Tomatoes!

[Alexis]

It's that time of year in Albuquerque again. TOMATOES. Nothing better than a fresh tomato, unless it's a fresh tomato with basil, crusty bread and balsamic. Yum Yum Yum Yum YUM!

And check out the height on these puppies:

Official Disclaimer. These aren't my tomatoes, but I am lucky enough to partake of them. The tomato master started with Walls 'o Water in like June and this is the result. Even with one of the plants facing a bad case of curly top, we're going to be silly with tomatoes for a while yet.

[Adelita]

Ha! I was just going to post about my tomatoes and basil!! I've already made the most delicious pesto. Now I need those tomatoes to ripen! Yummy.

[KelVick]

I'm so jealous. I haven't figured out where to grow my own in our teeny tiny back yard; there's hardly room for a five gallon bucket. I love fresh, but more than that I love my own grown tomatoes. Until then I'm making do with the downtown grower's market.

[La Fanciulla del West]

Here's a pic of my tomatoes that I took this morning. I bought 3 heirloom plants from Jericho Nursery, and this plant is going gangbusters. It's also planted in a container.

[Robert S.]

yum indeed! The first ripened one was harvested today and I have about 10-15 more in the green, growing stage ready to be harvested in maybe 2-3 weeks.

[Albuquerque Commentator]

KelVick

Here is a link to a potential solution for your space problem, I posted last may. I have been harvesting tomatoes for the last month or so. I have other produce growing including Mustard Greens, Radish, Herbs, French Bush Beans, Eggplant, etc.

DFC article Grow Bags On The Cheap

The Sweet 100 in the picture has been producing for almost a month already. I did rebag it in order to put a small tomato cage in the bag, one of the reasons for forth coming custom bags.
I have had enough interest that I will probably order some custom sized bags in the near future with a few modifications to handle slightly larger plants. But they work well for a very small area. Flowers as well, I have some Morning Glories on a very small upper porch that are doing well.

Right now I'm getting ready for Fall planting, especially specialty greens and carry through, more herbs and Basil in particular.

[MisterMan]

God...all of those tomatoes look wonderful! Our's are starting to ripen now but they are kinda small and a bit blemished. Any ideas on what causes blemishes? Too much/little water? We have both Early Girl and Better Boy plants. This is our first year gardening in NM and I will say that we have been rather successful so far but I would welcome any tips for next year.

[MisterMan]

Hey Albuquerque Commentator - I'm a novice when it comes to gardening. What types of things can you plant in the fall?

[La Fanciulla del West]

What do the blemishes look like? Are there big brown spots on the bottom of the tomato? If so, that's indicative of a calcium deficiency.

[Kenny]

Ours are coming ripe too. I'm really really looking forward to fresh tomatoes since the commercial growers have seem to forgotten how to do it.

[MisterMan]

La Fanciulla del West - No - there are no brown spots...the blemishes look a little more beige - almost like a little light 'scarring' took place as they were growing and ripening. Otherwise they have good color. Being this is our first time planting in this particular garden we made the mistake of planting our tomatoes and peppers in an area that gets too much shade from a peach tree that was planted next to the garden so it kind of stunted the growth of most of those plants.