I've grown plum tomatoes for many years for making chutney. The first were San Marzano and then over the years new varieties have appeared. There was 'Big Mama' and then for the last few years 'Super Mama', F1 Hybrid for greenhouse growing or outside in a good year. They can be up to 5 inches long and my biggest this year weighed 8oz each, although according to information on websites they can weigh 1lb each- but I've never seem them that big.
They are good for chutney as they peel easily after being plunged in boiling water, have very little juice and hardly any seeds.
I've now got over 4lb in the freezer - plenty for making a big batch of chutney just in case I don't grow any next year although I probably will.
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Those are healthy looking tomatoes. Do you put in many plants or is there a good yield from just a few?
ReplyDeleteIt's a blessing to be able to freeze produce and then process into chutneys etc when you have time. I've just recently made last year's redcurrants into jelly.
ReplyDeletePenny
Those are looking good!
ReplyDeleteI've tried several times to grow tomatoes, but they hardly ever come to anything. I either go away for a weekend and it turns awfully hot and the plants all dry out, or they start to ripen beautifully and then get a disease :(.
I think I might try the Super Mama, next year! I’ve not grown tomatoes for about 5 years so it’s time to get back to doing so..and I love tomatoes!
ReplyDeleteWow-those tomatoes look so fresh and appetising. Catriona
ReplyDeleteThey look wonderful. The chutney will be, too.
ReplyDeleteThey look top class
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
my cousin lives in your neck of the woods and yesterday posted a photo on FB of the "spectacularly beautiful cloud formations" in the sky, not dissimilar to your current header.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tomatoes. Homegrown are always the freshest and the best. It looks like you got a great crop.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of tomatoes to go through - do you give some chutney away or do you eat it all up yourself during the year? Those do look nice.
ReplyDeleteThey look amazing tomatoes. 🍅 Will you be keeping the chutney or gifting it at Christmas time again?
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone for comments. As this is the only chutney I'm making now I'll keep most and hope it lasts two years if necessary
ReplyDeleteWell, your tomatoes were much more productive than ours so far!
ReplyDeleteMine have even produced three tomatoes!!
ReplyDeleteI've heard it's from the extreme heat,
hopefully after September...
Any chance of getting the recipe for your tomato chutney?
ReplyDeleteOur tomatoes (central US) have begun ripening in earnest. I’ve canned over 30 quart in the last week.
ReplyDeleteI’m tired of tomatoes, but only until I’ve eaten the last sun ripened one of the year. Then I’ll mourn again until next August.