Those maters look good! I like ‘em with a dollop of mayo.

Picked the first cherry tomato of the year last night. Regular ones are still a ways off.

The tomatoes were on the vine 3 minutes before the pic of yesterday's BLT:


I have been on a keto diet since mid-February so I haven't been eating bread. Found out yesterday that HEB's bakery makes keto bread on-site so I picked up a fresh loaf yesterday along with a small bottle of Duke's mayo. No final pics as I rapidly lost interest in photography and devoured the 2 sandwiches.

^^^NOT Enough Bacon! I can still see bread....You need at least two more slices to be full 'Keto Compliant'!

Living on the Gulf coast of SW Florida, gotta say our tomatoes suck! Grew my own for few years, but birds, rabbits and humongous tomato caterpillars convinced me it was way too time consuming. My daughter in law brings me 24-36 bottles of home canned ones as well as a sack of fresh picked ones when she visits from SC.

Stupid Tomato Hornworms got mine this year and started feasting on our pepper plants.

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
Stupid Tomato Hornworms got mine this year and started feasting on our pepper plants.

Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) kills the shit out of 'em and it's organic. Spray them top and bottom of leaves every 5 to 7 days a few hatch cycles in a row. You'll know they're dead when holes quit appearing and their poo quits appearing.

Yum! Ours aren't ripe yet, but they're getting there. Probably late this week or next. I'll eat them plain, with salt, in a BLT, in salsa...you name it. Love me some fresh 'maters.

Only put two plants in the ground and they're the variety you can keep in the pot (smallish plant, smallish fruit) but I put Miracle Grow on them every week and they are pumping out tomatoes.

Very satisfied with the production as when I lived in TX the rats ate the green ones and the birds ate the ones the rats missed.

Peronally I don't really care for raw tomatoes but wife is super happy!!

Next year I'll have a bunch of plants and flood the world with Better Boys and Romas!!!

I like them on the green side, also love picking the small cukes and eating them right out of the garden. just add salt.

We are several weeks behind you here in NC, we have a lot of young ones but no where near as nice as yours.

I can't wait.!

... want some ... shoot

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Originally posted by tatortodd:

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
Stupid Tomato Hornworms got mine this year and started feasting on our pepper plants.

Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) kills the shit out of 'em and it's organic. Spray them top and bottom of leaves every 5 to 7 days a few hatch cycles in a row. You'll know they're dead when holes quit appearing and their poo quits appearing.

Thanks! The remainder of this season we are doing a morning recon, and removing them by hand. Our pepper plants are going crazy! Over 3 feet tall and so many blooms it looks like a flower market.

Jealous! Damn squirrels eat mine before they get ripe.

Those look great and bring back great memories. It’s been way too long since I ate one of those with nothing but salt.