r/tomatoes

在今年我进行了一个杂交项目，一共杂交了八个组合，非常不幸的是有一个组合已经完全灭绝了，另一个组合今年种植的植株并没有结果，所以我只获得了六个组合的果实，其中有两个耐热性和抗病性都非常不错的品种，现在来欣赏一下吧，希望他们都能很好吃

Hey everyone! Long story short, I didn't actually buy seeds for these. I think I once tossed some seeds from a colorful Costco tomato into the garden/compost, and these popped up!

​I don't remember the exact variety, but they turned out this gorgeous dark indigo/black color. A few still have a tiny bit of green near the stem.

Since they came from a grocery store hybrid, I'm super curious if anyone has an idea what variety they might resemble, or if they are ready to eat. Any thoughts?

sometime in the spring i threw some leftover aldi salad tomatoes into this gravel dirt bed in my garden, i thought they'd just sort of degrade into the soil and maybe something would grow. then a couple of weeks later i put those tomatoes in the bin because they'd gone gross and weird.

then in the summer i noticed this big plant growing with yellow flowers, I assumed it was just a weed and left it because the flowers were nice and the garden is more of a concrete yard with this gravel bed, so it needed some colour.

a week or so later i realised it had tomatoes. i also noticed it was growing out of the drain too? somehow. i didn't put any tomatoes there. i pulled out the drain tomato because i didn't think it'd stand a chance and the one in the bed i left. i didnt really

do alot with them to be honest. i would mist them with the hose, because i was scared the regular hose setting would drown it. i put the windmill in because i thought it would scare away birds, my grandma would do that so it felt like a good thing to do.

when it got really big, i put the stick in to support it. it didn't work because the plant is so heavy. i snapped some of the big leaves off to try and help it but it just keeps growing. it doesn't stop growing. why is it so big? when will it stop? when will the big tomatoes go red instead of the plant just making new plant and flowers and tomatoes? im so grateful for this plant but it is a beast.

also the drain tomato came back. i don't even know what to say about the drain tomato. i think it's mocking me by growing so well.

it's october now and I'm worried it's going to get cold and these tomatoes aren't going to go red and I'll never get to eat them. i picked some off last month and left them on a sunny windowsill because friends told me to do that, they started going red 2 days ago but they're WITHERED.

i don't know what to do, I've never grown tomatoes. i grew cress in primary school and ive had a couple of houseplants but thats my only experience. im hoping people with an understanding of tomatoes can tell me what i need to be doing next to ensure a winter of delightful soups and sauces. thank you!

Dr. Wyche has been my go-to yellow/orange for years. This year I got this weirdo.

I noticed the seeds from this fruit were especially small (if I remember correctly, seeds for Dr. Wyche are normally on the large side.) If anyone is interested I’ll post a picture comparing them once the seeds are clean.

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My unexpected venture into tomato growing has yielded some little red fruit and lots still bright green. Some are dark green and some are upside down. I'm hoping more start turning before we get a freeze. Anybody know how cold they can handle on the vine? Is 45f okay?

Millie doesn't care about tomatoes.

So this bacteria (I think) destroyed by crop this September/October. I have no other place to plant my tomatoes next year. How do I get rid of it so I can grow again next year?

It's been a solid season. Collected seeds from the following varieties:

Black Krim

Black Ethiopian

Costoluto

Sgt. Pepper (variety)

Pineapple (?)

Two nature-hybrids from cross pollination

Was going to leave the plant beds fallow this year but neighbour gifted me two tomato seedlings in June. They have now come good with the fruit jussssst before first frost. Pleased with them.

I will make them into obe ata (Nigerian dish - reminds me of home) if i can find some goat meat.

I feel so hopeless. Can anyone tell me what is happening to my tomatoes? My peppers are not looking great either. I feel like it’s a pest problem but not sure what pest. They kinda look bronze colored and then the foliage is dying.

I’m new to tomato gardening. I have my Cherokee purple tomato plant in a pot with sweet basil. I’ve noticed the leaves have started wilting and I’ve lost some branches and not sure if it’s just because of the heat wave we have here in San Diego or the roots don’t have enough space. This container is probably 3-5 gallon, should I put this in a separate (bigger?) container? How often should I water? Currently watering every other day.

I don’t know how common this is- but this double tomato grew from one blossom.

And I have my first true ripe tomato 🍅! I'm gonna start in Spring next year.

Minnesota gardener here! 🧑‍🌾 Our tomatoes hang out on our counter until I’m ready to use them. Probably about six times in the past month, I’ve picked one up to find a big hole, a caterpillar/worm and a pile of frass. Obviously, we toss those tomatoes. No big deal. But it’s making me paranoid that we’re eating or preserving lots of tiny caterpillars that are too small for us to notice. Again, this is happening to tomatoes that have been sitting on the counter for several days, so the caterpillar is coming from inside it, not crawling onto it.

Some of the tomatoes have cracks and blemishes, but I don’t see any obvious worm holes. If I tossed imperfect tomatoes, I would have very few tomatoes. (I do try preserve only unblemished tomatoes. And I cut around the cracks when we eat them fresh.)

Has anyone else experienced this? How do you identify which tomatoes might have caterpillars/worms?

Hi all. A few weeks ago, I had a few grape tomatoes that were squishy so I popped them and just threw all the seeds in this tiny pot. Way more sprouted than I expected and now I’m not sure what the best course of action is. Will they be fine in here for a while or is it too crowded? How tall should I let them get before I repot all the sprouts into individual little pots? How big should the pots be? How long can I leave this as it is without the sprouts dying? I’ve never grown tomatoes before. In Ohio. Will move plants indoors for winter. I am growing in pots, not in ground. Thanks in advance!

This week, I made homemade bacon.

We had BCT Sandwiches for lunch. Chard from the garden instead of lettuce!

I am swimming in tomatoes and can only make so much pasta sauce/pizza sauce and already have more than enough pickled cherries, and I also have about 5-6 gallons of san marzanos and early girls frozen, and probably 1-2 gallons of cherries frozen.

5 variety pack