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    First ripe tomatoes.

    Today I picked my first four ripe tomatoes. One Shirley and three Gardeners Delight.
    I made a sandwich of the tomatoes, onions and cheese with lots of black pepper. Absolutely delecious and well worth the long wait. Hope this is the first of many.

    And when your back stops aching,
    And your hands begin to harden.
    You will find yourself a partner,
    In the glory of the garden.

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    You can't beat biting into that first tomato.
    Location....East Midlands.

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    • #3
      Yum! I can't wait for mine to ripen, have a few green ones but mostly still at the flowering stage. I'm probably gonna be making a lot of green tomato chutney this year if things don't pick up soon.
      My blog - http://carol-allotmentheaven.blogspot.com/

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      • #4
        most of mine are still green, although i saw a couple of yellow ones so at least there on the way
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        • #5
          Glad you enjoyed your sandwich, and congrats on the ripe toms. Mine are still all green.
          Tried and Tested...but the results are inconclusive

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          • #6
            Brilliant ! Can't wait for mine !!! (Still at the VERY small and green stage!!!!)
            I think this might be my greenhouse ( very amateur) and other trivia blog page!!! Do feel free to drop in !

            http://bradlo107.wordpress.com/

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            • #7
              well done . mine are still at the green stage and flowers.
              keep wandering up and down every morning looking to see if any are turning red

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              • #8
                Mine are all green!! I think I have several weeks before they turn red, the OP must have started early, I expect they are in a greenhouse unlike mine?

                There is a good growth time-line here
                http://www.tomatosite.com/index.php?...Truss_Timeline

                My biggest would be at about day 24 (estimate) so long way to go for me!!
                I am probably looking at mid September!!!

                Also a lot are still at the flowering stage!!
                Last edited by esbo; 06-08-2012, 02:59 AM.

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                • #9
                  one snow white and one tomatoberry from the gh and one tomatoberry from an armpit outside ......also a kenilworth st george from the patio ...
                  S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                  a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                  You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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                  • #10
                    First ripe tomatoes

                    Well, as everybody is doing it, I'm going to to join the bragging queue. The first tom. I grew was a commercially grown "Black Cherry". I scoured the label but it said nothing about size, removing side shoot or even if it was determinate or indeterminate. So, I stuck it in a big pot to do it's own thing. Next to nothing in the way of side shoots, but endless growth. I've had to remove the growing tip because it is beyond my picking point. ( bare feet - standing flat - I am 5'7" ) I I hadn't picked the top out it would have carried along the ridge of the GH. I know all the arguements about tying then to the top of the GH, but having been bereaved just over a year ago I am still struggling to keep up with the garden. Now, what's all that dust on the on the sideboard. It looks as tho' it hasn't been touched since.......
                    There's pleasure sure in being mad that only madmen know - Anon

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                    • #11
                      Most of mine are at about day 26 according to that timeline so it looks like I've got a way to go yet! I have had one ripe tomato from a balconi red and one from a golden peardrop but those were bought as plants and not sown from seed like the others.

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                      • #12
                        Been harvesting Gardener's Delight, Tumbling Red, Trailing Garden Pearl and Totem so far...
                        I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....


                        ...utterly nutterly
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