A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2005 Darn tomatoes aren't ripe yet!

An old wives tale says that if you lay a ripe banana near unripe fruit or vegetables it speeds up the ripening process - worth a try if you're desperate or have any over-ripe bananas you don't want to eat!

hi guys! does anyone out there grew a tomato as big as squash. if anyone of you guys did it. can you share to me how did you do it!

lol junjun, what kinda squash? There are lots of little squashes out there, as many really as the huge ones. What poundage (or kilogrammage) are we talking about here? I harvested a Marianna's Peace today that was over 1.5 lbs and a bicolour Burracker's Favourite last week that was just shy of 2 lbs. There are even larger varieties than these that didn't make it into my garden, but I don't do anything special besides amending the soil in Fall and again in spring and providing a root-prodding fertilizer at transplanting time.

freestacy, how do you like your Jellybean tomatoes? I confess to being interested in that variety based on its name alone...it's my nickname. Are they good producers? When did you transplant out?

Cheers,
Julianna

Julianna,

I really like the Jellybean tomatoes. They are very meaty and a sweet tomato. I actually made it into the house with a few, to try them in a salad. Better than Roma, but, smaller.

I started them in April in my basement, than transplanted them to my garden in early June. As you know we had a to chilly spring to put them out in May. I will certainly grow these next year.

Stacy (freestacy)