Very nice, Cam! It looks as though you have things well in hand in the tomato growing department. I grow tomatoes every year but the results are always minimal. I have to grow mine in pots because the ground around here is heavy clay and I no longer have the muscle to dig and add amendments to the soil. My seven pots are delivering fruit but very grudgingly. I had a nice growth of Tumbler tomatoes (pictured) about a month back, but nothing much since then. Tumbler is a container plant and the tomatoes are about the size of golf balls.
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Thanks, RG. I got really lucky with this variety I think. My thumb isn't near green enough to account for such a consistent turn out. I'm using pots, too. I was able to easily relocate them - when it started getting hot - to an area that gets shade sooner in the day, instead of being confined in full Summer sun to a patch of "grounded" soil.
This is an indeterminate variety, so I hope to be able to keep going until first freeze, tomato gods willing. I'm currently in a manual war against tiny caterpillars, aka tomato pinworms.
Since I can already purchase pesticide treated fruit at the grocery store, why raise the same?
Pesticide free is a challenge, but is doable, since I have so few plants.
On that note, I love giant moths, though. Much to the disapproval of gardeners everywhere, I don't kill tomato hornworms, aka future Hawkmoths.
I simply remove them from the plant and feed them other vegetables until they pupate.
I have two hawkmoth chrysalises buried now that will hatch in Spring '22. At which time I will release them from the hatchery tent ... A winged evil upon fellow tomato growers.
I do enjoy myself, and the plants have inspired some decent short story writing.
I have found, for me anyway, that working with plants and insects is an excellent antidote for too much full digital immersion.
That batch of Tumblers you had look excellent.
