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Post by Yoris on Jul 12, 2019 2:07:34 GMT -7
So, the first ripe tomato probably would have been Coyote, but it was still mostly green when I harvested it (quite a while ago: 3 July). I harvested it because it was soft, and wondered if it might strangely be ripe already (but it tasted like a green tomatillo). There were at least two soft ones that I harvested. I did save the seeds, though (I think I might be able to get at least one plant out of them; they weren't fully mature, which makes me wonder if it was as close tonripe as it seemed). Here's a picture I took before seeding and eating them. I've been meaning to plant the seeds and get another generation in this year.  So, on 11 July, I noticed that the next tomato was ripening: Gnocchia Di Limone! But, it's red (not yellow). So, it's probably a cross (an early cross, though). That may be why the fruits are slightly larger than cherry size. It wasn't fully ripe (so I left it on the plant). |
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Post by Yoris on Jul 12, 2019 16:32:54 GMT -7
So, today Gnocchia di Limone looked more ripe, of course, and Early Girl F1 was also ripe. Someone ate the Early Girl F1 (which was a rather large fruit for the breed; the taste report was that it was good, but not the best tomato ever, and not very acidic—just a bit), and because someone was using the kitchen to make bread, I put the Gnocchia di Limone fruit in my room to seed and eat later.
So, Early Girl F1 was about 61 days from the transplant, this year transplanted on 11 May).
Gnocchia di Limone was a smaller plant than EG at transplant time and was transplanted on 13 May. So, it was about 58 days (I'm going to say it was ripe enough to pick yesterday).
Coyote was also transplanted on 13 May, and was a smaller plant than EG. So, it maybe would have been a 52 day tomato, had I left it on to ripen more.
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Post by Yoris on Jul 13, 2019 17:39:23 GMT -7
I cut the Gnocchia di Limone tomato (or what was supposed to be it) open, today, and ate it. It was seedless (or pretty much so)! However, it tasted quite good, and hit the spot. Note that it's a light red and doesn't look very red in the pictures. (The pictures were taken today.) The color didn't deepen much after it initially started to ripen. Very interesting. It was ripe. I think that little crack in one of the pictures developed post-harvest, but I could be wrong.     |
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Post by Yoris on Jul 15, 2019 14:03:55 GMT -7
Matt's Wild Cherry has a ripening fruit. However, it's yellow! And it's not quite ripe. It looks just like Coyote did when it started to ripen. It must be a cross. EDIT: See the next comment.
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Post by Yoris on Jul 16, 2019 15:14:32 GMT -7
Matt's Wild cherry has some red-ripened fruit, today. I guess it turns yellow first. Okay, so the following tomatoes are ripening and/or ripe today none are q uite ripe, except possibly Matt's Wild Cherry: Bloody Butcher Red Robin F1 Sweet Orange Cherry Moravsky Div Matt's Wild Cherry Fourth of July F1 (this is yellowing, too, before turning red) Coyote (again) Tidy Rose F1 got sunscald on a fruit yesterday (after a storm made the plant collapse). A few plants collapsed because of the storm (which I think was Saturday night or Sunday morning). The Jerusalem tomato is getting sunscald on a fruit, today. Its fruits are exposed, and have always been, pretty much. I tasted a Matt's Wild Cherry fruit, and though it was quite red, I think it needed to ripen further. It tasted like Husky Cherry Red F1 with more tomatine in it. Here are pictures of the ripening fruits, but realize that the colors look much closer to ripe-color in person than they do in the pictures (some just look like regular unripe tomatoes in the pictures): Bloody Butcher (two ripening fruits):  Red Robin F1:  Moravsky Div:  Matt's Wild Cherry (one deep red, almost pink-ish fruit, one red, and one or more yellowing):  Fourth of July F1:  Sweet Orange Cherry:  Coyote:  |
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