A four Pound Hand full !

This close up shows the weight of the crop up close.

I am holding about 4 pounds of tomato-weight on this one branch !

I still see swelling too each day ! But I only water the soil, when it's dry. And the colour is changing fast too !

I imagine all residual nutrients and minerals in the soil is being scavenegd by the mycorrhizae I got growing using "Piranha". There is a surface "mesh' about one inch deep in all my soil beds where I used Piranha, Tarantula and Voodoo Juice. I can imagine how they are pumping a final surge of nutrition into these fat juicy red monster tomatoes...!

Big Colour and Size !

On Oct 4 2006 over 50% of the fruit had turned red enough to pick.

And it's also gotten Huge ! This plant weights many pounds still, and I've taken almost 50% off already !

I'm leaving the rest of the fruit on the vine for now ! The weather is warm; 9 deg.C at night, 19 C in the day. I pick just those that will drop.

My First Picking !

This is my first-pass pick from all the tomatoes I have been growing.

On Sept 16 2006 I had to start to pick big-time ! .. or "full Time" since picking and processing has not stopped for three weeks. And since I work during the day, I can only harvest and process in the evenings...

Cherry Tomato Gaspachio ... !

I made "orange" tomato sauce when the sweet yellows are mixed in ...!

I have enough bulk-frozen, blanched Beefsteaks to last a year !

My hot peppers, oregano, sage and basil are added to other boiled-down tomato stews...

The Poundage One Month Later !

This photo taken Oct. 3 2006 should be compared to the one I posted below from Sep. 5. These are my beefsteak tomatoes, from which I've been picking fruit every week now since Sept 23.

Notice how the weight was so excessive that the plants collapsed back down their support-strings.

I have quit all foliar feeding for over a month, and hosed water to the roots only. A few days of heavy rain in September rinsed all the garden's foliage.

The colours are kicking in late, I feel, but Holey Moley is the yield high in terms of weight! I have picked at least 50 lbs of tomatoes already from in here ! I can't keep up with processing all this fruit !

I had to go get another freezer ! I boil up a batch to freeze everynight now... !