I have started having tomato harvesting dreams. I dreamt I somehow had giant Cherokee purple tomatoes but they grew in strings like those cherry tomatoes. 20 or thirty big ole sandwich tomatoes on a string,
Needless to say I was so upset it wasn’t real when I woke up.,
mtnmancat
Impressive. My tomatoes got pulled in August, but I have volunteer watermelons that are fruiting now I hope can make it before frost! 🤞
K_Dacious
Yes! I’m east coast, zone 6b, and my tomatoes are finally ripening and turning red all at once now that the temps are going down.
speedfilly
Yup we have been getting the cherry tomatoes for a month but the bigger ones just started really popping off this past week. October can be fickle so here is hoping they can stick around longer.
camebacklate
I can’t speak personally, but my mom harvested her first tomato yesterday. It was a rough summer and she almost gave up this year.
75footubi
I didn’t harvest my first ripe tomato until Labor Day. I need another 3-4 weeks at least.
bookworm59
Yes. Here it was too cold for the tomatoes for the entirety of June and July. Worst season I’ve had for them (and I was fighting blight last year).
Weeds grew just fine, though.
clockin-clockout
Last year at this time, I had so many tomatoes that I’d made batches of sauces for pizza, multiple lasagnas
Today, I picked two red tomatoes and the rest are green. Weird season
jaded-introvert
Yup. Zone 5b and we are suddenly being overwhelmed by tomatoes. There are 4 squash under that pile.
I’m in wisconsin and it started a few weeks ago, that’s very late
scamlikelly
Yes! Waited all summer and just started to get my first ripe ones. All the meanwhile, these rockstar gardeners are posting their bountiful harvests that grew from a seed in bird poo in their yard 😂
covid-was-a-hoax
Yeah, wildfire smoke always stunts them and we had a bad year
pastoriagym
I’ve been doing ok with tomatoes, when my chickens don’t break in and eat them, but my raspberries are just now ripening, some are still blooming even. Been a weird year.
RebeccaTen
The first year I grew tomatoes was the coldest summer here in the last 15 years, it was warmer in September than July! I went from Googling why my tomato flowers were falling off to counting literal hundreds of green cherry tomatoes on the vine in early fall.
I ended up with paper bags of green tomatoes (harvested in October, I was so sad to cut the plant down) and they were still fresh through Thanksgiving.
anonymous2845
Yep same over here , All my tomatoes are flowering super good now, we had a little week and a half of really hot weather and they seem to like it
is anyone else turned on by that big beautiful tomato?!
BBZ1995
yess. new to gardening and may have been a little late to the season but just picked my first tomato today! lots more sprouts and flowering, just waiting for them to be ready.
zone 9b (i think!!)
HeyPurityItsMeAgain
I started mine late, mid June. They just started turning red a couple weeks ago.
np8790
Not to rub it in, but I’m starting tomato season #2 right now in coastal central Florida. Got some awesome San Marzanos, Better Boys, and Everglades tomatoes through June, now trying Cherokee Purple, Paul Robeson, Amish Paste, and Atomic Grape for the fall.
KettleManCU7
You don’t need to let them ripen on the vine. Tomatoes are what is called “Climacteric” which means they ripen off the plant. Usually a good idea because they’re very susceptible to pests and disease during the ripening process
GenericAnemone
Yes. My tomatoes aren’t even red yet. Just a tinge of yellow.
SeniorTailor1127
Yup. I’m only now barely getting any fruit. Tons and tons of flowers.
Hot-Creme2276
Yes, it was a rough summer ands mine have only recently started.
Granted, I didn’t water at all during this hot dry weather so probably my fault…
Acheloma
My tomatoes all burned to a crisp months ago 🙁
MattieMcNasty
I’ve had super sweet 100s, sun gold, and San marzano all turn over the past couple of weeks. But I still don’t have a single black cherry tomatoe that has ripened yet! Exact same conditions. Same bed. Watering schedule, everything.
pond-mom-123
Mine are stunning n yummy.
Sireanna
My garden has reached tge tomato Armageddon stage
FlaAirborne
Lol. Just stared my seeds indoors. We start a little earlier and usually last only till Memorial Day. It took me a while to realize I had to start them in September.
