Gardens at Mathews

Tomato ‘Granadero’

Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.

The photographs

A young tomato plant staked to a bamboo cane in a black fabric grow bag, its bark-mulched compost bright with perlite, a small pink label at the rim and more grow bags behind on tarmac.
Week of 8 JuneA young tomato plant staked to a bamboo cane in a black fabric grow bag, its bark-mulched compost bright with perlite, a small pink label at the rim and more grow bags behind on tarmac.
A tomato plant tied up a tall green metal stake above a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, a truss of green fruit halfway up and rows of more bags along a grass path behind.
Week of 6 JulyA tomato plant tied up a tall green metal stake above a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, a truss of green fruit halfway up and rows of more bags along a grass path behind.
Small green plum tomatoes hanging on a truss beside a green metal stake, a spent yellow marigold at the left, with red-orange mulch and black grow bags behind.
Week of 13 JulySmall green plum tomatoes hanging on a truss beside a green metal stake, a spent yellow marigold at the left, with red-orange mulch and black grow bags behind.
A truss of pale cream-yellow plum tomatoes hanging beside a green metal stake bound with green wire, with red-orange mulch and black grow bags behind.
Week of 20 JulyA truss of pale cream-yellow plum tomatoes hanging beside a green metal stake bound with green wire, with red-orange mulch and black grow bags behind.
A truss of four pale yellow-green plum tomatoes hanging beside a green metal stake, the plant in a black fabric grow bag with red-orange mulch behind.
Week of 20 JulyA truss of four pale yellow-green plum tomatoes hanging beside a green metal stake, the plant in a black fabric grow bag with red-orange mulch behind.

What happened

Crop
Tomato
Variety
Granadero
Sown
28 May 2026 (approximate)
Transplanted
28 May 2026
First harvest
31 July 2026
Number picked
13
Total picked
1.94 lb
Status
harvested

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