This morning, for no particular reason, I find I have picked a number of slightly reddened tomatoes (and very reddened, in the case of the romas). Another haul. Roughly, in the photo, are Brandywines on the east and west, Romas in the north, and Robesons in the south. (In the middle, for color comparison, is a perfectly ripe Brandywine which I picked a few days ago, just barely before time.) There are at least twice this many of all of them left on the vines, greener, not to mention a bushel of Bloody Butchers, and a peck of cherry tomatoes.
We have discovered that the Robesons need to be picked before they turn completely red -- by which point they are mushy and have lost a delicate layering of flavor. Sad, because I allowed as many as two dozen to overripen, and now that I've tasted them at peak, I realize how much was wasted. Fortunately, these are only a couple of days (assuming 70+ degree days with sun) from perfection. I hope the kitchen counter provides a near substitute for August heat.
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What about the comparisons between the planters with regard to tomatoes?
I'm not sure what you mean -- but if you mean, comparing how the tomatoes in the planter under the fence on the north side of the house grew, to those in the pot, and the other in-ground planter on the west (front) of the house... I *completely* forgot about those, and haven't harvested any for days (weeks?). That's partly because the Celebrity in front has had several green tomatoes on it that have not ripened in weeks, so I forget about it.
Last spring you planted at least one tomato in one of those upside-down planters that you had either purchased, or made from scratch. I was wondering about those in particular.
Oh, the Topsy-Turvey! I'll blog about that tomorrow (not that there's much to say, actually). But thanks for the reminder.
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