For the past few years, my tomato plants have produced either zero tomatoes or very few. This year will be different if today's harvest is any indication. What is different this year? As usual, I planted four tomato plants: one Jet Star, one larger tomato, and two pear or cherry tomato. One big difference is that I placed two of the tomato plants where they are the only things planted in the bed and they are surrounded on all sides by house or concrete. Today's harvest came from one of those plants, the Jet Star tomatoes not having yet ripened. Another large difference is that I waited a couple of weeks longer before setting them out and there was no late freeze to nip them. Finally, all of the rains that we had in May and June were to their liking.
Today's harvest of Juliet tomatoes (I did not intentionally pick the green ones. They fell from the plant!)
Jet Star plant shortly after wind storm (6/23/2019)
Juliet plant shortly after wind storm (6/23/2019)
To be precise, I picked two tomatoes from one of the tomato plants that is in another bed, Friday. The plant didn't look like much, but it is producing a few fruits. The photo, below, shows the tomato plant, and other plants in the bed, the day after the neighbor's fence had been blown over onto it and stayed there for about 12 hours. The maple tree has since been staked and much of the fennel dug up.
Looks like a good haul so far. I'm sure you are right and they are liking all that rain you have gotten.
Posted by: bogie | July 07, 2019 at 04:35 PM
So far, I've consumed at least a couple of dozen tomatoes and have 6-8 more in the kitchen with dozens more on the plant. The plant is in the position in which a banana pepper plant (the first plant in that location) produced so bountifully about 15 years ago. Maybe the bird poop helps!
Posted by: Cop Car | July 07, 2019 at 05:00 PM