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Bumper 2nd Crop of Tomatoes!

Beach Fanatic
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I am so excited to have a bumper second crop of tomatoes...I had six pots of tomatoes and over the summer got great tomatoes...then, I thought they were done and I was about to pull up the vines...when I noticed more blossoms, so I left them.

Three of the plants produced way beyond my anticipation, but the other night when it was supposed to get so cold, I decided to pick them--and if nothing else enjoy fried green tomatoes, because I was not sure they would ripen...

Well, I have tons of ripening tomatoes, and they taste so good!:clap:

My son also got a second crop of his grapes...I am so surprised at both!

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DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#2
:clap::clap:I love a tomato story with a good ending!!
CPort avatar
Beach Fanatic
#3
:clap::clap:I love a tomato story with a good ending!!
me too! I already miss real tomatoes, why don't the greenhouse ones taste as good?
Beach FanaticAuthor
#4
I feel as though I have been given a very special gift...and I am trying to make them last:clap:
Jdarg avatar
SoWal Expert
#5
I need your secret for growing tasty tomatoes here- I had lots of tomatoes, but they weren't that great.:( I haven't had a tomato I can really weep over since moving here.
Beach FanaticAuthor
#6
Mostly benign neglect...but...I plant them in pots, gets lots of afternoon, western sun, and use miracle grow...:D
scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#7
I have a 4' tall tomato plant w/ actual blossoms! :clap:

If I get an actual green tomato, it will be a gardening miracle! Last year I tried 5 times to grow tomatoes - this would be this year's 2nd try! :blush:
Beach Lover
#8
See if Publix can order in some FlavorSweet grape tomatoes; they come in a red net bag and taste, Forgive Me, but they taste like summer tomatoes and that is almost sacrilege at my house to even mention such a thing. We live for Ripley (TN) tomatoes to become marketable each year, about 7/1, then we hog them until October 15th, when they disappear. I usually bring a basket with me to the coast each time we come and that's about 4-5 times during tomato season. Another YUM!

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