When the weather warmed in April, the tomato plants were growing rapidly. The plants bore fruit from one to the next and many tomatoes were harvested at the end of April. Today I will show you how those tomatoes were harvested.

The cherry tomatoes in the photo above were harvested on April 22, 2013. By that time, I had harvested tomatoes almost every day but they were few in number. From this day on, many more tomatoes were harvested so I think it is worth reporting.

Generally speaking, they were a size smaller than those available commercially. Occasionally, I harvested larger ones but not often. It is possible that the plants I grow are simply a smaller variety of tomatoes than those sold in the markets. When I tasted these tomatoes I thought they were less sour than before. They were juicy and good.

The cherry tomatoes in the above picture were harvested on April 26, 2013. On that day, a total of 50 tomatoes were harvested. When compared to those harvested on April 22, these were slightly larger in general but otherwise, no particular difference was noticeable. The one on the extreme right in the above picture showed an anomaly where two tomatoes were combined into one during development. This was the first time in my experience of growing cherry tomatoes that I got such a unique one.

Apparently, the harvested tomatoes haven’t reached their peak yield yet. I expect more and more tomatoes will be harvested.