Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneA young tomato plant sprawling in a black fabric grow bag, its compost pale with perlite, a small pink handwritten label upright at the back and a blue plastic tote behind.Week of 8 JuneA black plastic mesh cylinder guarding a young tomato plant inside a fabric grow bag, an orange reflector clipped to the rim and a label tucked alongside, on grey gravel.Week of 22 JuneA tomato plant with pale, softly hairy foliage and thick bristled stems in a black fabric grow bag, straw mulch below, a handwritten label and a second pink label beside it.Week of 13 JulyA green tomato deeply scarred and puckered across its base, brown corky splits running between the swollen lobes, hanging among fuzzy dusted foliage with red-orange mulch behind.Week of 20 JulyA large green tomato deeply creased and puckered at its shoulder, brown corky scarring across the fold, with red-orange mulch and more green fruit behind.Week of 20 JulyA large ribbed green tomato close on the vine, a healed split running across its shoulder, with red-orange mulch behind and more green fruit to the side.Week of 3 AugustA cluster of ribbed green tomatoes striped paler along their shoulders, hanging on hairy stems with red-orange mulch showing between the leaves.
