We made 11 jars of pickled green tomatoes and 21 jars of salsa. Jars are Pint sized (≈.5 L). Unpictured is the 4 gallons (≈16L) of blanched and frozen red tomatoes that we'll eventually turn into sauce.
This took a while. Every window in the house was fogged.
8 Comments
zd9@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 279d
Looks great! How many pounds of fresh tomatoes was it to start? How many sq ft of land did that require?
SlippiHUD@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 279d
It was close to 30 pounds, took up ≈75 square feet. Only planted 4 tomato plants
zd9@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 279d
Wow that's impressive.
edit: I thought it was 15 lbs per plant, but it's really 7.5, which is still really good!
SlippiHUD@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 279d
It's 7.5 lbs per plant, and no, I didn't do anything but weed, water, and mulch.
IMALlama@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 278d
These are the end of year tomatoes that didn't have a chance to ripen on plant. If OP has a decently long growing season, they probably harvested a few multiples or that. For example, bandywine tomatoes weigh in at 1-2 pounds each and one plant will produce.. quite a few tomatoes.
Sauce: I grow tomatos in my garden too
zd9@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 279d
Looks great! How many pounds of fresh tomatoes was it to start? How many sq ft of land did that require?
pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 279d
Great haul there. Any big challenges this season?
SlippiHUD@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 279d
Not really, it was the first year. Only 4 plants.
Where I planted them gets 12hrs of sun during the summer. I only had to water 3 times, we got 2+ inches of rain like every 7 days most of summer.