Comments on: The survivors: three heirloom tomato plants still standing

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:25:10 +0000

I just love this photo of your tomatoes with the skyscraper in the background. Is that evidence that gardening is possible in any part of the world or what??!!

By: Lynne Jordan

Lynne Jordan — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:56:06 +0000

Wow!! I am sorry to hear of your tomater casualties but the photos of the survivors is quite impressive to me!! In fact all of your blog photos are lovely! Good job!

By: City Diggity

City Diggity — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:44:31 +0000

Linda,
I’m glad your tomatoes are ripening now, too. Let’s hope the weather holds up for a while so we can enjoy our bounty into the fall.

Dawn,
I feel your pain. The first time I set out a tomato plant I got from the grocery store it took till Oct. for me to get about three tomatoes. After that I switched to cherry tomatoes. You get a good supply of fruit every day once they get started — and they’re the perfect size snack for small hands

By: linda

linda — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:40:01 +0000

Oh boy Avis, they look mouth-watering good! Those cherries are beautiful – what a gorgeous red!

It’s been a strange year for tomatoes with so much cool weather. It’s been a year of smaller crops in some gardens, lots of blight, and longer-than-usual waits for ripe tomatoes. At the end of August I pruned the growing tips and the last flowers here, they started ripening like crazy. Yum!

By: Dawn/LittleGreenFingers

Dawn/LittleGreenFingers — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:58:17 +0000

I’m in a huff now. I have had three ripe tomatoes all summer. And I don’t mean three plants – I mean three tomatoes. They didn’t even taste that good.

I am now jealous and going off to sulk…