New season has started

Well, it has been a bit since  new season has started, I planted potatoes earlier  April 17 this year and  I have already hilled them first time. Lesson one- started WOW too early. Hard to say but we do have plenty of those nasty dreary days when there is no sun and then WOW is almost useless. This year protection from cold was not superior. So by next year I get WOW going about May 1.
About 75% of tomatoes  in WOWs are getting ready to bloom. So it is still better than sitting in the pots.
 Awaiting for summer...

Tomato keepers, still producing.

Shedra slivka, Pink- mine, mix of pastes- Idaho Hillibilly, Pirkstine Orange, Khirkiv, Shedra Slivka,

2 large Gloria and Yellow Clusters

Keepers list at the end of the year

Compilation of few years

Beef
Biyskaya Rosa-early, productive, tasty
Sakharnyi pudovichok- early productive, still hoping to discover real one 
Russian 117 does well even under not so good conditions
Grightmire pride- great heart
Dana Dusky Rose- yummy dark
Malakhitovaya Shkatulka- one of very few GWR I like
Rozovyi Gigant- large, productive
Orange strawberry- oh my, what it does to sauces
Medvezhia Lapa- one of those ole USSR beefs
Mikado Rozovyi- seriously good
Nicolas Doochov- your typical old fashioned tomato, round red with deep taste. Probably gets bigger in the better year.
Mikhalych- must have for most gardens. Winner
Olena Ukrainian- late, but just love taste
Nikolaevna- same, bit on a late side but what a taste to look forward to
Marianne Peace- one of my very very favorites
Muddy Mamba- this year treasure
Black Magic- you are going to love this one. Good disease tolerance too
Guido- LARGE RED. LOTS. Tasty.
Russian Bogatyr- it is midseason and workhorse. One of those people traditionally think as ole Russian tomato
Novikov Giant- not a giant for me but very productive with great taste
Kukla Portuguese beefsteak- great producer, vigorous, your typical red beef. Gotta have something reliable.
George Detsikas- productive early red
Terhune- worth for taste alone
Shirley S- same, divine taste
Orlov Yellow- my few yellow loves, sharper taste, earlier than Brandywine Yellow. Would say AGG for northern growers
Yellow Clusters- new tomato, code name. Keeper. Very uniform large yellow beefs Excellent producer, good resistance to leaf diseases
" pink"- no name yet- early, lovely pink with childhood memories taste
Tsarskiy Lybimets- large midseason beef. Can't have enough of those
Sereginy- totally worth growing. Great find from Tania
Ukrainka- bit on a late side but LARGE barrel looking or hearts. Excellent taste
Gypsy- smaller than I like but great taste
Black Yum Yum- excellent dark and lots
Missuri Pink Love Apple- does well here and great taste
Indian stripe... nuff said
Purple 1884- workhorse and tasty black
Noire Charbonneuse- seems to be best for me. Forget Black Krim.
Crnkovic Yugoslavian- must have.
Galina Red- must have- large red and sweet, what else anyone wants?
Koroleva- superb taste and productive
Breeding efforts from buddy, Jan- code name Jan- I keep thinking it is Brandywine. Well it is that good.
Morgage Lifter Estlers- late but worth the wait.
Maya and Sion- early and plenty. Goes well into fall too. So planting one early and one bit later gets you covered for whole season.
Milka Red Bulgarian- large, red, distinct and good producer
Raspberry Giant- has everything- taste, size, productivity- does very well here year from year
Stump of the world. Just one of the staples.
Earl Faux- again, gotta have.
Sakharnyi Slon- Sugary Elephant, it is sugary

heart
Gloria- sheesh, it is still producing. Superb.
Sensay- early delish heart
Tsar Kolokol- one of my faves
Alice- love hearts
Bychye Sertse Rozovoe- there are many of them... aka strains, tomato of my childhood
Em Champion- ole USSR gig
Mayo delight- it is not late for me- YAY, and superb varieity
Kermit- early productive heart, what else do you want?
Dagestanskiy- lots of hearts, unusual for heart varieites.
Serbian oxheart- same, lots and lots. Excellent taste for both
Monomakh hat- yummy heart, does well even in shadier spot
Kosovo- one of all times fav hearts.
Hungarian Heart- one of all time favs
Mama Alla- early heart and plenty, does well even in shadier spot. Keeper. Named by Tania after her mom


