Here’s my cute little harvest from yesterday afternoon:
Lots of tomato varieties! I think I’ve gotten at least one tomato off of all my plants now, with the stars being the Black Sea, Black Sea Man, and Sungolds. That big, gorgeous yellow one is the Azoychka, but this is only the third tomato I’ve picked so far. They aren’t doing well. Hardly any more fruit set and not growing much either.
I’ve also got some zuchinni there- all 8-Balls. My Zucs are disappoing this year. The plants are mostly still VERY small with the exception of 5 of my 8-ball plants, but those are now being stricken with what I think is the same Fusarium Wilt that killed off some of my tomatoes early on. I thought it was Squash Vine Borers (same symptoms) but when I cut open the stems there was nary a sight of them. Very sad. I’m pretty bummed.
I also dug the first potatoes yesterday, mostly because I was just curious to see what they were doing. The week or so of VERY hot weather and no rain stopped them in their tracks about two weeks ago and I haven’t seen any new growth. Most of them never even bloomed. I dug some up to see what they looked like. Well-formed tubers, but not many. What you see there is the result of THREE plants.
I did have one little victory! Remember that big Black Sea tomato I posted a few weeks ago? Well, he finally ripened:
He had some cracking around the top, but the bottom was beautiful- and don’t you love those striations?
He was heavy, too!
That may be the record for this year! I have yet to see any that are that big on the vines so far, but we’ll see.
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Wow, that is quite a beautiful tomato. How does it taste? Nice harvest. We pulled some of our potatos too, but not too many on each plant.
Our taters are pretty much junk too. They started strong but have gone no where in awhile now…but I got tomatoes!
Your harvest pic is really nice…just a great blend of colors!
What a beautiful tomato!! I bet you will get a bigger one this season.
My potatoes aren’t doing very well either
wow, look at the size of that tomato! congratulations! we sliced up our first tomatoes yesterday in some salsa. a total treat.
found your site via Daphne’s link. very happy to visit and i’ll definitely be stopping by regularly. take care!
potatoes! I’m jealous.
All your tomatoes look really lovely, especially with the variety of colors, but that one in your hand is really stunning. Did it taste as good as it looked?
I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t eat it- I don’t like tomatoes!
Nice harvest. I’ve started digging up potatoes too. I’m not sure when to do the entire harvest, but I’ve been enjoying some here and there.
That tomato looks like out cherokee purple tomatoes. The seed we have has been grown in this exact micro climate for over twelve years. it always seems to do the best against the blight and pests.
we got a german stripe tomato almost two pounds the other day. I sliced it and it hid my slice of bread.
That is one really beautiful tomato. I love the flavor of the blacks.
Gardening is always a balance of disappointments and successes, I find. That tomato looks A-MAAZE-ING. How did it taste?
We have had a poor cuke / zuke year too – wilt.
That a beautiful harvest! Your tomatoes look great. I’m still waiting for most of my plants to ripen fruit. My patience is starting to wear thin.
Those zucchinis are really interesting. Do they taste the same as the long varieties?
I like your, “cute little harvest”! Nice tomatoes. They’re the best.
~~Lori