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UPBeachBum @upbeachbum.bsky.social

My funky heirloom tomatoes are finally starting to ripen. 🍽️

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aug 27, 2025, 5:58 pm • 37 2

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Christy🌵🌻 @christyaz.bsky.social

I love them. They look really good.

aug 28, 2025, 5:26 am • 1 0 • view
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Robert Hove @roberthove.bsky.social

Wonderful!!

aug 27, 2025, 7:50 pm • 1 0 • view
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Pan: The Reverist @ok2panic.bsky.social

And a couple of them seem very excited about it. 😂

aug 27, 2025, 6:12 pm • 1 0 • view
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UPBeachBum @upbeachbum.bsky.social

I get a lot of those lol

aug 27, 2025, 6:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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Pan: The Reverist @ok2panic.bsky.social

Better than those boring round tomatoes!

aug 27, 2025, 6:51 pm • 2 0 • view
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UPBeachBum @upbeachbum.bsky.social

I like sun ripened beefsteaks for sandwiches but these brandywines are fantastic for my base tomato sauce.

aug 27, 2025, 7:01 pm • 1 0 • view
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Pan: The Reverist @ok2panic.bsky.social

I had bad luck with my tomatoes this year. Torrential rains followed up by 100F degree temps and I guess my soil wasn’t as well drained as I thought . Out of 6 plants I managed about 5 beefsteak tomatoes. I did better with my purple Cherokee and my Comptons. New plan next year.

aug 27, 2025, 7:05 pm • 2 0 • view
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UPBeachBum @upbeachbum.bsky.social

My tomato yield will be way down from the last three years. I won't make it through the winter without buying tomato sauce. But I have tons of different peppers and have been dehydrating the hot ones.

aug 27, 2025, 7:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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Pan: The Reverist @ok2panic.bsky.social

Excellent. I’ve been to our farmers market for tomatoes. My ghost peppers probably need two more weeks and they start being ready. My Aji Mango and ChocoScorpion peppers were stunted early by that same weather and they’re not doing so great. I’ll be lucky to get 20 Aji from two plants and maybe no🦂

aug 27, 2025, 8:02 pm • 1 0 • view
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Pam @pam4363.bsky.social

That long skinny one is definitely funky. 😁😉

aug 28, 2025, 1:40 am • 2 0 • view
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A.B. @torchlake2843.bsky.social

A GREAT read!

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aug 27, 2025, 6:14 pm • 2 0 • view
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UPBeachBum @upbeachbum.bsky.social

I bought a brandywine heirloom at the Escanaba farmers market 3 years ago and it tasted fantastic, and every tomato plant that I have planted since then is descended from the seeds of that first tomato.

aug 27, 2025, 6:30 pm • 2 0 • view
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A.B. @torchlake2843.bsky.social

Nice!!!

aug 27, 2025, 6:57 pm • 1 0 • view