paste,salad, container, cherry
Klein Early- delish early round.
Khirkiv- large plums? barrels? Pretty juicy to be paste but what a divine taste.
Japanese truffles black- seems do well year after year
Purple Russian- love darks
Altajskij Urozajnii- am hoping this one gets more popular, taste is superb!!!
Pirkstine orange- good for salads and great for sauces. Early and plenty
Chernomor- keeper
Shedra Slivka Tarasenko- oh my, it is generous indeed, translated Generous Plum from Tarasenko. Great taste to eat and dry enough for cooking
Pravda- Truth tranlated. Small but mighty. Productive, excellent distinct taste
Hssiao His Hung shin- yellow plum and one plant is PLENTY
Lagidniy- container plum
Perth Pride- dark and tasty
Jaune Flammee- gotta have some sharp taste
Kimberley- goes on and on and on... early and tasty
Matina- lovely early round tomato
Moravskiy Div- early container, winner
Burshtyn- less spice than Jaune Flammee but distinct taste. Yum.
Beliy Naliv- it is your typical winner- compact, early, productive and goes on for long time. Plenty acidic old fashion taste
Blush- just love for eating and salads
Kazachka- great for eating and nice touch to juices and sauces
Dwarf Wild Fred- one of favs
black plum- must have for every garden
0-33- early, tough to kill, fills the spot when you really really want that darn tomato. Acidic
Idaho hillibilly- excellent paste.
Kiss the sky- larger that Black Cherry and arguably better.
Isis candy- love sweet tomatoes
Blue P20- maybe it is a strain but year from year bunch of my friends looking forward to it.
Russian Queen- have been asked multiple times to grow it again. Workhorse
Medovaya Kaplya- one of my favorite yellow pear type
VB RUssia- loved loved taste of it.
Fiolotoviy Krugliy- did very well, very productive and a bit dark. Winner

Harvest. God tomatoes in a bad year

Here is some of my report. Year was bad for varied reasons, including soil problems at community gardens, very cold and rainy weather, blossom drops, stunted growth... so am unable to evaluate all my new varieties but some did really well. Am thinking it counts. Tomato Pravda, seed from Doublehelix farms. Small plant up to 2 ft, det, oval red, early, saladette size. Very productive and not fussy. Taste sharp on acidic side but still sweet enough to count. Juicy. Black plum- from Casey's. Should be in everyone's garden. Sweet, dark, lots. Guido- workhorse. Loaded, large red beefs. Did very well with disease pressure. More acidic than sweet, juicy beef. Keeper. Seed from Ukraine, only description I got " Yellow clusters" There are no clusters. Large big yellow orange beefs. Plants stood well all the weather/ soil troubles, Taste is middle ground- not too this or that but it is first yellow I decidedly like and can eat a lot. Not too juicy. Plant still standing almost pristine amid all fungal trouble. Pink- same story. Early, large on a sweet side. First ones cracked badly but then we had tons of rain. Still producing well, no more cracks. Pastes Shedra Slivka Tarasenka from Tania- loaded paste. Probably just a bit on juicy side but tasty. Plant does very well with trusses of tasty plums. Keeper. Even in shady place it still trying to do its job. Idaho hillibilly- loaded paste midseason firm, dry. Pirkstine Orange- another loaded paste/ elongated plum with sweetish taste. Good enough to eat but does wonders with the sauce. I got seed from Canada but original seed from Latvia. Khirkiv- looks like paste- small oval barrels but is too juicy to go that route. YUMMY! Loaded trusses and one of the few plants that still setting new flowers. Serbian oxheart- bigger than golfball sized and there are tons of it. Juicy. Midseason. Dagestanskiy- read above. Loaded. Terhune- keeper for the taste alone but production is great considering all blossom drops issues I had. Got from MMM swap. Pink Shirley S- from Tania- see above. Even my daughter who likes only darks, ate it and loved it. I got PL correct variant. Birjinesekutsky- mouthful of the name, from city in Siberia. Large red. Excellent taste. Great production. Just right size and taste for a slicer. Dana Dusky Rose- from Heritage. Keeper. Dark, productive, midseason. Plant did well. George Detsikas- Newer not yet well known. Large red with green shoulders. EARLY for such size and production. Taste more on acidic side, productive. Hearts GLORIA- OMG, this is one heck of a hearts although more fruits are rather round. Large, early and taste great and there are PLENTY. Seed from Tania. Sensay- early, large and taste great. Seed from MMM swap. Probably first heart together with Mama Alla- seed from Tania, named after Tania's mom- early, large and taste wonderful. Gloria and Yellow clusters [IMG][/IMG] Khirkiv [IMG][/IMG] Black plum [IMG][/IMG] Shedra Sliva Tarasenka [IMG][/IMG] Pirkstine Orange [IMG][/IMG] Idaho Hillibilly [IMG][/IMG] Idaho hillibilly, Khirkiv, Pirkstine Orange and Shedra Sliva [IMG][/IMG] Black Magic [IMG][/IMG] Adamovo Yabloko, which is not Adamovo Yabloko but is tasty and very pretty [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] Yellow Clusters, which is pretty uniform in size [IMG][/IMG] Mama Alla [IMG][/IMG] Pink, the very early ones, later ones no cracking at all. Sweet. [IMG][/IMG]

First cucumber and zuccini

Have had our first zukes for about a week now.
 Today first couple of cukes came in. So far only Kimberley doing ripe tomatoes...
 but at least blossom drop seems to be better, more greenies on the vine

Disease pressure

First blush on Kimberley, probably another couple of days to fully ripe but yeah, we made it in June!

 Finally corrected my off green color at veggie gardens with lots of Chickity Doo Doo which looks like chicken poop when wet and stinks to high heaven.

 Disease pressure is horrible at veggie gardens, some gardeners just started, there will be nothing left on the plant if they remove all septoria leaves, those pics of my neighbors lots...

June 19 near the house

Doing pretty good. I think Kimberley will be ready by beg of July. Turned pot around so more sun goes to it. 0-33 is impressive with small beefs. Kibitz looks all roma.