Organic tomatoes without name
I grow 10 plants of some unknown variety in the plot. The only thing I knew when I bought the plants from nursery it was that they’re organic.
The plants grow without watering but the spring we had many rainy days. I will go again in my plot in 10-15 days. I hope I will find some red tomatoes then if the plants are alive.
The plants are not so big (because of watering), they are about 1m high and they had 5-6 tomatoes each one. I use branch from my olive trees to support the plants.
They look lovely. The plants must be very tough to survive without watering. You must be really looking forward to going back to your plot and tasting the delicious ripe tomatoes!
WOW!! Tomatoes without water?? If you ever find out what variety they are, you have got to let us know!
@chaiselongue the true is that I want to go to the plot for my figs first of all!
But I also hope for some red tomatoes
@Shibaguyz I don’t think I will find the variety ever. But I will save seeds if I find red tomatoes when I ‘m going to plot again
1m is about right for most commercial varieties. These varieties are bred for farmers who usually find smaller plants easier to handle. Heirloom varieties are all different, but frequently grow to 2m or more.
The plants in this picture look really healthy. There may be more water in the ground there than you think. I hope there are some tomatoes waiting for you when you return!
If the plants are dead when you go back, you should look for a black or gray color. Maybe take a picture of the dead plants if you can. There is a disease called late blight that is very common in northern Europe on tomatoes grown outside. It will be useful to know if you have it in Greece too. It’s common in areas where they grow potatoes. Late blight is very contagious, so be sure to change your cloths and take a shower before touching your plants at home.
Those tomatoes are looking good. It’s surprising how well they can grow in the ground without water. All the plant’s energy seems to go into making the fruit instead of growing foliage.
Those tomatoes look very healthy. Impressive. You must have really good tomato growing soil in Greece. Hope they taste as good as they look.
@Patrick we had rain here 2 days before, I hope that had raining and in the plot. I don’t know if the ground has so many water, but if it has I will be happy.
I am not sure if we have this disease here, but I am new in gardening yet. I will take photos if something happen with my plants.
@easygardener my mother said that they had these fruit from their pressing because they grow without water. I will take photographs again
@John yes they are not so many but they are healthy. In Greece we growing many tomatoes every year because we eat many tomatoes here. We eat tomatoes every day, but we grew only red tomatoes as country. I didn’t knew until now that other countries have other colors
For me tomato was only red. For this reason now I try to grow some other varieties with different colors.