I start them in. Once they have root space, they grow much faster. It was a cold May where it was below 10°C for the daily high a number of days until just about a week ago.
 
Lloyd Gordon said:
I've read that below 10°C can damage tomatoes. Thats why I usually wait till June to put them outside. I'd like to put them out earlier because I find they tend to lose leaves in the pots I start them in. Once they have root space, they grow much faster. It was a cold May where it was below 10°C for the daily high a number of days until just about a week ago.
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I'll keep mine inside longer next year and see the difference! Probably why the tomatoes on my porch are already producing but still yellowed some. I honestly thought they where more cold hardy, but not dying/ thriving are different ends of the spectrum
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