The Golden Jubilee plants fruiting now (and for the last 2 weeks) were originally in 4” “Bonnies” pots, then transplanted into the better drained side of the garden. I also have a few Golden Jubilee plants growing from seed I collected from last year’s plants, but they are not yet fruiting yet (and in this heat, may not flower well...)
A lot of things can cause small fruits, but the Cherry tomatoes seem unaffected. I guess I’ll see what happens when the Better Boys and the Mortgage Lifters try to fruit... The BB’s got a late start (in soil) where some other plants drowned early on, and, the ML’s are slow to fruit anyway - I don’t expect the ML’s to flower until the end of this month.
Another surprise is an Opo coming up in a starter pot, one of several I’d set aside as failed, 2 months ago. It’s awfully late to expect it to develop fast enough to fruit B4 frost, but, I guess I’ll give it a shot.
I’d agree about Menards being a sort of different flavor of Wal-Mart, but, I’d still have to put both ahead of Dollar Stores. Rural King, OTOH, is a weird mix of cheapo stuff and pricey stuff - hard to categorize... ;-)
Must be something about the weather this year. I have noticed all the cherry maters I’ve grown have been pretty resilient compared to full size varieties I’ve tried.
Rural King has some good prices on some major products judging by their website. I have one a couple of hours away but haven’t been in there yet.