And the rest are very cute!

Some Black Trifele from the greenhouse. Largest of which is 5oz.

More on a vine outside but way off from ripening.

September and still some plants going strong.....But for how long.....

So, one thing I am noticing is the numbers of bees being attracted to the remaining vines. This wasn't the case earlier in the season and from memory I don't remember seeing any bees on them as they favoured other plants in the garden. I wonder how if in desperation with depletion of choice they are taking what is available. Don't get me wrong, it's good to see, and with the vines that are left if they did cross it might be interesting.

So, think I need to be careful on selection for seeds as I am not bagging these late ones, and make sure these are labelled separately and appropriately.

Okies, think picture number 2 unidentified pepper is doe hill.I saw a good video online of a doe hill growing and it looks the same, and I know I did plant some doe hill (just pulled the labels out didn't i).

Amateurinawe wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 2:15 pm So, one thing I am noticing is the numbers of bees being attracted to the remaining vines. This wasn't the case earlier in the season and from memory I don't remember seeing any bees on them as they favoured other plants in the garden. I wonder how if in desperation with depletion of choice they are taking what is available. Don't get me wrong, it's good to see, and with the vines that are left if they did cross it might be interesting.

So, think I need to be careful on selection for seeds as I am not bagging these late ones, and make sure these are labelled separately and appropriately.

Bee and wasp hive population increases dramatically as the season goes on. For this reason I try not to save seed from any tomatoes that have been pollinated after the 4th of July. Of course it doesn't always work but I try.

Amateurinawe wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 2:15 pm So, one thing I am noticing is the numbers of bees being attracted to the remaining vines. This wasn't the case earlier in the season and from memory I don't remember seeing any bees on them as they favoured other plants in the garden. I wonder how if in desperation with depletion of choice they are taking what is available. Don't get me wrong, it's good to see, and with the vines that are left if they did cross it might be interesting.

So, think I need to be careful on selection for seeds as I am not bagging these late ones, and make sure these are labelled separately and appropriately.

A lot of plants seem to have flowered earlier than usual this year. Some plants which would usually still be in flower now have finished. Though even in summer there would be the occasional bumblebee foraging on tomatoes even with lots of other more bee friendly flowers available.

Sedum and asters are very popular with honeybees at the moment. The bumbles are more interested in anise hyssop, comfrey, Japanese anemone and phacelia. Rudbeckia and heleniums seem good for both. The 'mignon' single-flowered dahlias are still romping away and the bumbles like to pay them a visit too.

So today, I had another of the fred limburgh. I made some toast with soda bread and butter, and smashed the tomato like a topping on the toast. It was heaven....

Some San marzano coming on....
And Cherokee purple beginning to turn in the greenhouse....
And Miss Dolly parton still putting on weight

I've no idea what this is (blackbirds knicked the wooden label). Can anyone guess ? It might be orange something...
Here's more of them on the vine....
Stupice has proved to be quite resilient....
More black triefel..These ones growing outside...minus three that were plucked from the vine by someone passing....
And yay, after much disappointment one of the atomic grapes grew and now has fruit...
And finally, one of the most productive and resilient plants (along with galapagos) the Dr Carolyn white...
There are still some others coming on but the season is beginning to fade...The race is on..

Your plants still look really good! Leaves green and lush looking.

@Growing Coastal they had a big knockback earlier in the season, but with persistence some have pulled through very well. Some, however, did not. The weather though will be everything, just hoping for a few more weeks ...

Those plants look great and the fruits are gorgeous. I so hope that the weather holds out for them all to ripen for you. It sure would be a shame if they have to ripen indoors.

Okies, so I've checked and double checked records and the unknown one above is according to records an orange minsk, which I thought was a yellow beefsteak. Now trawling through some previous discussion forums I see mention of an orange minsk heart shape. So I wonder......

I hope they ripen as they do look good.

Beautiful plants! Mine are completely done and gone for the year except some new micros that are 3" tall now. They'll be fall/winter cherries.

Aubergine
Apache chillie
Pepper
Tasmanian chocolate
Lots of stupice

I just love the amount of GREEN in those pictures. On that note how do you find black trifele tast wise? I also see them offered (even locally) and wonder...

@Zenbaas hi, I found it was quite sweet, rich even with a bit of acid. It was tasty but, I found the skin a little tough and it had quite a largish core that I had to remove, perhaps I sliced it wrong. It took a long time to ripen and mine were about 5 oz. Max. These were done in the greenhouse, I have some outside , and it will be interesting to see if there is a difference.

So, all full of expectation, I decided to try and grow an exhibition size carrot. I got some seed and some left over pipe. Yay, it grew.

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Getting it out wasn't easy, I didn't want to break the giant carrot, so I used a hose on it to loosen the carrot.

With a hose, I loosened it up and shook the pipe and the carrot fell right onto the floor..... ....Only to be stolen by the new puppy as I was lining up the shot.

She has a taste for carrots, the only saving grace for me. Despite lots of fiberous roots, the carrot wasn't gonna win any exhibitions.
Ah well I still have some seed, back to the drawing board.

Did the dog eat it?