My first non-green tomato!!!

[esbo]

I feel so proud



I don't like to brag and all that, but that tomato seems to be blushing

This is a cherry tomato grown outdoors.

[Pa Snips]

That is a very fine looking tomato, I hope it's as sweet and juicy as it is shiny.

[esbo]

That is a very fine looking tomato, I hope it's as sweet and juicy as it is shiny.

Me to, I was just taking a few photos as I am apt to do, I had just been been photographing my problem cucumbers, then I though I would take a few snaps of my chillies which are producing fruit, fairly fast it seems , then I finished off with a round of tomatoes.
I just happened to spot this one, it was low down and covered a bit but I just happend to have squatted down and noticed a slightly orange one!!

The cherries were the first to start producing fruit, there maybe another ripening one on another plant
which started producing first (I think) I will have to have a look tomorrow when the light is better, and weather less wetter ( I hope). I have about a weeks supply of shop bought tomatoes in the house and with a bit of luck those may be the last I have to buy for a while, but I am not sure how long they take to get fully red. although I do have a link to ripen tomatoes which are time stamped whihc may help give an estimate but they are a bigger (normal sized) tomato.

Here is the link:-

http://www.tomatosite.com/index.php?...Truss_Timeline

Looks like about a week so I guess I may not be buying tomatoes for a while even if that means eating half ripe ones (or is that dangerous? lol!!).

[Pa Snips]

Green tomatoes are nice fried, though they should (hopefully) start ripening pretty quickly now. I ate my first ripe tom about a week ago and now have a couple in the fridge and five more finishing off on the windowsill, plus more turning orange-red on the plants at a fairly rapid rate. Here's hoping I don't have to buy any for a while now.

How is Nottingham at the moment? I've never been there but will be heading over to HPP National White-Water Centre on the 25th.

[esbo]

Green tomatoes are nice fried, though they should (hopefully) start ripening pretty quickly now. I ate my first ripe tom about a week ago and now have a couple in the fridge and five more finishing off on the windowsill, plus more turning orange-red on the plants at a fairly rapid rate. Here's hoping I don't have to buy any for a while now.

How is Nottingham at the moment? I've never been there but will be heading over to HPP National White-Water Centre on the 25th.

Oh I will have to try some green one fired, I already eat red ones fried, I expect the green ones do not get so mushy!!

Nottingham is pretty much fine I guess, it has been redeveloped a bit over the years, the centre is perhaps a bit quieter as some thing have moved away to retail parks and the like, but a lot is much the same, it has a new square which is more open plan. It also has a tram. What used to be Trinity Square car park has been redeveloped into bars restaurants new shops and things like that. a lot of the Hockley area has been developed into shops and flats etc..

Good luck with the white water rafting, careful you do not fall in!!

[bradlo]

Nice one!!!!

[esbo]

Spotted the second 'red' on a different plant, again a Cherry tomato.
The first one is getting quite red now, a deeper 'blush'.
The other normal sized toms are a firm green, will be a while yet for them I think.

[Pa Snips]

Oh I will have to try some green one fired, I already eat red ones fried, I expect the green ones do not get so mushy!!

Yeah, they stay in one piece much better than red tomatoes and if you want a sweeter red-tomato flavour just add a dollop of tomato puree.

Nottingham is pretty much fine I guess, it has been redeveloped a bit over the years, the centre is perhaps a bit quieter as some thing have moved away to retail parks and the like, but a lot is much the same, it has a new square which is more open plan. It also has a tram. What used to be Trinity Square car park has been redeveloped into bars restaurants new shops and things like that. a lot of the Hockley area has been developed into shops and flats etc..

Thanks for the info.

Good luck with the white water rafting, careful you do not fall in!!

Not much chance of falling in...I'll be in my kayak

[Gearoid]

Well done. Just checked on mine and they're still all green. Bah!

[rustylady]

Not much chance of falling in...I'll be in my kayak

As long as you stay in the kayak

[esbo]

Well done. Just checked on mine and they're still all green. Bah!

What type are they?
My red one is a Cherry Cerise, but my plumb and alicante are all very green. But the one cherry is a pretty full red now and I have 2 or 3 more 'blushing'. The cherry one are very small so they have less growing to do before hey ripen.
I noticed the first tiny green tomato on July 17th so they take about month, I think the normal sized one
take 6-7 weeks to turn red according to this time-line. http://www.tomatosite.com/index.php?...Truss_Timeline

So I'd guess your might start turning in the next week or two depending on what stage they are at.
Mine were all planted in mid-April, but you can plant earlier that that I believe (Feb).

I might eat the red one soon, but maybe I should wait until I have enough for a salad!

Some of the other tomatoes (standard sized) are nearing full size now I think.

[Ananke]

I had my first ripe tom this week too, omg it was soooo tasty. The rest are following on nicely now too, I can see the glut coming.

[SarzWix]

esbo, that link you posted is amazing, I love it! It's given me hope that my very late-planted tomato plants have a hope of producing at least one truss of fruit each before it gets too cold Thanks

[esbo]

esbo, that link you posted is amazing, I love it! It's given me hope that my very late-planted tomato plants have a hope of producing at least one truss of fruit each before it gets too cold Thanks

Yes it is excellent isn't it!! Very useful! The time scale is a bit shorter for cherry tomatoes unsurprisingly as they have less growing to do. None of my normal sized one have shown a hint of red yet though, but I have been taking photos fairly regularly so I will be able to compare progress when they do turn.
It's a bit hard to do when they are green because you do not know how bit they will get.

Where I was last year we did not have a frost until nearly Xmas!! But I expect they slow down when the
weather and lights deteriorates. Mine are growing like crazy at the moment, some trusses snapped off in the wind but that is not a problem as they really need pruning and it saved me the trouble of doing it.
Not sure I would have the heart to cut off a truss but the ones which blew off were like side shoots and
didn't have anythig decent in the way of tomatoes on, just the odd flower and a couple of tiny tomatoes.
SO not a problem because I will not be short of tomatoes the way things are going!!