Another crop that is new to me this year is the Blue Beauty
tomato. When I saw this online I absolutely had to have it! I mean, it’s a blue
tomato. If that isn’t reason enough I don’t know what is!
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| Blue Beauty tomatoes! Notice they are bluest where the sun hits most |
Of course, given my experience with red, round, “Black Krims”
I was skeptical. Would this tomato really be blue? Would it be all cool and
gnarly looking like the description said? To minimize the possibility of crossing
with my other tomatoes I made sure to put it on the opposite end of the porch,
away from all others of its kind.
I am happy to report that so far it looks good! As you can
see from the photos the plants are doing very well, and the fruits are a dark
blue where they are touched by the sun. Tomatoes that are more in the middle of
the plant are dark green with no blue at all, and the ones on the outside are
dark blue where the sun hits the fruit.
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| Close-up of a Blue Beauty |
From what I have read (and there isn’t a ton out there on
Blue Beauty Tomatoes) they turn red “underneath” the blue when they are ripe,
resulting in tomatoes with varying degrees of dark blue and dark red. I am
excited to see how these turn out, and I will definitely provide updates as
these “beauties” continue to grow.
Until next time, happy gardening!
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