Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 13 JulyA newly planted Valencia tomato on 17 July, eight or ten true leaves on one leaning stem with small extra leaflets set between the larger pairs along each midrib, blades and stem alike shaggy with white hairs in soft damp light.Week of 7 SeptemberSix Valencia tomatoes hang on two trusses on 8 September, none of them turning yet — deep grass green on the shaded undersides, paling to creamy yellow-green where the light reaches the shoulders, the biggest wearing a frosted bloom across its lit face.Week of 7 SeptemberFour Valencia tomatoes seen from underneath against a pale overcast sky on 8 September, not one showing a color break — one dented in a shallow pucker where it presses against the fruit beside it — the leaves above backlit and punched through with holes.
