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femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 12:19 PM Jun 2013

Mystery tomatoes.... ???

I posted last week about being unable to find six-packs of tomato plants. I found some today at a local hardware store. Only problem is that they are not labeled. LOL But.... they were only $1.99 for six! (I bought a dozen.) I also bought six hot cherry peppers. There wasn't much left except celery and some over-grown cabbages and cauliflowers.

I'll bet most of you are well on your way and done planting by now. I got a late start due to unforeseen circumstances.

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Mystery tomatoes.... ??? (Original Post) femmocrat Jun 2013 OP
Nice to know I'm not the only procrastinator Retrograde Jun 2013 #1
It has been very chilly here too. femmocrat Jun 2013 #2
Eh, so long as they're not cherry tomatoes it will be a good harvest. Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 #3
Been there! femmocrat Jun 2013 #4
the biggie is that they will be edible and likely delicious (as all home grown produce is). NRaleighLiberal Jun 2013 #5
You're on! femmocrat Jun 2013 #6
Black Prince is a cutie. Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 #7
Oh good! Looking forward to that one and I can save the seeds. femmocrat Jun 2013 #8

Retrograde

(10,656 posts)
1. Nice to know I'm not the only procrastinator
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 12:35 PM
Jun 2013

My excuses are that we don't really get tomato-suitable weather here until September and that we had an unseasonable cool spell most of May.

But most of the tomatoes are in, the squash will go in this weekend. I did get the watering system set up, and the cat is on gopher patrol (which consists of him sleeping in the garden: it annoys the rodents).

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
2. It has been very chilly here too.
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 12:38 PM
Jun 2013

We had a couple of mornings in the low 40s this week (PA). That's true, we don't get really good tomatoes until Sept. The first ones come in August.

I will still plant cucumber and pumpkin seeds this week.... when the soil dries out. Then I'm quitting for this year.

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)
3. Eh, so long as they're not cherry tomatoes it will be a good harvest.
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 09:23 PM
Jun 2013

A six pack of cherry tomatoes, now that would get interesting. When I was new to gardening I planted a six pack of yellow pear tomatoes. That was

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
4. Been there!
Sat Jun 8, 2013, 07:53 AM
Jun 2013

Those yellow pear tomatoes are truly prolific! I was sending baskets of them to my husband's workplace where they were appreciated. I don't plant them anymore! They even came up wild and overgrew my heirlooms.

I think it's kind of fun to see what comes up, though. I hope they are red ones. I planted six yellow tomatoes already because that was all I could find about a week ago at K-mart.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,504 posts)
5. the biggie is that they will be edible and likely delicious (as all home grown produce is).
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 12:25 PM
Jun 2013

the fun will be the mystery part! Test me....let's see if I can name it once you begin to get ripe ones!

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
6. You're on!
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 01:09 PM
Jun 2013

Let's play "Stump the Host"!

Oh... this is cool.... I found three Pineapple tomatoes and a Black Prince on the clearance rack! Those are both new ones for me.

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)
7. Black Prince is a cutie.
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 03:49 PM
Jun 2013

I grew it for a couple of years and it produced an abundant amount of smallish fruit.
I'm growing a "Hawaiian Pineapple" this year.

Clearance rack tomatoes... another adventure. One year I bought three plants at the end of season and only one was the variety on the tag. All three were tagged as big fruiting heirlooms but one was a Roma and another was 6-8 oz. generic red tomato.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
8. Oh good! Looking forward to that one and I can save the seeds.
Thu Jun 13, 2013, 04:20 PM
Jun 2013

True.... someone could switch the tags.

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