Giant Syrian is another potato-leafed tomato plant variety that I am growing this year. It is billed in seed catalogs as being capable of producing 1 pound fruits. In my experience, the first tomato to set on a given plant is usually the biggest one. If you want to maximize the size of that first fruit, you have to pick off all the other ones that come after it.
I’m not trying to break any records, so I’m leaving all the fruit on the plant. I would rather get a whole bunch of 6 or 8 ounce tomatoes than to just have one really impressive specimen.
The plant is growing very well and the fruit shows no sign of turning color yet. That’s fine by me, just keep growing! The best part…so far, NO DISEASE, NO BLIGHT!
Posted by cressinghamgardeners on June 21, 2012 at 8:05 am
Your tomatoes are looking good! we are just seeing the first tomato flowers here in UK
Posted by Jimmy Cracked-Corn on June 22, 2012 at 6:31 am
Thank you. It sounds like my growing season has me spoiled compared to the length of yours!
Posted by bishop9396 on June 21, 2012 at 8:28 am
I like the look of those tomatoes and not showing signs of disease is very nice. I may have to try them in the Houston heat and humidity this year. We have picked probably 20+ plus pounds of slicing tomatoes and buckets of cherry tomatoes. In a few weeks I will add a couple of plants for a fall harvest. The heat and humidity is taking a toll on some of the plants now. Where did you purchase the Giant Syrian?
Posted by Jimmy Cracked-Corn on June 22, 2012 at 6:34 am
I have a long growing season, but nothing like yours! In Illinois the idea of starting another tomato after already harvesting ripe ones doesn’t work at all…there just aren’t enough warm days. By the numbers there should be, but it doesn’t work.
I bought seeds for Giant Syrian, I believe, from John Schepper’s seed catalog.
http://www.kitchengardenseeds.com/cgi-bin/catview.cgi?_fn=Product&_category=171
Posted by thebeadden on June 21, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Looking good!
Posted by Jimmy Cracked-Corn on June 22, 2012 at 6:35 am
These are the best tomato plants I have had in YEARS.