As you can see, the tomato plants are growing very quickly and they all have tomatoes growing on them! From Mitten's viewpoint, the farm has turned into a jungle with very tall plants. She has been meowing at the door in the morning, eager to inspect the tomatoes' progress (and to nibble on the occasional leaf).
Because we are growing new varieties of tomatoes at Mitten Farms this year, there have been several surprises. The tomato plant shown at left was a freebie "mystery" tomato that I received when I purchased the other plants. Until today, it looked like the plant was not growing any tomatoes even though it has flowered. This plant gets the least amount of light of any plants at the farm, so this was completely plausible that it would not fruit. Today, however, I looked closer into the bush plant and found this gigantic tomato growing! I'm really excited to see how much bigger it gets.
Another surprise is the Juliette Roma Grape pictured at right. I planted this variety last year, but the fruit was much smaller. It was virtually identical to the grape tomatoes available at most grocery stores. These are closer in size to plum tomatoes. Perhaps the plant was mislabeled, or perhaps this is a incredibly productive plant!
In addition, the Podland Pink tomatoes shown below are larger than average cherry tomatoes. I'm excited to find out if the tomatoes really are a pink shade when ripe! So stay tuned, there is lots to look forward to at the farm!
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