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Now, about those tomatoes…

November 6, 2011 by Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

To date, we’ve harvested nineteen tomatoes from our indoor plants.

The first two we cut open were mealy and watery, but the others have all been great.  We’ve been astonished by how large they’ve grown – here’s the biggest one of all…

It had sweet, pale flesh.  It obviously didn’t ripen as well as a tomato grown outdoors would have, but it wasn’t mushy in the middle and was great eating raw…

All the subsequent ones have been delicious too – we haven’t had another mealy tomato after the initial two. Here are the ones we ate tonight at dinner…

Hopefully as the weather warms up we’ll get improved ripening, but if not, we might look at getting some lights for next season.  We’ll keep you posted!

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Posted in Frugal Living | Tagged growing tomatoes indoors, homegrown tomatoes | 38 Comments

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  1. on November 6, 2011 at 6:34 pm InTolerant Chef

    Yumm, what are you feeding them to get that big? My tomato plants are only about 18″ tall, and I’ve pulled out dozens of doggie seeded ones from the lawn. My strawberries are just starting to come on-line, we just need some warmer weather.


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:36 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Becca, Pete’s been feeding them a mixture of blood and bone, and worm juice from our worm farm. Seems to be working so far!


  2. on November 6, 2011 at 6:41 pm Amanda

    I’ve just been out watering my meagre tomato efforts. This is the last chance for them. If I’m not successful this year I’ll give up on tomatoes and put in zucchini – the kids will hate me!


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:37 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Amanda, there are a bunch of self-sown seedlings in the garden – it will be interesting to see what they do this year…


  3. on November 6, 2011 at 7:57 pm Joanna

    Ha! We just ate the very last of our tumbling tomatoes which were sat ripening off on the windowsill. November 6th and they are all gone now :( Winter is a-coming in, never mind, time to think of crumpets with lashings of melted butter and ginger cake…. now…. where was that recipe ;) xxxx


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:37 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Jo, one of the advantages of having them indoors is that we’ve been able to let them ripen on the vine. I think it makes up a tiny bit for not having direct sunlight…


  4. on November 6, 2011 at 7:58 pm Christine

    Wow, they’re huge! What variety are they, Celia?

    It’s amazing the differences that come with a change in growing environment.


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:38 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Chris, the one in the photo is an Apollo, but we’ve also been growing Grosse Lisse. The latter have split a bit, but the Apollos have been really good!


  5. on November 6, 2011 at 9:07 pm Claire @ Claire K Creations

    Wholey moley Celia that is one giant tomato! They look delicious. I bet they’d make wonderfully tasty bruschetta.


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:39 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Claire, I know, isn’t it amazing! I still can’t believe we grew such a big one! They would make a gorgeous bruschetta, but we’ve just been eating them at dinner, raw and unadorned…


  6. on November 6, 2011 at 9:39 pm Anna Johnston

    Delicious! I love a good fresh tomato, I can smell them from here… Mmmmm… A splash olive oil, balsamic, perhaps some basil and maybe bocconcini or goats feta… Yum, wish I had me a lovely garden like yours. Beautiful job, may the rest of your tomato season be a yummy one at that.


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:39 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Anna, these were grown indoors, not in the garden! :) The aroma is amazing, particularly in the leaves and stems…


  7. on November 6, 2011 at 10:01 pm Mariana

    Oh my. Those red babies look glistening with health. I would feel rather chuffed if I were holding those Celia. I wish I could smell them.


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:40 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Mariana, I wish you could smell them too, they’re quite amazing! We’re really chuffed, thank you.. :)


  8. on November 6, 2011 at 10:30 pm Caroline Blevins

    lovely…makes my mouth water.. :o)


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:40 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Thanks Caroline! It’s nice that the experiment worked out! :)


  9. on November 6, 2011 at 11:09 pm heidi

    I think you have done very well for indoor tomatoes. Especially if you haven’t used any light so far! Are there still a lot of green ones coming along?
    The size of your tomatoes is amazing- and they look absolutely delicious!
    Enjoy- enjoy- enjoy!
    So glad you found a way around the blight and bugs!


