willsfamilyacres

2017

Total – 50 – planted 6 beds. Yes, I am insane!

Started seeds in early January.

Planted mid-February to early March. Gambled due to mild winter

Majority of harvesting in May this year instead of June.

Varieties: Cherokee Purple, Emerald Evergreen, Wychee Yellow, Green Zebra, Arkansas Traveller, Vernissage, Pink Boar, Barred Boar, Sun Gold, Black Cherry, Celebrity, Polan, Yellow Pear

Vernissage is not a great tomato for eating straight, but great production and good texture for canning.

Polan and Yellow Pear were very susceptible to disease and did very poorly this year.

As usual, CP, EE, and WY are the favorites! Black Cherry was my favorite cherry tomato

2015

Total – 27 – cut back to 3 beds

Transplants Purchased late mid/late March

Date Planted – March 22nd

It was a crazy spring this year, cold snaps just kept coming, couldn’t get the tomatoes in the ground, so waited to purchase them.

Varieties

Juliet, Cherokee Purple, Zebra, Celebrity, Yellow Pear, Sun Gold,

New – Porter

Date last covered : March 28th

2014

Total – 46
Date Planted – March 9th

Varieties – Didn’t Label, so don’t know how many of each

From Seed – Started around Jan 20th
Cherokee Purple, Emerald Evergreen, Amish Paste, Fox Cherry, Riesentraube, Green Zebra, Isis Candy Cherry, Black Cherry,
Yellow Pear Cherry, Celebrity

Transplants – Purchased end of Feb
Juliet – 4

Replaced 6 after march 12 wind and cold (from existing seedling stash)

Date Last Covered – 45 degrees, windy – march 19, 45 degrees – march 23
Survived Hail Storm – April 7, April 14
Should have covered April 14th – 39 and windy, but tomatoes were too big to cover

First Tomato Spotted – Juliet – 4/6

Eating tomatoes like crazy. Emerald Evergreen and zebra have been the most productive. Wychee yellow has been extremely sweet, and more productive than last year. The cool spring and decent rain has made this an incredible season. Only a handful off of the celebrity.

I plan on doing less cherry tomatoes next year, way more than we can eat and I’d rather have a another bed of peppers.