Still harvesting off my spring planted 'Sapho' plants...
Pulled these beauties off one plant today. Even though they are still producing a small amount of new fruit, I decided to go ahead and pull out the plants and put the new plants in for fall harvest. Even if the plants still look ok through summer, I find that I never get a really good harvest in the fall off of spring-planted tomatoes. Best to go ahead and plant new ones. If you have your fall transplants, get them in the ground ASAP!
Summer Tomato Planting Tip: The brutal heat and sun this time of year can scortch new tomato transplants. It helps to cover new transplants with some shade cloth or frost cloth (row cover) for a few days until plants get acclimated. You'll also need to water daily until plants root and start to grow.
Stu42- Ha! That's genius! Love it!
Posted by: Leslie Finical Halleck | July 16, 2011 at 01:31 PM
My wife came up with another way to give the tomatoes some shade.
http://i.imgur.com/w2Pjm.jpg
Posted by: stu42j | July 16, 2011 at 01:14 PM
I bought two of the Sapho plants and put them in over 4th of July weekend. Can't wait for them to start producing. I also planted Cherokee Purple, Phoenix, Solar Fire and Super Fantastic. None of which I've planted before. I was disappointed in my spring crop this year so I am really crossing my fingers for these babys.
Posted by: Karen | July 16, 2011 at 10:23 AM