Mine are starting to really put on the fruit now too. I've had a few ripe ones but when they all start to ripen I'll be canning tomatoes like mad. I have 27 plants. I raised 15 from seed. 5 are Sausage tomatoes, and 10 are San Marzano Redorta. Well I remembered the last time I did the San Marzano's and they didn't get ripe in time before freezing, so I went and bought 5 more, 3 Roma, and 1 Celebrety, and one Wisconsin (some number I forgot). That made 20. Then a friend of mine drops off 7 more plants, 4 Roma's, 2 Beefsteak and one yellow pear, so Now I have 27 plants. This year the San Marzano's have started putting fruit on much earlier, the last time I had them it was the terrible hot summer, and they didn't set fruit until later. I'm going to have lots of them to can unless we get an early frost. I ususally like to can a lot of them every other year. I do make sauce every year though, as I always seem to run out. If I have extras (IF???
) I'll take them to the food pantry.
