Update from 10 days ago...

The peppers and eggplant were finally transplanted outside. I had been waiting until nighttime temperatures were regularly above at least 50 (really 55 is better) until putting them out. No sense in expending all that extra care and attention on those seedlings only to shock them into no growing for 2 weeks because of low temperatures. So the weather finally cooperated and they went in with peppers forming on all plants and eggplants just coming into bloom.

Same as with the tomatoes, I planted these through black plastic mulch under a plastic tunnel to give some extra heat while they adjust to the transplant. I watered them in with an organic, balanced, 4-4-4 liquid fertilizer diluted to half strength.

Tomatoes are growing great and were pushing up against the plastic tunnel, so off came the plastic. All plants have growing fruit and lots of flowers higher up. Many of the maturing tomatoes are "cat-facing". This deformity results in puckered and misshapen fruits and occurs when the flowers get wet while the fruit is forming. The flowers stick to the fruit instead of browning and falling off, and the fruit grows around the attached flower petals. Looks ugly but tastes fine. This probably happened because I am spraying weekly with liquid fertilizer on all the leaf surfaces - pretty much drenching the plant. The flea beetles that have been munching on the tomatoes didn't really cause much damage and seemed to have moved on.

Our first ripe tomato. From a Stupice started about 100 days ago. Most seed packets give an indication of "days to maturity". This refers to the first harvest after the seedlings have been transplanted outside. For me, that transplant took place on May 18 - which was about 60 days ago - exactly what is stated on the seed packet for this variety!