u/carpe_diem_yolo

I’m new to vegetable gardening (zone 10b), but so far, it’s going great! I have made four jars of pickles and a gallon of cucumber juice for gimlets 🍸. I have more yard long beans than I know what to do with. Collard greens and cow peas are flourishing.

And then there are the tomatoes. They, too, are doing great. But…I planted a “culinary mix” and all but one plant seem to be some variety of small grape tomato.

My only tomato plant that bears large tomatoes is producing green tomatoes. Should I be sad? I’m not familiar with green tomatoes unless we’re talking fried green tomatoes, which I like, but don’t plan on making all that often.

What do I do with these green tomatoes? If you grow them, how do you enjoy them?

EDIT: I KNOW TOMATOES GO FROM GREEN TO RED. I POSTED ON ANOTHER GROUP (MAYBE THIS ONE?) ASKING ABOUT THIS ONE’S VARIETY, AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS A GREEN TOMATO AND IT MIGHT STAY THAT WAY. Jfc, some of you are miserable people.

Hi, this is my first attempt at growing tomatoes. I bought a “culinary blend” seed packet. Now I have a few different tomato plants that seem to be very happy and growing well. Most of them are small cherry tomatoes, but this one plant has large tomatoes. Any idea which kind of tomato these are? I’m in zone 10b in Florida.

Edit: Thanks for the feedback! I guess I’ll just wait to see what develops. 🍅😊

Hi, I inherited a strand of 25 ~17mm south sea pearls from my mother. I was with her when she bought them in Australia in 1988, and I remember her paying a good amount of money for them. Now they’re mine, and I’m wondering about their value. I don’t have any intention of selling them at the moment, but I would like to get a proper appraisal. Could anyone share the rough cost of an appraisal and what I should look for when hiring someone?