Growing plants in the Rockies» Giant Tree Tomato

Tomatoes, tomatoes keep on coming

Chris — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:15:24 +0000

Our first giant tree tomatoe plants have finally given birth to fruit, lots of big tomatoes, it only took 3 + months!. Our roma tomatoe plants have been a late suprise of the season, and our first tomatoe plant, a early riser tomatoe plant will be removed this week, as its life is over and its completed its season, here are some toms from it

A small giant tree tomato	Giant tree tomato fruit	Last of the early riser toms

Plants in general are still growing

Chris — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:36:29 +0000

While everyones outdoor gardens have now died from frost and cold weather the greenhouse still looks unchanged.

We have herbs still growing strong, and tomato plants, strawberry plants, bok choi, lettuce, a cauliflower, and bell peppers. There is also some winter zuchinni seeds that have sprouted.

Poor mans heating system on the punnets, rope light. Its waterproof and really warm	Herbs still a growing	Some of the tomatoes on the giant tree tomato plants
More giant tree tomato plant	The overview	Early bird and roma toms. The early bird to the right arent looking very happy.
This is some beefsteak and early riser toms	Bell peppers still growing happily

The summer nears an end

Chris — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:46:52 +0000

Well its the end of august, soon the leaves will turn and the snow will come!

We are still getting the odd strawberry, lots of herbs, peppers and tomatoes.

But there are no more lettuce plants for a while, which is a bummer. But soon we will have some more.

The Giant Tree Tomato plants are amazing, and giant, they are trying to put a hole in the roof. We also have tomatoes on them, they grow quick, real quick as you can see from the pics.

Bib lettuce seeds ready for the winter	The greenhouse	Toms still going
Romaine lettuce seed...poor little thing	The giant tree tomato plants	This is a giant tree tomato, tomato. 1 week old and look a the size of it.
Red peppers	Roma and early riser tomatoes still producing

A new growing season begins

Chris — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:51:11 +0000

Well as summer draws to a end slowly … and with the reminder that its going to end soon with the night time temps around 39 degrees last week!! Its time to look towards winter plants.

I found www.reimerseeds.com who like many others, had seeds for plants that tolerate cold temps.

We purchased for winter:
- Sub Arctic Tomato (fruits when in the 30 degrees temps!)
– Window box roma tomatoes
– Salad bush cucumbers ( another colder winter vegie that grows in small containers..apparently)
– Cold set tomato (another down to freezing temp type tomato)
– Tall Utah Celery (if it can grow in utah it can grow in a greenhouse here I think!)
– Artic king lettuce (the name says it all)

We have changed our planters for the winter, so we can put rope lights in the soil to keep it warm (yes rope lights are cheap and simple for heat!) We purchased some flat and long plastic storage containers from big lots for $8 each, painted the sides black and drilled holes in the bottom for the drainage.

The heater strung up and set to 60 degree for night time temps	This is where celery and arctic king lettuce has been planted for the winter	Some sub arctic tomato plants are planted here the new winter planter boxes.
This is the roma tom on the left and the early bird tom on the right, still fruiting.	Bok choi in the planter tubes along the walls, the soil was replaced after the lettuces finished in here.	Cucumbers in the planter bags for winter
Bib lettuce in the tubes starting from seed, these are great in salads	This is the poor eggplant after it was attacked by aphids, we seem to have rid the greenhouse of nearly all the bugs, and this plant is growing back slowly	Bell peppers are still growing and fruiting.
The herbs are loving it, in fact we have too many and have to freeze them weekly.	The head of the giant tree tomatoe which is now getting toms on it	The giant tree tomato plants and trying to break thru the roof.
The roma toms and early bird toms	These toms took the brunt of the aphid attack, although now aphid free I had to cut them back a bit to get them thru it all, but all it well now	Bell peppers a little stumpy but growing well
New seeds!

Plants and needs

Chris — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:55:59 +0000

Well with the impostors, the aphids taking their toll, and the fact that we have eaten all the lettuce it looks like I have gotten behind on the planting schedule, so the greenhouse within 1 week has gotten pretty empty looking.

The giant tree toms look like they will be able to not be attacked by the aphids as long as I keep up the fight and spray them constantly, some lettuces took a hit, but the herbs and strawberries are ok.

Roma toms and Early Bird toms seem to have missed the aphids

Giant tree toms are well... giant and have a small bit of aphid damage

Bell peppers are being harvested at the rate of 1 per 2 days which is pretty cool for a little greenhouse!

Giant Tree Tomato Plants ALIVE

Chris — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:45:00 +0000

Our giant tree tomato plants are HUGE !!!

I keep reading reviews about these plants with people saying the seeds area croc of shit, and dont grow, but they do, follow the instructions, use logic and wait! The grow, they are just slow to start (8 weeks to sprout in our case)

But we have 2 trees 6 feet high and growing with little fruit already on them and more to come!

So to all the negative people , go and try growing something else, these just aint for you obviouslyt.

We got our seeds from gardnerschoice.com, and in no way did we get any kick back or are we affiliated with the owners of that company. ( but if you are ready how about some free seeds for winter toms??)

Giant toms growing in buckets inside the greenhouse

Sorry its blurry but this is the 2 giant tomato trees we have

Weekly update

Chris — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:27:42 +0000

The previous weeks heat has caused some of our lettuces on the sunniest side to go straight to seed which is a bummer, but they will be replanted and we will try again, and out tomotoes are producing now at the rate of 2-3 tomatoes per day.

The giant tree tomatoe plants as you can see are really giant, and growing, I think they will need their own greenhouse soon! We also have some bugs appearing on the tomatoe plants and eggplants, being non organic farmers… we plan on having them dead with good old fashioned insecticide shortly.

The greenhouse in its full and busy state	Herbs are growing like crazy, we have never grown herbs successfully before so we are impressed.	Peppers are everywhere now
Romaine lettuce and strawberry plants are great, the romaine is actually sweet tasting	Eggplants, some growing upside down and with some little bugs on them	Toms
A giant tree tomato	The other giant tree tomato	Some of the lettuce thats dont to seed

Weekly update – July 4 weekend

Chris — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:48:30 +0000

The growth is mad in the little greenhouse, we are able to have a salad each night out of the lettuce and mesculan and we were able to get our first tomatoe from the green house a 0.5 lb steakhouse tomato.

The giant tree tomatoes are also huge, at 4-5ft and growing so we will see how big they will get!

Ichiban aka Egglplant with fruit on it	Roma toms on the left and Early bird on the right, both covered in green toms	Lettuce ready to pick
Some of the toms soon to be harvested	Steak house toms	Herbs are crazy
Steak house tom getting red and ready	Bell Peppers with fruit	Giant tree tomato plant number 2
A giant tree tomato plant	Onions are nearly ready as you can see by the plant falling over	Green peppers
Red and yellow pepper plants	Mesculan mix	The greenhouse full of green
Its busy with growth in there	Strawberries hanging and in the pipe are about to fruit again	Lettuce, you can see we have harvested and used some

Weekly update

Chris — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:40:13 +0000

Check out the growth, its amazing….we need a bigger

Giant Tree Tomatoes becoming trees

Chris — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:13:56 +0000

With an average of about 2-3 inches of growth per week the giant tree toms are coming along great. Now if they would only fruit ….. for something that was bought off the tv on a infomercial so far its going good.