More breaking news. I have 4 varieties of cherry tomato plants with fruit

HarveyH55 wrote:
Wow! There is an exact day to plant? Kind of a slow start, I already have three pineapples, about the size of an egg... Had 5 Dragonfruit blooms a week ago. Don't think there will be fruit, should know in a few more days. Usually, August/September, way early for even blooms.

Not sure about your tomato fetish... My fruit doesn't need re-planting every year, and very little care or attention. Store bought pineapples usually suck. Picked a month or so before ripe. Red Dragonfruit is hard to find in stores, expensive too. Tomatoes can be bought most anywhere, even farms that let you pick them yourself. Vine-ripe, farm fresh is import to some, and those are usually too ripe for market. Vegetable gardens are a lot of work, then you have a surplus to deal with. You can, freeze, dry what you can, and still in a rush to avoid spoilage.

Swan wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:
Wow! There is an exact day to plant? Kind of a slow start, I already have three pineapples, about the size of an egg... Had 5 Dragonfruit blooms a week ago. Don't think there will be fruit, should know in a few more days. Usually, August/September, way early for even blooms.

Not sure about your tomato fetish... My fruit doesn't need re-planting every year, and very little care or attention. Store bought pineapples usually suck. Picked a month or so before ripe. Red Dragonfruit is hard to find in stores, expensive too. Tomatoes can be bought most anywhere, even farms that let you pick them yourself. Vine-ripe, farm fresh is import to some, and those are usually too ripe for market. Vegetable gardens are a lot of work, then you have a surplus to deal with. You can, freeze, dry what you can, and still in a rush to avoid spoilage.

My tomatoes are not available anywhere else but here, the tomatoes in any store are tasteless and grown in hothouses and picked green and ripen in boxes, so that they do not rot, which limits photosynthesis on the vine, never even seen a farmstand that has black krim or sweet 100 tomato's. Tomato planting dates vary based on the last chance of frost in any area

HarveyH55 wrote:

Swan wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:
Wow! There is an exact day to plant? Kind of a slow start, I already have three pineapples, about the size of an egg... Had 5 Dragonfruit blooms a week ago. Don't think there will be fruit, should know in a few more days. Usually, August/September, way early for even blooms.

Not sure about your tomato fetish... My fruit doesn't need re-planting every year, and very little care or attention. Store bought pineapples usually suck. Picked a month or so before ripe. Red Dragonfruit is hard to find in stores, expensive too. Tomatoes can be bought most anywhere, even farms that let you pick them yourself. Vine-ripe, farm fresh is import to some, and those are usually too ripe for market. Vegetable gardens are a lot of work, then you have a surplus to deal with. You can, freeze, dry what you can, and still in a rush to avoid spoilage.

My tomatoes are not available anywhere else but here, the tomatoes in any store are tasteless and grown in hothouses and picked green and ripen in boxes, so that they do not rot, which limits photosynthesis on the vine, never even seen a farmstand that has black krim or sweet 100 tomato's. Tomato planting dates vary based on the last chance of frost in any area

True, supermarket produce general sucks. Occasional, not so bad, during local, peak season. Get lucky, but not worth watch and waiting for, a maybe. But, there are alternatives, that have good produce, if you know where to look. There are fruit stands, but you need to drive out to the actual farms. Since some people setup stands near higher traffic areas, and basically sell supermarket quality, they picked up cheap. There are U-Pick farms, where you walk around, pick what you like. Some communities host a farmer's market, usually on weekends. Not really bad at all, and not all fruits and vegetables either. Haven't check prices in years, but it was $20 for a table, for the weekend. Huge variety to chose from, many you don't see in stores. Many have literature, or cards. Farmer's market is more of a trade show. You like what they offer, you talk to them, see what else they have, and how you can get some. That's how I found the U-pick options around here. It works well for some things. Not everything ripens at the same rate. Anything at peak ripeness, and hasn't been picked, only has a few days.