Tomatoes

I had a greenhouse mishap this spring, causing me to have to buy a lot of plants from the store.

I can't wait to see what all she gives me!

But next year, its back to from seed only.

Looked beautiful from the side, but the bottom had split and was being eaten away by earwigs. Luckily, the damage was only to the bottom third, so it still made some good slices:

[Image description: main photo is split, with a hand holding a good looking red beefsteak tomato above, and the same tomato rotated to show the damaged bottom below. The second photo shows a cross-section of the same tomato, with no visible damage.]

Man I'm a sucker for big beefsteaks 😅

[Image description: a hand holding a large orange tomato with splashes of green on its shoulders, in front of green tomato foliage]

Honestly I wasn't too impressed with these guys, and probably won't grow them again. They were very productive, and didn't really suffer any blossom end rot like many roma types are prone to, but their flavor was very meh. Not sweet, tart, or savory, they were exceedingly bland. I mostly used them to bulk up chili verdes, or thin out a salsa that got overly spicy.

[Image description: a hand holding three yellow elongated tomatoes in front of a tomato plant.]

I use a blend of coco choir, vermiculite, and worm casings for my seed starting.

[Image description: close up of rows of seedlings in plastic trays under a grow light. Each cell has a popsicle stick with a number written on it.]

Hello tomato friends!

[Image description: a hand holding a pinkish red beefsteak tomato, which covers most of the hand. Tomato vines are visible in the background]

(Highly annoying bug that rotates some photos, anyone know a fix?)

[Image description: a large red tomato with orange stripes, nestled among other striped tomatoes of varying ripeness.]

Made using standard romas, Sungold, and Cherokee Purple tomatoes. Crazy different in flavor, the Sungold was overly sweet, the Cherokee Purple wonderfully savory, and definitely my favorite.

[Image description: three glass jars filled with pasta sauce, one red in color, one yellowy orange, and one orangey brown.]

[Image description: slices of a variety of heirloom tomatoes on a plate, layered with slices and shreds of mozzarella and basil leaves, some on slices of bread, all drizzled with balsamic glaze.]

[Image description: a hand holding a dark orange tomato with a bit of green stem attached, viewed from the top.]