quest for the first red slicing tomato

[ro-h2o]

This is the first year I have had tomatos on the vine bigger than a golf ball on may 13th. I am hoping to have the first ripe tomato of the year.... Anyway I just wanted to know how many other gardeners that have not had a major weather event are on the tract to have a fresh ripe tomato to pick in the next 3 weeks?

[Southern Man]

I've got blooms on my Tomato plants, no Tomatoes yet. But I do have little baby Squash, so I guess I'll be eating Squash before Tomatoes.

[Fishbreath]

I'm glad I waited to plant mine, they're going in this weekend. The ground has been toooo wet...

[J_Lannon]

I have tomatos the size of my thumb............pre planted some in my living room this year.

[ro-h2o]

I started a bunch before superbowl weekend. And my friends got to see my little baby sprouts. Almost lost them by letting them get to close to the lights. Anyway I will be having my first salad from lettuce from the yard this weekend, and cant wait to pull the first onions. But it will be so cool to have friends over on the 4th of July with BLTs, burgers, grilled chix, t-bones with fresh sliced tomatoes still warm from the garden, barring a tronato.

[Cdog]

Just got my tomato and pepper plants in the ground two weeks ago.

Just glad they survived the rough weather we have had here lately.

[Dr. Bubba]

we started from seed this year, and learned some lessons. our first seedlings in the ground 3 or 4 weeks ago ALL died except what may become the mother of all eggplants.

second round is doing much better with cukes, many different maters, marconi peppers ....

nowhere near fruit, but rock on!

[shaggy]

Well, up until the deluge that began last week, had some decent maters, cukes, pepper, zukes, lettuce definately drowned, maybe spinach too, but the herbs are looking nice, thyme, basil, rosemary, cilantro, chives, oregano and parsley

Wait I got a thought of a song to write, parsley sage rosemary and thyme..............
nah would never sell

[Malakas07]

I've got blooms on my Tomato plants, no Tomatoes yet.

Same here I've got blooms but no Tomatoes.

I spent a good 1 hour and 1/2 afterwork yesterday tending to everything. Only lost 1 cucumber. My wife lost more flowers.

October weather in May. :mad:

don't mean to hijack but....
Any one bury fish heads / guts under their crops??

[Finger_Mullet]

My garden was progressing well until last Friday. The tomatos were blooming, corn was up, etc...

A major hail storm hit around 10:30pm. Truck and car beat up pretty bad. Garden was destroyed. Only thing left was stalks of the plants. The leaves were beat off and most plants were beat to the ground.

I had to start over.

Darin

[Lipyourown]

I have one cherry tomato showing and the onions/chives are sprouting. My parsley never died from last year and are doing good. I buried fish heads long ago but learned that just brings dogs and other critters around.

I don't think I'll have any slicing maters until Aug.

[dirtyhandslopez]

Just put everything down yesterday. Sage and rosemary made it thought winter. Garlic will be ready in a couple of weeks. We have had our first strawberries though. Fish carcasess get put in the compost, except for a few which get put under a few of the "exotics", way down deep for fertilizing later in the year:)

[LEADDRAFT]

Got some Cherry's down, about waist high now, Marble sized Maters on'em..
Parkers/Better boy/2 big boys, have a few, little Larger than the Big Marbles, Lotsa flowers...
Cukes flowering, immature cukes showing..
Corn, about alittle over knee high..
Pole Beans up, gotta a late start, doing fairly well..
Okra, first time trying too grow some, though they are growing so I guess it's all good there.
Squash, another 2 weeks I think I'll be getting My first ones..
Secret Compost Pile in the back, My Neighbor really hates Me after I go fishing, and burying all that stuff under Mulch In the Fall..
Like the cooler or 2 of spots/heads/offal I dumped back there and buried.. Then spread out, turned with the garden soil in the spring..
NO NEED of Chemical Ferts..
Seeing Lots! of Lady Bugs this year, though NOT Many Honey bees..
Herbs, Doing VERY WELL, no telling about them until Late fall... NO they ARE NOT in My Garden..... J/K
;)

[saltandsand]

I live in the middle of a forest. Haven't gotten around to planting our usual cherry tomato crop dangling off the deck. Pics forthcoming.