Sweet Potato discussion going on over here:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4340892/posts?page=2
If I had any worries* my “Mortgage Lifters” had been mislabeled “Cherry Falls” plants from Menards, as my Golden Jubilee plants from Menards seem to be... I need not have worried. That plant now has a green & growing fruit on it that is ~3” diameter, and all the other ML’s have fruits from 2” to 2-1/2” diameter, green and growing.
*Since the 1st fruit on the “earliest” ML ripened @ 1” diameter!)
My plants from seeds from last year’s “Golden Jubilees — I think” are doing well now, and also have green and growing fruits on them up to 3” diameter.
The Romas from seed are just going nuts - we’ve never had so many Roma fruits!
Our “Abe Lincoln” tomato plants continued to do well too. Both they and the Cherry Falls* seem to ripen, if a bit slowly, ok, so long as our nights don’t get above 70°F. The AL’s are a bit smaller than I expected, but, quantity of fruits has been good, and, steady. Taste is good but not great, but still good enough to serve as a side dish or a quite good salad tomato when diced, and beat just about any store bought tomato, or, the Romas (considerably) for that matter. I find the Romas are only good for neutral taste filler in cooking.
*I still don’t know why the one Cherry Falls plant just quit, and all the others are doing pretty well. POSSIBLY it’s pot’s soil got a degree or two warmer than the others’ soil. (All the others are all in the ground - mostly transplanted late to avoid our super-soggy early summer soils.)
Wifey had a friend give her some sort of garden grown tomato fruit that is (was) about 3” diameter, average seed numbers, totally bland, but lasts a long time on the counter even tho’ fully ripe. They may make a better filler material tomato than those Romas, when quantity is needed, simply due to their size and shelf life. I should ask what they are.