This has got to be the earlist I've harvested tomatoes before. I bought them in late March at the local garden center. They were already flowering a little. I put them in the container on my front porch, which is the hottest place in my garden. I wheeled them in on nights when there was danger of frost, and there were a couple of days where I just had to keep them inside all day. I left them on my front ponch until about mid-April, when the afternoon sun got to be too much for them. Then I wheeled them through the house into the back porch, where they get morning sun. It's also nice back there because they get rain, so I have to water even less.
The tomatoes are a determinate variety called "Short 'n Sweet." I haven't tasted them yet, but I'm optimistic that they'll be superior to our grocery store tomatoes. I also have lots of larger indeterminate tomatoes growing out in my raised beds, but the first ones I planted (in late March) are just now starting to flower, so these will be all that we'll get for at least a month, I guess.
So happy that tomato season is back! Depending on when our last frost is, we may have real homegrown tomatoes until Christmas!
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