I grew vines in my garden this summer. Not tomatoes, just vines. They bloomed on time, then nothing. Finally, a few baby tomatoes popped up but then went away. In early September, honest-to-God tomatoes finally begin to form on my four vines, but they mostly stayed green. The handful of tomatoes that did turn red were pecked by some critter, likely a chipmunk.
Last week when we had a frost warning, I decided to pick them all – green or not. I loaded a bag of 3 or 4 dozen tomatoes and now they are safe and sound and starting to turn. I will have tomatoes this year, albeit a slim and very late arriving crop.
This spring, I waited patiently to plant. Next year, I won’t wait as long and hopefully will have better luck growing a few tomatoes.
