We planted a variety of tomatoes last spring, including Old German, Abraham Lincoln, Rutgers, Brandywine and Roma. We did not plant a single cherry tomato, although cherry tomatoes appear to be in this photo. Those are merely tiny tomatoes produced on big, strapping vines that we water frequently. Their tiny size is the result of many days over 100ยบ. It's as if the plants felt they'd better hurry to ripen some seeds before they burned up.
Far and away the best performers in the prolonged heat and drought are the five Roma plants. Their fruit is normal size and prolific. Second best is Abraham Lincoln, whose fruit is half-size but still decent for slicing. Third best in terms of production is a volunteer plant from last year's garden, some sort of heirloom tomato. It has produced only four tomatoes, but they are quite large and juicy. That's the big tomato to the left of the yellow object, which is a fruit fly trap.
Because homegrown tomatoes are an essential part of summer, I'll always plant Roma tomatoes, just in case the weather turns hot and dry.
Far and away the best performers in the prolonged heat and drought are the five Roma plants. Their fruit is normal size and prolific. Second best is Abraham Lincoln, whose fruit is half-size but still decent for slicing. Third best in terms of production is a volunteer plant from last year's garden, some sort of heirloom tomato. It has produced only four tomatoes, but they are quite large and juicy. That's the big tomato to the left of the yellow object, which is a fruit fly trap.
Because homegrown tomatoes are an essential part of summer, I'll always plant Roma tomatoes, just in case the weather turns hot and dry.
1 comment:
Good food for thought!
I can taste that heirloom on a sandwich with bacon and lettuce and Miracle Whip! Do you have some cottage cheese?
Okay, enough torture!
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