2016 Tomato Growing

I could make a joke about the above...........but I won't (-:

 

@Zigs how many times have I told you to stop looking at your plums in public



....ok, I will get my coat!

 

The police warned me to close the curtains first.

 

Did they get infected, or was that only those not kept under cover?



Started tomato seed saving today, only took flesh from 3 tomatoes to both fill the slow cooker and give the dog some treats. Got really worried when I only got a max of 15 seeds from a 2lbs 8ozs tomato, but then got about 75 seeds from one weighing almost a pound less.

Dog got very excited and didn't want to leave the kitchen whilst I was slicing/squirting tomatoes ...

 

In the greenhouse, they did get the blight, but I sprayed them and they picked up and carried on, not been watering them much, dry conditions may have helped. Will save seed from them.

 

I've never had blight from seeds from blighted toms.

And no tomato blight so far this year.

 

That's interesting Scrunge.

Guessing if they can pull back from it, they must have some resistance, these were self seeded ones from the blighted plants in the greenhouse last year.

 

Had me plums lying at the end of me bed in the sun all day, they're looking proper red now

Just moved them, wouldn't like to squash me plums in the night

 

How Exotic

 

Still waiting for the gigantomos to ripen,green and growing still.Pick by Oct ? More like Nov at this rate.

 

I'm doing quite well with off-plant ripening. Lots of green zebras ripe and plenty of plum types just ripening now. Odd ones blighted, but I obviously got them off the plants before they all got infected. 18 trays of tommies all over the house though.

 

Results from last weekend's Harrogate show, how do yours compare?

Class 130 – One Heaviest Gigantomo Tomato

1st Walter Stringfellow 1.415kg (3lbs 2ozs) and wins the £1,000 prize

2nd E Walker 1.315kg (2lbs 14ozs)

3rd H Oughton 1.16kg (2lbs 9ozs)