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Indoor fall heirloom tomatoes!!!

I have love affair with tomatoes and I wanted to try some indoor fall tomatoes. I planted on August 2nd and some of the plants are huge now (almost 6 feet tall Great Whites in my kitchen!!). Some flowers have come and gone and some are just blooming. I have been pruning branches or leaves that turn yellow or look like they are dying so the energy goes elsewhere. But I am not sure how much longer until I can expect some tomatoes?? Maybe by Thanksgiving???? New Years??

Tags: Heirloom, indoor, tomatoes

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Permalink Reply by Cornelia on November 3, 2009 at 11:03am

Very interesting! Do you really think that you'll get fruit? What about pollination? Apparently, wind is an important component for "self-pollination". Here's an article that came up when I searched "tomato pollination: http://www.grow-tomato-sauce.com/tomatopollination.html
Any master gardeners have any advice for Alexandra?

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Permalink Reply by Alexandra Gamble on November 3, 2009 at 11:23am

I live in New Hampshire, so they were outside until about 3 or 4 weeks ago. It is too cold to have them outside now, but this was just a little experiment I wanted to try :). Thanks for the article!!

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Permalink Reply by Karen King on November 5, 2009 at 5:31pm

Interesting article. I listened to a teacher at OSU talk about sex in the garden. She actually had her sons go out to her greenhouse regularly during bloom time and feather dust the plants. Ingenious I thought.

Cornelia said:

Very interesting! Do you really think that you'll get fruit? What about pollination? Apparently, wind is an important component for "self-pollination". Here's an article that came up when I searched "tomato pollination: http://www.grow-tomato-sauce.com/tomatopollination.html
Any master gardeners have any advice for Alexandra?