Hello Gardeners,
Workday opportunities: There are two upcoming workdays at University Houses Gardens.
There will be a weed whacking workday on Sunday, 9/1 from 2-5 pm. Three volunteers are needed. The group will meet at the UH garden shed at 2 pm.
There will be a plot clearing on Monday 9/2 from 9 am-12 pm. Volunteers should wear long sleeves and bring gloves. The group will meet at the UH garden shed at 9 am.
Tomato tasting recap: Thank you to everyone who participated in the tomato tasting this season and to the volunteers that helped make it a success! It was fun and a great opportunity for gardeners to talk about what a difficult season this has been for growing tomatoes.
Here is a list of the tomatoes that were sampled with different comments from gardeners at the tasting:
Juane Flamme: ”Good”. “A bit sour”. “Nice acid”. “Lingering”. “Like a salad tomato”.
Pomodoro squisito: ”Probably really good with a pico de gallo”. “Very tomatoey, almost too much”. “Good integrity”. “Very productive”. “Fruit drops quickly”.
Japanese black trifel: ”My favorite!” “Great balance of flavor”. “Tomato flavor that just fills your mouth”. “Superior tomato!” “My favorite!” “Could eat it like an apple”. “Medium productivity”. “Held up pretty well to lots of water”.
Chadwick cherry: ”huge plant, extremely productive, ok disease resistance”. “Great flavor!” “Really good, great flavor”. “This is a winner”.
San marzano: ”very sour, lots of acid”.
Pineapple: “longest time to ripen”. “Beautiful, very juicy”. “Not tomatoey”. “A little on the bland side”. “Quite sweet”. “Almost like a melon”. “Very sweet and low acid”. “If I grew 30 tomato plants, I’d grow one of these”. “A little slimey”.
10 Fingers of Napoli: “I like it, nice texture”. “Good sauce tomato”. “Productive indeterminate”.
Bumblebee: “Ok, there’s nothing exciting. But it’s a tomato”.
Mountain Magic: “Pretty lackluster”. “Very firm fruits”.
Sungold: [so common no one commented on it. Always good]
Burpee organic Roma: “good tomato flavor”. “I liked that!”
Doug’s wildheart(oxheart?): “best tomato flavor for me!” “Like the black beauty but with more aftertaste”.
Amish Gold: “Oh! It’s the best gold I’ve had!” “Surprisingly good!” “I’m gonna do this one for the last bite!”
Orange Russian: “Sweet”. “Firm”. “Tough skin”.
Black beauty: “Not sweet at all, savory”. “Hard to tell when ripe”. “Nice bite to begin, but a little bland”. “Didn’t have a lot of flavor”.
Solar flare: “Very delicious, my favorite”. “Nice color, soft”. “Oh that’s good!” “Fruity?” “Has a bite to it”. “Not too sweet”.
German pink: “Wow!” “Tastes like watermelon!” “Tangy!” “Ok yield, it struggled this year, but better than most”.
Kellogg’s breakfast: “That’s a great tomato!” “A little bland”.
Amish paste: “Good fresh, good for sauce, good tomato flavor”.
Granadero: “A little bland”. “Very productive, even in this high disease year”.
Genuwine: “That might be my favorite!”
Marriage marzinera: “Good flavor”.
Big beef: “I think big beef was better than better boy”.
Better boy: -Meaty”. “Watery”. “Standard tomato”. “Not remarkable”. “Produce really well”.
Beam yellow pear: “I hate yellow pear”. “Oh, this is sweeter than I expected”.
Other comments from gardeners:
“The best heirloom for disease resistance at EHG is Rose de Bern”.
“A good replacement for sungolds that don’t crack is Citrine”.
Happy gardening,
Lily
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