Sunday afternoon
Aug. 16th, 2009 03:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ksmithDistant--and on occasion, not so distant--thunder. King has taken refuge behind the couch. It's raining, and given how wet spring and early summer was, I never thought that we'd reach the point where we needed it. But we do. July was dry and August hasn't been much better. Yea--don't have to water tonight.
Tried another Black Crim today. It was a deeper mahoghany color than the first one, and much juicier. A hint of the variety's characteristic saltiness, but still not impressed. These were last year's seeds--can the quality of the fruit deteriorate if the seeds are older?
I think for next year, I will hunt for a cool weather variety to have in reserve. I don't think that temps in the 70s do Black Crims any favors. Some of those tomatoes have been hanging green on the vine for weeks now. The weather of the last week has kicked them into ripening, but we're supposed to slip back into the 70s by next weekend, which means that things will likely slow down again.
Tried another Black Crim today. It was a deeper mahoghany color than the first one, and much juicier. A hint of the variety's characteristic saltiness, but still not impressed. These were last year's seeds--can the quality of the fruit deteriorate if the seeds are older?
I think for next year, I will hunt for a cool weather variety to have in reserve. I don't think that temps in the 70s do Black Crims any favors. Some of those tomatoes have been hanging green on the vine for weeks now. The weather of the last week has kicked them into ripening, but we're supposed to slip back into the 70s by next weekend, which means that things will likely slow down again.
