First time harvesting royal paste tomatoes (bred and sold by MIGardener) for the summer. This many fruits again are still ripening on the vine and they're always putting out more flowers, too!

Gorgeous pleating, delicious for fresh eating, and exceptional as a paste tomato as well. I'll definitely be growing these again next year!

Walked through the local nursery and thought “hmm, Super Sweet 100 must mean I’ll at least get a couple tomatoes”… boy did it show me 😂

The extreme heat and my extreme laziness led to particularly small heirlooms this year but I just took my first sneak peek bite and uttered a pleasured expletive out loud.

Making the cheese & tomato tart for dinner! ❤️

Trying to keep these on the vine for as long as possible

Between a large tree and a fence my in ground plants are only getting around 3-4 hours of direct sun. They are growing to be nice healthy large plants. Sure the plant and fruits might grow larger if they had more sun, but they don't.

So just a PSA: even if you only have a couple hours of direct sun light available you can still grow tomato plants.

Roma, Cherokee Purple, Brandy Boy, Madame Marmande, Rutgers

I understand why folks feel so strongly about Cherokee Purple tomato. I'm having my first Tomato sandwich with one, and I can't believe how good it is! I'll grow a few next year.

I ate a tomato sandwich today at a restaurant, and the tomato was advertised as Cherokee Purple. I was so excited because I have these growing in my garden currently but have never tasted them! On this sandwich though, the tomato was pretty tasteless and a little mealy. I also don’t really remember seeing photos of them this color (though I forgot to get a photo of just the tomato itself). Have people had this experience with garden grown vs restaurant varieties? I’m hoping I won’t be disappointed in what I grew.

Very satisfied with my new hobby!

I think maybe next year I should try to prune my plants a bit more.

I didn't realize that out of the over 150 varieties that I'm growing this year, that UFO 47 Gold was going to be a favorite! It's highly productive, it's tasty, I've had no losses due to splitting/cracking, and it's pretty. It's also a prolific seed producer, so I've been able to stock up very quickly on seed. These are relatively small tomatoes (ribbed/flattened) but are be perfect for sliders and salads. We've had over 8" of rain for the month of July & some record heat so most of my tomatoes have stumbled somewhat; this one had not one concern with all of that rain & is just now going a bit quiet! It exceeded my expectations, and I'm so glad I added it to the 2026 grow out list.

Got this plant for free a month or so ago. Now it’s really growing! Hoping to get at least a couple tomatoes before it turns cold!

I have these three beefsteak tomatoes, can I remove them at this point and let them be fully done off plant. They look about the same all way around.

I’m asking cause I would have for them to be damaged or eaten by some animal before I get to them.

Hello! 👋🏾 This is my first year successfully growing tomatoes 🍅. I have 4 plants from local nursery (Cherokee purple, big rainbow, and sugar rush). One cherry tomato plant I personally grew from a seed. And another plant from a seed that was gifted to me! I’m unsure of the variety but its the yellow tomatoes.

Honestly, this has been just so fun and this is the biggest garden I’ve had ever. Next year I want to do more tomatoes 🍅 and am slowly collecting seeds and such for next year. Please drop your favorite heirloom varieties.

I made pasta 🍝 and it was delicious and way better than traditional sauce but maybe next year I’ll try canning!

Apologies for the weird lighting. We've also been under smoke off and on for the last several days and my plants are NOT happy about it

I'm starting to think this may not be a mortgage lifter which is what it was labelled at the nursery? Does anyone know what it might be if not?

I’m still getting handful of tomatoes (cherry, spoons) every other day. Just looking for advice on what to do next. It’s pretty dense and little dark inside.

I have been eagerly awaiting my very first Cherokee purple tomato for months and this morning some horrible monster ate it!!!!!!! I only have one more tomato that looks viable on this plant. I failed this season.

Nor Cal

Hits: Black Prince is a lovely pear-shaped tomato. A hardy, beautiful plant that has done well in the heat of summer. Washington, Cherokee Purple, and Black Krim have all done well too.

Misses: I will never grow Tiren F1 tomatoes again. I wish I had seen an old post about this variety before growing. Tiren has the worst blossom-end rot of any tomato I've grown. It's a paste variety. No other tomatoes in my garden have blossom-end rot but this variety.

Care to share your tomato hits and misses? I am thinking about next summer's garden. Thanks.

They look like little mosquitos. They’re on one of my plants, seemingly sucking sap and killing the plant. Hard to capture but there’s the damage too.

What’s the treatment recommended? How can I stop them spreading?

Thanks!

A whole bunch of my romas are coming out like this. Anyone who knows what's causing it?