Growing Tomatoes Naturally

I wanted to make this thread to help me keep track of and document my tomato plants.

Hopefully it can be helpful to others also!

I direct sowed these tomato seeds, which took a while to sprout, but I had a lot germinate after a little while and they are growing well!

They are planted with a few other plants, some on purpose and some not, but it works out well to have lots of different things growing together!

The tomatoes are coming along good in a polyculture with some squash and greens.

The tomato is getting bigger and is starting to get some flower buds  (not visable in this picture).

It's been a while since I've posted some photos. These paste tomatoes are getting close to being ripe.

Hopefully they'll be turned into some tasty salsa soon!

Some of the tomatoes are up in the air, and some are growing along the ground.

I have one Frankenstein tomato, a Juliet, and it's the only thing producing anything in my garden after we've had this horrible months-long run of 90+ temps. (Looking at 98 degrees tomorrow, 10/3/2019, no rain in sight.) I've neglected this thing horribly this summer, and it's still putting out and ripening more tomatoes than I've ever seen in one place in my LIFE! Too bad they aren't slicers.... I should not complain!

Normally, I'd be planning to be planting perennials right now, but it's just way too hot and dry.

Yeah it seems like tomatoes love the high heat and little rain.

I bet we're in pretty similar climates Diane, it's supposed to be 97 degrees here tomorrow, and was 94 today. Seems more like the middle of summer than early fall.

Maybe we'll get some cooler weather soon and can spend more time outside!

Steve Thorn wrote:Yeah it seems like tomatoes love the high heat and little rain.

I bet we're in pretty similar climates Diane, it's supposed to be 97 degrees here tomorrow, and was 94 today. Seems more like the middle of summer than early fall.

Maybe we'll get some cooler weather soon and can spend more time outside!

Yeah, I was wondering if you were having weather like we are, Steve. We can hope....

Harvested some tomatoes!