Tomato 'Patio' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum)

This fruit is about two inches across.

Are you sure that's 'Patio', Wingnut?

Looks more like 'Peek-A-Boo'. ;)

For a minute there I thought you were serious and that there really is a tomato named Peek-a-Boo! LOLOL! Yeah, it's kind of peaking out there, huh? *Grin!* I liked this pic because it shows the fruit and the leaves. I have figgered out that I need to hold up a ruler or something when I take pics of veggies for the PDB from now on.

Gotcha!! ;)

A ruler would be good, yes. Or even a quarter placed nearby for relative size in case the ruler marks are hard to see.
Have you eaten any of these yet? I would kill for a ripe, juicy mater. My mom has some huge maters that are just now starting to turn from green to their colors. I can't WAIT to eat 'em.

This message was edited Tuesday, Jul 30th 11:05 PM

LOLOLOLOL! Yep, we ate ever' one!! Been eatin' ripe 'maters for 'bout two months now. ***rubbin' it in ~ LOL*** BUT they had tough skins ~ wonderful taste, but when ya' gotta' peel 'em, well, it kind of ruins it, ya' know? They were really early, though! So if you don't mind peeling 'em, they're great!

Why tough skinned, the greenhouse start? I'm tomato-ignorant, LOL.

I dunno, GW ~ this is the first year we've ever grown Patios. I thought they may be tough skinned just 'cause they're tough skinned. We bought them from a local nursery just like we've done many tomato plants over the years ~ along with some Celebrities, Homesteads, Big Boys, early Girls, etc. ~ and none of the others have been that tough skinned This year or any other that we've noticed. I hate to brag, but we've never had a reason to try any "compact/space saver" types before ~ I just had a wild hair and a couple clay pots to fill this year, so grabbed some of these. Maybe it's over/under watering? Maybe it's the early heat? Maybe it's the variety? Dunno until we try them again next year (and we will 'cause it was like "plunk and go ~ Boo! ~ there's ripe 'maters!"). The plants have kind of pooped out in the heat or I'd save you some seeds, GW! I'll look around and see if there are any more...

Don't sweat it - we don't have enough sun to grow a really good tomato crop, so it's not worth the hassle for us here. I'll just dream and drool. :)

If you ever see these for sale, you might want to try them anyway! A lot of ours (and the ones that produced first) were on the front porch that only gets sun from about 6am to 11am and temps in spring in the 70s/night and 80s/+ in the day ~ add 20 degrees each for temps now in summer with about the same full sun time and they're crispy critters. That's much unlike what all the other tomatoes we've tried needed ~ the usual 6am to 8pm sun out in the real full sun veggie garden.