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:41 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Heidi, still some more green ones growing, although no more flowers, so we probably won’t get any more new fruit now. The ones coming along are a bit smaller – it’s almost as if the big ones grew first, and now it’s the tail-end…


  10. on November 7, 2011 at 12:16 am sallybr

    Awesome! The photo of the largest one in your hand is amazing!

    Next year PHil and I promised ourselves to try and get our garden in shape. We shall see…

    I look forward to your future reports on the garden, as Summer approaches for you


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:42 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Sally, and I have relatively big hands! I’d love to see what you and Phil come up with in the garden!


  11. on November 7, 2011 at 3:24 am ceciliag

    You did a great job growing those inside, now didn’t you have potatoes growing in coffee sacks or am I confusing myself? Who was that?. i really need to know how those are doing!! c


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:42 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Yep, that was us! The potatoes are growing well, and they’re almost ready to be hilled up! I’ll take some photos when I get a chance, Celi!


  12. on November 7, 2011 at 5:37 am cityhippyfarmgirl

    Happy tomatoes indeed Celia!
    My pots are refusing to grow at the moment despite the warm weather and loads of love I’m throwing at them.


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:43 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Brydie, pot plants are funny like that – ours grow like mad and then seem to stagnate. I hope yours come around soon!


  13. on November 7, 2011 at 7:18 am teawithhazel

    seeing home grown produce is so uplifting regardless of whether it’s my own or someone else’s..thanks for sharing the photos of your beautiful tomatoes celia..they have made my day..


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:43 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Thanks Jane, that’s a lovely thing to say! I’m glad you enjoyed them!


  14. on November 7, 2011 at 9:04 am Rose

    Gorgeous looking tomatoes Celia and a most interesting experiment. We have garden toms but I’d love to experiment with these, we have a room with a north facing glass wall, hmmm. I’ll be back to trawl your archives.


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:44 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Rose, our verandah is northfacing as well. It sounds like your room would let in a lot more light than our windows do! We’re also growing capsicums in there, and they seem to be doing quite well…


  15. on November 7, 2011 at 9:53 am hotlyspiced

    Your tomatoes look perfect. How clever to have grown them indoors – I didn’t know you could do that.


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:45 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Charlie, we didn’t know either! We’re flying by the seat of our pants a bit here, but it has worked out quite well! :)


  16. on November 7, 2011 at 10:19 am Christine

    What a good start to the tomato season, they can only get even better. We have some tomatoes in pots and the small green fruit have suddenly appeared with the warmer weather. I have discovered a forest of tomato seedlings in the spot where the compost bin was moved from. They will probably do better than any others!


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:46 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Christine, I hope the weather figures itself out soon. It’s been really hot last couple of days, and now it’s thunderstorming again! I reckon self-sown seedlings are always more hardy than the ones we fuss about and plant.. :)


  17. on November 7, 2011 at 3:40 pm theonlycin

    They look sumptuous :)


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:46 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Thanks Cindy! :)


  18. on November 7, 2011 at 3:48 pm Tandy

    I still have to visit the nursery for tomatoes! Yours look great. PS, I have planted my beans and I have little leaves, thank you Celia for the prompting :)


    • on November 7, 2011 at 3:49 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Still lots of time for tomatoes, Tandy, summer hasn’t even officially started yet! Look forward to seeing your beans, and this time thank you for the prompt, as we have to get some more into the ground! :)


  19. on November 8, 2011 at 12:44 am thecompletecookbook

    Job well done on your tomatoes Celia – always nicer eaten what you have grown yourself.
    :-) Mandy


    • on November 8, 2011 at 5:44 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Thanks Mandy! It is exciting to eat proper homegrown toms! :)



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