How long does it take tomatoes to form after flowers bloom?

[EstimatedProphet]

Most of my tomatoes are flowering or have flowered. How long until I can pick some?

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Patience, grasshopper.

Assuming they've been pollinated, the answer to your question depends on 1)variety 2)heat and 3)water. Small fruited ones progress more quickly than the bigger ones. A good gauge is the average maturity for the variety. Under normal summer conditions Early Girl and Roma types usually have some mature fruit about 60 days after transplanting. Most cherry tomatoes are a few days faster than that, and big heirlooms like Brandywine may need as long as 80 days to the first mature fruit.

I've never seen a measure from blossom to mature fruit but there's probably some estimate out there somewhere. All I know is that the first tomatoes seem to take FOREVER to ripen.

[EstimatedProphet]

2. OK. I'm not really worried because so many are flowering

It's just a matter of time, I know. I was just trying to get a handle on the time scale.

[tekisui]

3. I would say 3 to 4 weeks.