Well it must have been very good from your reaction...But what I can't understand is why you didn't take a picture of it first.

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And u didn't save me a bite? Shucks!

I'm not growing them..maybe I'll give them a go next year...after you come over and build me my new raised beds.

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OK, couple pics I took tonight...

Here's a shot of my plants....most of them anyway. Black Cherry is just outta control...



...and here's a shot of Cherokee Purple, Black from Tula, Carbon, Green Giant, Lucky Leprechaun, Todd County Amish and a few Sungold. Yummy! Had BLT's AGAIN tonight!



oops, sorry about the one large pic..

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John - Zone 6

Yeah, I may just have to top the black cherry plant. It's heavily shading Heidi right on the oher side of it. It keeps on pumping out the fruit though! Those cracks seemed to coicide with heavy rains one day last week. Seems like all of them cracked! I do think certain varieties are more prone to it than others, but I don't know if hybrids would have done it too if I was growing them. Ido know one thing....I'd tale a cracked cherokee purple over most perfect hybrids any day! Except for maybe a handful of sungolds.

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John - Zone 6

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Originally posted by johnCT:
I do know one thing....I'd tale a cracked cherokee purple over most perfect hybrids any day! Except for maybe a handful of sungolds.

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I agree...When you mentioned the rain, I was thinking..yes that could be it, but when we haven't had any rain mine were still crack...But then I thought about it more...I water every day..towards the evening and I have an overhead impact type sprinkler..it covers all of the garden, it is possible that when that cold well water hits those tomatoes that have had 100 degree heat already baking down on them..it could very well be caused from the (over head) watering, which would be the same as it raining on them. Maybe I'll try an expermint next year with this water some of the plants from the bottom and some from over head and see what the difference is in the tomatoes.... proable be the same

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I'm not sure..But I was thinking that the color if used for sauce or salsa..would not be purple, instead a deep dark color of red. And just think if you used say half of the purple type and half regular type in a chunky salasa, oh that would give it more color and also add to the taste I am sure!!!!

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Had my first one yesterday. May of picked it a little early. Was good but not like all I had read. Maybe I had it built up to much in my mind. Also the first one. Will have some more in a few days. Definately a keeper. Fair production also. Brandywine Sudduth is finished in my garden I think. No production. May get two tomatoes this year. May everyone have a bountiful harvest. JD

I'm growing Cherokee Purple this year, but got it planted very late. I'm hoping a freeze will hold off long enough for me to have a harvest.

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Sorellina..when do you start your plants? I'm about 200miles south of you and everyone here finds our tomatoes are ripening much later this year than usual.
Do you have pictures of your garden? Perhaps I've missed them in previous posts?

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Cherokee Purple does have the best taste I have tasted in a very long time. Heat got mine before could get many but hope if it ever gets below 100 ++ might start blooming again the heat has Cherokee purple is 8 foot tall now. Will look for the chocolate next season.

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Ciao Christina,

Normally, I plant out on Victoria Day Weekend, but this year it was very cold. My transplants were not as healthy as I would have liked, either. I had left them in the care of my darling boyfriend, Duane, while I visited family in California for a few weeks and let's just say it was a combo of him missing me and male selective babysitting. Lots of them kept growing under the lights, but the lights didn't magically get moved up to account for the growth. A lot of the tops of the transplants got a bit crispy. I ended up transplanting that following Thursday so I guess that would be 25 May.

Duane started his pepper seeds on 25 February. He did this on purpose because last year, he had a few Habaneros which took all season to finally ripen. Those real hot ones take a LONG time. His transplants had flowers on them and in a few cases, very small fruit. He elected to keep the flowers and fruit, but he harvested them at the green stage to encourage the plant to produce more flowers and fruit. His transplants were very rootbound, which does tell peppers to hurry up and make fruit. Peppers are somewhat more forgiving for less-than-obsessive or even somewhat faulty care. He's forgotten to water his container peppers on several occasions and they wilt, but then they bounce back and put out this riot of colour. He's got Fataliis, Habs, Congo Trinidads, various Jalapenos, Cherries, and quite a few ornamentals in pots out on the driveway and also in hanging baskets. I'll upload some recent garden pics when I get the chance.

Cheers,
Julianna

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