4th of july

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With creative carving I can have a BLT today with a real tomato.
4th of july hybrid actually ripe on the 4th of july.
Normally in this locale 1 week past the 4th,but I cheated and bought small plants with green tomatoes on them already.
Happy 4th of july!

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I grew that type for decades and used saved seed.
After about 8 years it reverted back to original parent.
PL ribbed but small.I used to call it 5th of july to keep it segregated from the other plants.
Determinate so I decided not to invest the real estate planting it again.

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There used to be only 1 greenhouse that sold it locally,but it finally caught on and multiple outlets sold it this year.
I had to wean it into direct sunlight to avoid sunscald.
It's siblings just have green tomatoes now outdoors.

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I had to start staking tomato plants.
I lost a big green mortgage lifter to mice bites.
I did find another red 4th of july hybrid hiding on me,
so it was worth the blood sweat and tears.

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Indoor vs outdoor ripeness progress was weird.
Outdoor they went from green to green/red to red.
Indoor they went from green to light green to pink to red.
Bacon on my breath now.