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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 37 Entries.
Friday, July 7 View Page
This 8.41 has roots growing out the side of a leaf axiel, never had this before, the plant has a really strange way of growing, new leaders coming out of everywhere, it does have a nice mega on it,so we'll see what happens.
 
Saturday, July 8 View Page
Had to discard this one because it wasn't a fused mega, it was 24 inches in circumference.
 
Monday, July 24 View Page
First of the season , 5.85 Boudyo
 
Monday, July 24 View Page
That's 4.8 lbs.
 
Tuesday, July 25 View Page
Here we go, this is more like it ! Maybe I should go and put this on a certified scale.
 
Tuesday, July 25 View Page
Here we go, this is more like it ! Maybe I should go and put this on a certified scale. The plant also had 3 other tomatoes growing on it. It's from my 5.85 of last year, which is from a stock replacement seed out of 4.62 boudyo.
 
Tuesday, July 25 View Page
Here's another one off of a stock seed replacement from the 5.85 boudyo that I grew in 2015
 
Tuesday, July 25 View Page
Last entry was confusing, that tomato I picked this am. the seed it was grown from was from 2015.
 
Tuesday, July 25 View Page
Officially!
 
Tuesday, July 25 View Page
Officially
 
Friday, July 28 View Page
Had to make some decisions this morning !
 
Friday, July 28 View Page
Hard decisions when you have 3 or 4 good ones on the same vine.and now I'm on the second round of the plants I already harvested and weighed.will be interesting how big the second round gets.
 
Saturday, July 29 View Page
65 pounds of tomatoes in our 60qt.stock pot being made into tomato soup,yum yum!!!
 
Monday, July 31 View Page
Meanwhile you guys are trying to figure out who can grow the biggest ribbon vine, back at the ranch I'm growing tomatoes :) 6.31 lbs
 
Monday, July 31 View Page
And another 7+ lber, now there's going to be three to four weeks before the next ones are ready.
 
Wednesday, August 2 View Page
Someone wanted to see my tomato plants,
 
Wednesday, August 2 View Page
Someone wanted to see my tomato plants,
 
Thursday, August 3 View Page
Bnot-is is what you are calling a circular blossom?
 
Thursday, August 3 View Page
And this is another one.
 
Thursday, August 3 View Page
Some of my eating tomatoes, ready for another 80 or 100 lb. batch of tomato soup.
 
Saturday, August 5 View Page
100 lbs tomatoes into soup yesterday, pantry is getting fuller.
 
Saturday, August 5 View Page
Picture for previous entry.
 
Saturday, August 5 View Page
Picture for previous post.
 
Friday, August 18 View Page
Another nice one 6.09 lbs. grown from a 5.85 boudyo, circ. is 24.75 inches . Just finished 90 lbs of salsa and 80 lbs. paste. We've processed around 400 lbs of tomatoes so far and the plants are still loaded.
 
Sunday, August 20 View Page
Harvested our years supply of purple viking potatoes, about 560 lbs and still need to harvest the fingerlings.
 
Thursday, August 31 View Page
25 years ago I grew this carrot,have no idea how much it weighed, didn't even know that people tried to grow giant carrots.this is my youngest son.
 
Monday, September 11 View Page
Here's the dimension people.
 
Monday, September 11 View Page
Next
 
Monday, September 11 View Page
Next
 
Monday, September 11 View Page
Next
 
Monday, September 11 View Page
Must be that walla walla water!
 
Monday, September 11 View Page
That 5.30 was at 5.5 feet off the ground. Next ones will be 6 to 7+ feet off the ground.
 
Saturday, October 28 View Page
Picked all the remaining tomatoes, so the 2017 tomato growing season is finished, all of these last ones were 6 to 7 feet up on the plants, this 5.65 is off of my seed stock grown from the 5.85 boudyo seed, and the multiplier was 58.
 
Saturday, October 28 View Page
Next up is the 5.83 out of my 8.61,the multiplier on this one is .57
 
Saturday, October 28 View Page
Next up is the 7.18 out of my 6.24-2016,and the multiplier on this one is .54
 
Saturday, October 28 View Page
And last but not least is the 7.25 grown out of my seed stock tomato from the 5.85 boudyo, the multiplier on this one is .56,so that wraps up the 2017 season, now for the winter indoor grow! !
 
Thursday, December 28 View Page
Lettuce is growing good, 30 days since seeding,already harvested some to prevent overcrowding, will harvest more soon.
 

 

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