First tomatoes very nearly ripe!

yes, like that except for the bigger tomatoes, they get individually wrapped

When I grew Gardener’s Delight tomatoes the green ones, at the end of the season, simply went into a large bowl on the kitchen counter and were removed as they ripened. No wrapping needed.

Thanks. I'll pick them today.

One of my pot grown plants was blown right over in yesterday’s high winds. ?
I now have 11 undersized green tomatoes on a plate in the kitchen, where I hope they’ll eventually ripen.

DS sent me a photo yesterday of the first tomatoes he’s ever grown. I told him they would be the best he had ever tasted; he said later I was absolutely right!

So true Greyduster. GDs are patiently waiting for their bag of Granny’s tomatoes and a bag of pea pods.

I am just about to roast a batch of cherry toms with a couple of peppers. I will then freeze them in portion size so i can make soup with them. I have sooo many tomatoes this year we are eating them with virtually every meal!!! [smle]

ps, I don`t wrap cherry tomatoes, they ripen in a bowl with a plate on top. The bigger ones are worth looking after

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I’ve never grown tomatoes before. A complete novice and this was the first of the crop. I named him Brian after the snail in the Magic Roundabout

We have been growing Crimson Crush outdoors for the past 2 years as they are blight resistant and it has worked, although the seed is more expensive. I picked the first ripe One yesterday. We have other varieties in the poly tunnel and I have been picking sporadically for a couple of weeks now.

I have thought about getting seed from the previous year’s tomatoes. Let us know what your’s taste like Witzend. Last year’s end of season green tomatoes gradually turned red and I ate the last one in March. They taste so much better than boughten ones.

Ooo they do taste delicious. Why did I never try this before, it isn't that difficult!
I took one round in the car yesterday for our GS to try but I forgot it was in my pocket and sat on it!

Ellianne you will never want to buy supermarket ones again!

I’m afraid the taste from the squished-out seeds is disappointing, @Avalon, a bit nothing-y, not the lovely sweet taste I was expecting. Maybe I was unlucky, but I wouldn’t go to so much trouble nurturing them again.

I only used those seeds because at the beginning of lockdown when I did it, all the shops where you could buy seeds were closed.

I can’t complain about the quantity, though! I counted 42 on just one truss - there are masses almost ready to ripen.

I have 24 tomato plants, all in pots in the open that I grew from seed and have been picking at least a pound a day for the last 4 weeks.! The little ones are almost coming to the end now but the bigger ones are at their peak. I have a freezer full of garlic roasted toms and 2 big mason jars full. I take a bag each week to the community fridge..and I know every recipe involving tomatoes!

Witzend maybe some will taste better than others. I am thinking of Apple pips from one core which won’t grow true but some will be better than and some will be worse than the parent. Fingers crossed.