Oakheart-
As my earlier tomatoes are petering out the ones that grew in the shade are really pumping now so I’m getting a second wind and it’s amazing
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I have started having tomato harvesting dreams. I dreamt I somehow had giant Cherokee purple tomatoes but they grew in strings like those cherry tomatoes. 20 or thirty big ole sandwich tomatoes on a string,
Needless to say I was so upset it wasn’t real when I woke up.,
Impressive. My tomatoes got pulled in August, but I have volunteer watermelons that are fruiting now I hope can make it before frost! 🤞
Yes! I’m east coast, zone 6b, and my tomatoes are finally ripening and turning red all at once now that the temps are going down.
Yup we have been getting the cherry tomatoes for a month but the bigger ones just started really popping off this past week. October can be fickle so here is hoping they can stick around longer.
I can’t speak personally, but my mom harvested her first tomato yesterday. It was a rough summer and she almost gave up this year.
I didn’t harvest my first ripe tomato until Labor Day. I need another 3-4 weeks at least.
Yes. Here it was too cold for the tomatoes for the entirety of June and July. Worst season I’ve had for them (and I was fighting blight last year).
Weeds grew just fine, though.
Last year at this time, I had so many tomatoes that I’d made batches of sauces for pizza, multiple lasagnas
Today, I picked two red tomatoes and the rest are green. Weird season
Yup. Zone 5b and we are suddenly being overwhelmed by tomatoes. There are 4 squash under that pile.
https://preview.redd.it/edaresxvy6qf1.jpeg?width=4624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f99e246610aba3c47d40a9de929b87d693b840fe
I’m in wisconsin and it started a few weeks ago, that’s very late
Yes! Waited all summer and just started to get my first ripe ones. All the meanwhile, these rockstar gardeners are posting their bountiful harvests that grew from a seed in bird poo in their yard 😂
Yeah, wildfire smoke always stunts them and we had a bad year
I’ve been doing ok with tomatoes, when my chickens don’t break in and eat them, but my raspberries are just now ripening, some are still blooming even. Been a weird year.
The first year I grew tomatoes was the coldest summer here in the last 15 years, it was warmer in September than July! I went from Googling why my tomato flowers were falling off to counting literal hundreds of green cherry tomatoes on the vine in early fall.
I ended up with paper bags of green tomatoes (harvested in October, I was so sad to cut the plant down) and they were still fresh through Thanksgiving.
Yep same over here , All my tomatoes are flowering super good now, we had a little week and a half of really hot weather and they seem to like it
Mine are just starting to show up.
https://preview.redd.it/2cqgc3n937qf1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7aa3f84214b3440c62218a23c239d7d735b8ff34
is anyone else turned on by that big beautiful tomato?!
yess. new to gardening and may have been a little late to the season but just picked my first tomato today! lots more sprouts and flowering, just waiting for them to be ready.
zone 9b (i think!!)
I started mine late, mid June. They just started turning red a couple weeks ago.
Not to rub it in, but I’m starting tomato season #2 right now in coastal central Florida. Got some awesome San Marzanos, Better Boys, and Everglades tomatoes through June, now trying Cherokee Purple, Paul Robeson, Amish Paste, and Atomic Grape for the fall.
You don’t need to let them ripen on the vine. Tomatoes are what is called “Climacteric” which means they ripen off the plant. Usually a good idea because they’re very susceptible to pests and disease during the ripening process
Yes. My tomatoes aren’t even red yet. Just a tinge of yellow.
Yup. I’m only now barely getting any fruit. Tons and tons of flowers.
Yes, it was a rough summer ands mine have only recently started.
Granted, I didn’t water at all during this hot dry weather so probably my fault…
My tomatoes all burned to a crisp months ago 🙁
I’ve had super sweet 100s, sun gold, and San marzano all turn over the past couple of weeks. But I still don’t have a single black cherry tomatoe that has ripened yet! Exact same conditions. Same bed. Watering schedule, everything.
Mine are stunning n yummy.
My garden has reached tge tomato Armageddon stage
Lol. Just stared my seeds indoors. We start a little earlier and usually last only till Memorial Day. It took me a while to realize I had to start them in September.
As my earlier tomatoes are petering out the ones that grew in the shade are really pumping now so I’m getting a second wind and it’s amazing