Brandywine Tomatoes!

[Dennis]

Tomatoes had a late start up here this year. I think it will be worth the wait.

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[Gruder]

Looks good Dennis!

[beginish]

I grew and ate my first ones this year. They were a revelation of what a tomato is supposed to taste like.

[gollum83]

Heirloom tomatoes of any sort are very good. I haven't grown Brandywines before, but I have grown German Pinks, Old Germans and Polish Linguisas before.

[Dennis]

All my tomatoes and most of my garden were heirloom this year. There are several more Brandywine on the vines of this size and some smaller. I also have some Italian Piriform and Japanese Black Trifele that are still coming along. This was a great year and weather for gardening - everything did really well.

[gollum83]

Really? The weather for tomatoes has been horrible in this part of the state. Most of mine have been way undersized. Heck, more than a few of my grape tomatoes are about the size of peas.

[Dennis]

Really? The weather for tomatoes has been horrible in this part of the state. Most of mine have been way undersized. Heck, more than a few of my grape tomatoes are about the size of peas.

Well, I have eggplants out my ears, I had more green beans than I have ever had, and my cucumbers did really well (and still are - just picked 2 yesterday), as did my squash. I also had loads of perfect cherry tomatoes, My peppers are late just like the heirloom tomatoes, but they will hopefully round the corner shortly here. So, yes, I would call that a great year for my garden. And I was really hands-off this year and only did the minimum during the season. I think, though, that my soil probably makes the difference. I use the square foot gardening method and my soil is all organic compost from a horse farm mixed with vermiculite. I just refilled my raised bed this year.