Not so Goliath Tomatoes

I planted 3 tomato plant late in mid-June. They were called Bush Goliath. I had dreams of huge plate sized tomatoes and mouth-watering BLTs. My dad is quite the gardener and always has quite the crop. One of them had fruit on it when I planted it. They were coming along pretty nice, but then some critter ate the first couple tomatoes when they were still green. So I built a cage over the plants and didn't loose any more to critters.

I started seeing signs of orange early last week and got quite excited. I picked up a nice dense head of lettuce and a pound of bacon. My dreams of BLTs were coming true. Friday after work, I opened up the cage and to my surprise the it wasn't one goliath tomato, but two dwarves. And yes, that's a quarter for reference.

I cut them into wedges. Pam and I had them with salt and pepper. They were tasty, if not plentiful.

There are lots more green fruits out there, so I have my fingers crossed.

I thought I had chosen a nice sunny place for the plants, but I think they really only get sun from 11am - 5pm. I've been scouting out better spots for next year.