2016 Tomato Growing

They look like 'Sungold' @Sheal Looking rather lovely
This is why I advocate hanging on a bit before sowing. It helps to diminish those early season stalls, unless one is prepared to add heat.

 

Hi can anyone please let me know what Variety of tomato this is please?

 

Looks like a plum tomato to me

I've got the blight

 

I lost all my toms in the greenhouse to blight had to harvest my pots early cause of blight been a nightmare guess it's down to the weather I'm on the wirral it's ever been raining cats and dogs or super humid so I know how you feel

 

I'm gonna spray tonight to try to hold it back a bit, not checked the greenhouse yet

 

Out of interest what you going to spray them with ? I tried seaweed tea on one of mine and it did help a little but the inevitable happened

 

They were @Freddy, it was the first time I'd grown them and they cropped very well. However, I have to admit I still prefer 'Golden Pearl' finding them slightly sweeter. It's possibly down to the way they are grown and weather conditions, as many members here swear by 'Sungold'.

 

Bordeaux mixture, holds it back a bit once it's started, might be just long enough to get a crop

 

Looking forward to next year as I don't have my greenhouse yet, I note no one seems to use those "collars" when growing in growbags, to give more depth for the plant, any reason?
Secondly I've never grown tommys in a hanging basket, but intend to next year, any advice for a novice at this?

 

I do

 

Next door neighbour uses collars and growbags, always has done not sure why though, have read elsewhere its for extra depth but i don't see why you can't just use a pot
I tried hanging baskets with 100 and 1000s variety in for the first time this year, only thing I can suggest is don't use water retaining crystals as it kept them too wet after transplanting.. this is only my 3rd attempt at toms mind

 

Hi Zigs, just going on the photies, Jim recommended them on Beech Grove, so thought I'd try them.

Thanks Linz, did wonder about those crystals. I've bought some seeds today in the Dobbies 50% sale, got Tumbling Tom Red for the hanging baskets and Ailsa Craig and F1 Crimson Crush that it says are 100% blight resistant, just in case.

 

Just made some gazpacho from cucs, garlic, spring onions and tommies. Well chuffed.
Here's teton de Venus...


Garden News reckons we should stop outdoor tomatoes at 4 trusses. Bit late for that as mine were started indoors in Feb and now have anything up to 18 trusses. Those plants that didn't perform to my exacting standards or didn't like being sworn at ended up in the green bin!

 

Regarding tomatoes in hanging baskets....beware of how much water a lot of them like. I've grown tumbling toms for a couple of years and mine like around 3 litres per plant per day and are rambling triffeds. Might be good with semi dwarf tumbling varieties, but I wouldn't personally try it with full sized ones.

Edit: I've grown rambling red stripe for 2 years and tumbling tom once. Both varieties get very big very quickly and I wouldn't grow either in a hanging basket cos I'm way too lazy to water twice a day.