The Killer Tomatoes

I love to just pick one and munch on it right away. We have had tomato with breakfast a few days so far here with mine. Yummy!! HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

My husband is happy that they are coming in a few at a time, that means a longer feast for him!

I'm renting a very tiny house here too, so no 'real' garden either. I've got just the few things alongside the house and the rest is in containers. You definitely should give it a try.

I've got a few that look to be a pretty good sized and they haven't even started to turn yet.

I don't usually buy bacon very often, but I am going to as soon as the first tomatoes are ripe. I don't like tomatoes, but I do love bacon and lettuce sandwiches, and I have lettuce I'm eating from the garden too. Works for me!

I don't like tomatoes either, so these are all for my husband. I don't think I'll have enough at one time to make sauce with, but I might do a quick salsa for an evening snack with tortilla chips.

I was never a big tomato eater until I had one fresh off the vine and warm from the sun. Now I am anxiously awaiting mine to ripen, standing in the garden with a saltshaker in my hand! I started them a little late, so I hope they can handle the oppressive heat we're having.

Whoa! I don't know how that happened! But I gave you two more responses instead of one! LOL I also forgot to mention that my tomatoes this year are pretty sickly looking. The heat got to them. I have tomatoes on them, but have only picked a few yellow grape tomatoes. (They're ripe when yellow.) My red tomatoes aren't mature yet. I'll have to try to get a picture of my poor, sickly-looking tomato plants.

They were Burpee's Big Boy tomatoes. I had them in a raised bed (only about 6") with a really good soil and it was raining a LOT that year. It did wonders for my blackberry bushes, too! That's really all I can say about them. I didn't fertilize during the season or anything else. Oh, I DID have onions planted close to them, and had marigolds planted around them. That kept the bugs and critters away. If it stops raining long enough today I'll run out and take a picture of my plants this year. They really look pathetic! They're about 4' tall and really scrawny! They should be much bigger by now! Maybe I'll put a big fan next to them to keep them cooler! LOL I'm sure they're loving this rain, but it's just been so hot! I'm amazed they're still alive! Yours really do look healthy, though! You must have a natural-born talent for growing tomatoes since you said you're new at it. In a few years, you just might be an expert! Keep up the good work!

I have some in containers as well and they aren't as nice as these, but they are still bearing fruit. Next year I will do larger containers, as I think the 5 gal bucket just wasn't big enough for this particular variety. You can see how large the plants are if you look at my other discussion here in gardening.

I don't even like tomatoes myself. My husband will get all the goodies from this bountiful harvest.

I wish I liked tomatoes, but I don't. I love seeing things grow, though, so I'm still getting enjoyment out of them. And since my husband loves them, it will be a savings on the grocery bill.

You can grow them in containers too. These tomatoes are from the three plants that I have alongside the house, but I've got several others that I grew in buckets and pails and they have done well. Not bearing as much fruit as these guys are, but still worth it.

There's always next year, so start looking for containers now. I had my others in 5 gal pails, but I don't think they were large enough for this particular variety. I had no idea they'd get this big. Next year I'll get some that don't grow quite as large and the buckets I have should be fine.

I don't like tomatoes myself, but my husband would probably like that. I may have to scramble some eggs and toss in some fresh chopped tomato and see what he says.

If I had enough coming in at one time I would probably try to put up some sauce or salsa, but if they are staggered they will just get eaten fresh by my husband who is waiting (im)patiently with his can of tuna.

that's cute, i just have a picture of him standing there w/his tuna all this time since u first mentioned it. tell him chicken salad is good to. i make another spread w/spam if you'd like to have the recipe. it's good in tomatoes to.

I usually make my chicken salad fresh, but Tom said he likes it made from canned chicken too, so I bought a couple of cans a while back. I'm sure he'll eat it that way too. I'm going to take a picture of him with his fork and can of tuna, just for you!

My husband usually doesn't ask me to buy them from the store often, he much prefers them home grown. I don't like them myself, but there will be plenty here for him to eat, for sure.

I've never really done this sort of thing before, and certainly never tomatoes from seed, so I'd say beginner's luck!

I just looked up 'indeterminate plants' and do see that mine are definitely of that category (not that I didn't believe you, I just wanted to see what it meant). It said some indeterminate tomato plants can get from 6-10 ft - yikes!

I'm always glad to spark somebody's curiosity. I hope you have a ladder, if this keeps up you'll need one to harvest those tomatoes!

Wow, I wonder what it was in the tomatoes that caused that? I don't like tomatoes myself, but my husband loves fresh tomatoes from the garden so I have had fun planting and tending to these tomato plants for him.

some people have said tomatoes have a lot of acids like citrus fruit in them

Well I don't intend on letting them get rotten enough to waste throwing at anyone, LOL. I don't think my husband will let any of these get to the stage of squashing them into something else. He plans on eating them every day for lunch.

Really? You don't have different varieties that get larger? We have them large enough that a slice completely covers a slice of bread, all the way down to the smaller cherry tomatoes, and everything in between. It all depends on what variety they are.

we don't have like those tomatoes.But what our government would do is try to import some of your goods and sell it here in the philippines for a higher price but still i did not see any tomatoes that just like your tomatoes