I had to replace the ones I grew from seed all ready -tomato fleas massacred mine. I replanted yesterday in another location of the garden in hopes they'll leave it alone.

I'm from the Pearland TX area. My plants are very healthy but I am not seeing any flowering yet. I may have started a lil late. What kind does well in Texas? I have not had great luck with them last two years, but I am not giving up :)

I have a few set but not many. They don't appear to have kicked in yet but I fear this 90 degree weather isn't a good thing.

All of the maters I grew from seed bit the dust. However, I've had several volunteer in my garden either from last year's crop or the compost pile. They're hearty and healthy looking and doing great! Some are putting out their first flowers, but not setting fruit yet.

Here is a link that might be useful: The Haphazard Gardener

I'm just N of Dallas.

I have several tomatoes on the vine (some kind of cherry variety and a Solar Fire), though they are all still green. I started them from seed in early January which I have learned is much too early... someone said you should start seeds about 6 weeks prior to last frost... consequently, they were getting unwieldy indoors before I could transplant them outdoors. But maybe in the end this got me a head start?

I planted out March 3rd here in Corpus Christi, a couple of weeks later than usual. Not quite where I was last year or the year before in terms of overall fruit set, but its still pretty good. Plants are very large withs some right at 7 ft or better. Gregori's Altai was my first of the year, harvested at the 60 day mark. Azoychka and Moskvich were quick to follow.
The later than mormal plant out didnt seem to hurt too much since the temps were cooler than normal this spring.
Night times temps are climbing now and I probably dont have much of a window left for good fruit set.

Some have fruit and some just have flowers. The cherokee maters I'm not sure about, some leaves are curling up on them. It's other veggies I'm having trouble with bugs eating the leaves.

Thx all. I swear I'm going to pull those tomatoes up! Maybe.

The leaf-eating bugs are after the swiss chard and rattail radishes in my garden, too.

I'm new to vegetable gardening in DFW area, so I planted various types (from Better Boys, to Super 100s) in several different beds (with varying amounts of sun). Everything seems to be going well for all plants except my Romas, which are looking yellowish. I have about 2 tomatoes on each plant (9 total plants) so far. I'm on the lookout for pests! Already caught several slugs. I thought I had aphids hanging underneath my better boys but I think they're just mosquitoes!

Mine are small and don't have much fruit. This is my second year in a row to have poor luck with tomatoes. I'm going to have to try something new.

I'm having a good year so far, with fruit set on all 24 of my plants. In the Dallas area, it helps to get a jump on the season by using raised beds(the soil heats up faster) and by planting in the middle of March and covering the plants during cold snaps. I planted the majority of mine on March 7th this year and have some plants approaching 5 feet. At least 6 hours of sun a day, preferably 8 or 10, is needed to get the plants going early also.

Of the 24 plants I have, four of them were not planted in raised beds and they are not nearly as big. Another thing about the raised beds is that they are filled with a soil blend that is fluffy and rich. I would highly recommend to anyone serious about growing tomatoes in the DFW area to try a raised bed(you can put 5 or 6 plants in a 4X8 ft bed).

Good luck,

Pete

I'm located about 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth. I only have three plants. A roma, early girl and a sweet 100 but they all have good sized fruit on them. The early girl's largest fruit is just starting to yellow a little bit. They've all got flowers as well. I really think that the milder than usual temperatures that we've been having are kind of keeping them in a state of suspended animation. All of my plants are in raised beds as well but I wouldn't call the soil fluffy and rich :).

Kristi

I think temps have played a roll in the growth of some of my plants this year.
Our peppers are not as big as they should be by now. Don't know about egg plant, squash and cumbers cause it's my first time growing these.
I buy my maters and peppers early too, I kept mine in the garage for awhile then planted them when I thought the best chance of frost was over, Ha seems to never work here in our area. First of April
To many cloudy days will stop the growth of plants too. Had that happen a few years back.

At least we can blame it on MN and not ourselves ;) Bugs and weather what can you do.

Getting an early start can be key to success with tomatoes. You have to be prepared to protect them from a frost or two but it is well worth it in the end,

I ate my first tomatoes from my Wood county (n. of hwy 80) garden today. They were tiny Sun Gold tomatoes, and they were delicious!

Of course since I don't live over here, they may be the only tomatoes I get vs. the wildlife....

Lin TELLS us how good they WERE.........LOL>

Heh heh heh - those two little things didn't make it out of the garden! I should have waited till today since it was warm and nothing beats a sun-warm tomato...

Planted a few Celebrities on March 31st (4-5' height) in Pearland
This is how it's looking 6 weeks later

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