[Urbanite]

the Toms are coming thick and fast now..thought I`d share a couple pics of todays haul...vars are Gold Medal, berkely tyedye,black krim,brandywine,san marzano, lucid gem and sungold.

[juvenal]

Two pound tomato!!!

Highly impressed....

[snowdrops]

Wow very impressive

[jambop]

Here is my first truss fruit from my san Marzano tomatoes which will be made into pasatta today! The first trusses yielded 12Kg each plant has four trusses some five all the fruit will ripen... gonna be a hell of a year for pasatta and salsa I have some amazing St Pierre tomatoes 500g plus

[Pescador]

At last, the first of my outdoor "free-range" Sungold are starting to become ripe! Just need some sunshine now as there are so many still to ripen.

[Growster...]

What a great result ! Marvellous!

We're also trying 'Country Taste' this year, and while the trusses are not that large, the toms really are superb!

Fabulous time isn't it! They look huge, want to be used and just jump out and grab you...

(sigh)...

;0)

[jambop]

Got some lovely tomatoes this year and if we do not eat them they go to waste   because everybody keeps a veg garden here. So we have been having very simple tomato salads with dinner when possible. Recipe two large ripe tomatoes , I been using St Pierre, washed and cut into large chunks some very finely slice Trebons onion, salt , pepper maybe a bit of vinaigrette and crusty bread... Heaven ! Having a chilli for dinner tonight but this salad is going along side.

[snowdrops]

Got some lovely tomatoes this year and if we do not eat them they go to waste   because everybody keeps a veg garden here. So we have been having very simple tomato salads with dinner when possible. Recipe two large ripe tomatoes , I been using St Pierre, washed and cut into large chunks some very finely slice Trebons onion, salt , pepper maybe a bit of vinaigrette and crusty bread... Heaven ! Having a chilli for dinner tonight but this salad is going along side.

What a shame to waste them can you freeze them or turn them in to sauce & bottle them?

[jambop]

Oh yes we make many litres of pasatta from them but even then some still go to waste. I suppose I could plant less plants but then if there is a problem I will struggle to meet my bottling target for winter use this year I did cut back but still have around 35 plants.