I popped a couple of the fall tomatoes into the ground today.  Seeds were planted on 6/26.  Removed the Black Krim that never did anything and replaced it with an Aunt Ginny’s Purple.  Then added one more plant to the garden, a Cherokee Purple.  Am leaving the cherry tomatoes and the Japanese Black Trifele because they still seem to be doing pretty well, so hopefully will be producing through the fall.  Not sure about the Bush Early Girl yet, it’s a bit spindly, but still producing.  May replace it here soon.  Don’t have room for any more plants, so will have to sacrifice it if I want to try a different variety for Fall.

Slightly Crispy in the August Heat

Surprisingly, the tomatoes are still going pretty well.  The cherries I expected to keep producing through the August heat, but am surprised that the non-cherry varieties are not doing too poorly either.  Am getting decent tomatoes off the Japanese Black Trifele and somewhat decent tomatoes from the Bush Early Girl.  The JBTs are juicy and seem normal (tho I have never grown them before, so not sure what normal is), but the Early Girls are sort of not fully plumped out with juicy tomato innards–there is a gap between the seed gel stuff and the outer tomato wall.  I’m assuming this may be due to the hot conditions, not sure.  But the JBTs are not showing any signs of this–are juicy through and through.  The JBTs I’m getting are weighing in at about 3 oz.  Pretty small, but one is enough to fill out a couple of turkey sandwiches.

Japanese Black Trifele

Japanese Black Trifele

Sungold, White Currant, JBT and BEG

Finally was able to harvest a couple of “real” tomatoes–i.e., not cherry tomatoes.  These are Bush Early Girl.  Not that big, but bigger than a cherry.  Have not tasted one yet, first one is just now to full ripeness.  Anyway, exciting to finally get a non-cherry tomato!

Bush Early Girls, plus Sungolds and White Currants