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A 12oz Cherokee Purple. Delicious, but I do need to find an earlier black tomato variety to add to the mix next year.

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[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

If you squint a little it looks like a toothy flesh creature. It looks quite appetizing compared to my usual opinion of lightly processed tomatoes.

[–] polytropic@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Certainly the meatiest of tomatoes.

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

My tomatoes, are doing thier thing, by turning their leaves yellow and spotty. Its a watering issue I think. We had a lot of rain the last few weeks. But this happens every year, snd I cant seem to figure out how to prevent it.

Ive still got mad green plum tomatoes waiting to turn color. I think I need to switch to only growing tomatoes in pots. My one potted tomato doesnt not have the spotty leaf issue, just the ones in the ground.

This tomato looks beautiful, and I am wholly jealous! It looks so good!

[–] polytropic@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Mm, plum tomatoes! I hope you get a generous harvest.

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago

same to you :)

[–] dotdi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Congratulations! Looks delicious.

We are also in 7a and started eating our tomatoes about a week ago. Cucumber has been going super strong for a few weeks now. Eggplants are starting to be ripe enough to harvest. It’s been a good year so far.

[–] sam_the_tech@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’d live to toss one of those sweet berries into my dehydrator for a few hours!

[–] polytropic@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil and herbs would be delicious..

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good extra virgin olive oil, sea or pink salt, fresh ground pepper and some fresh homemade bread and I'm in Heaven! Add some prosciutto and mozzarella and I'm over the moon!

Look amazing!

[–] polytropic@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

A few more of these and I'll pick up some mozzarella cheese, harvest some basil and make Caprese salad. 🤤

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

So jelly! My next run will be San Marzano tomatoes. From what I read they are excellent for sauces and actually counterfeited. Crazy thats a real thing!

[–] polytropic@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I hope they live up to your expectations! Wish I had more room so I could try them! Are you going to process most of them?

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

My dream is I can grow hundreds of pound in greenhouses all year. Make sauce, sell at the farmers market and the rest goes to food banks.

I would love to get some of those seeds. Thats a good looking fruit (yes people tomato is a fruit). So I can propagate, if I can get my dream going its going to a veggie/fruit making machine 24/7/365

Also have a soft spot for Beef Heart Tomatoes, they are bad ass on a sammy :)

[–] polytropic@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

A year-round tomato stall? Who wouldn't be excited for that!