[txhurl]

In my 'invisible' deck tomato-growing project - invisible as you can't see it from your house as the foliage is dangling down to the ground - I planted some Italian Pink Oxheart tomatoes, and the leaves are now bigger than my hand. Only about ten blossoms so far.

It shares a 20gal planter with flowers and herbs, and the plant is becoming so massive I have to water it twice a day.

Note: this pic is off the web, kid and tomato not mine:

I severely under-containered this plant. It should have been given its own 55gal whiskey barrel with a lot of nylon knee-highs tethering the base branches to the balusters of the deck.

It is an ancient heirloom, but if anybody is thinking about it you need to plan for a LOT of space for this guy.

[txhurl]

That or start with the Anna Russian pink oxheart heirloom. Much smaller fruit and I’m guessing a much smaller plant.

And oxhearts come in red, pink, yellow-red zebra stripe, no blue yet.

[Sarajevo]

I have a similar issue with a "Black Krim" tomato plant. It started out at 6-10 inches tall, now it is 5ft and still growing. The Mrs and I had to add extra stakes to reinforce the branches. We can't wait until the tomato's ripen ☺

[tillacum]

You asked for the name of my purple tomatoes, as soon as I can, I’ll look for the seed envelope and send the name. So far, the plants are just growing, no flowers, just standing there getting taller and thicker.