The Tomato Growing Thread 2019

@JWK Absolutely! Seed suppliers are robbing people in garden centres! It’s a travesty !
Seed should be cheap and have the potential to be saved.
I would recommend , real seeds, aswell , I’ve found them very good

 

Not to derail the thread but just to reply.. I have heard premier seeds been mentioned a lot and they are highly recommended but still yet to try them out. Real seed company not so much but will check them out too, thanks. And agreed Loki, the price of seeds in some places is absolutely ridiculous!
(Also, simplyseed were good when I used them last, good price on seed spuds and clubroot resistant stuff.)

 

Should I, shouldn't I..... should I, shouldn't I.....sow my seeds this week? I'm umming and awwwing and probably the warm weather will sway me to sow them this week.

 

You’re probably right. I’ll wait a week. No grow lamps or heated greenhouse for me, just a sunny SE window and a cold greenhouse. But looking forward all the same!

 

Well I bit the bullet and got my Toms sown.Bitter sweet this year as it's the first time in 50 years I've sown them without my father by my side after losing him in January but I shall do him proud and grow the best best tomatoes anyone has ever seen.Says me
Alicante
Ailsa Craig
Tumbling Toms
Beefmaster.(My Favorite)

 

your dad will be happy you are still growing them its what he would wont you to do , nice to see you back
Spruce

 

I'm sowing my Toms, Cucumbers this w/end under grow lights, well that's the plan.

 

Just sown this years tomatoes, Ailsa Craig, Black Russian, Sunbaby, Sungold, Roma and Golden Sunrise; now out in the garage under the grow light.

 

As usual, I won’t be sowing until mid March. This year I’ve decided to grow in large sunken pots in the greenhouse. This saves the need to remove the soil from the border or use growbags that I’ve found problematic (watering). I’ll only be growing ‘Sungold’ in the greenhouse, but still not sure about what to grow outdoors.

 

I've got one gardeners delight germinated, only sowed 3 but even so
I've got one sweet million germinated, see above
3 Roma have germinated out of 6
4 sungold out of 4 seeds, good old sungold
My intention this year is to grow fewer varieties and plants, I guess my seeds are just helping me out
( little do they know, I've got lots more seed )

 

Partly through morbid curiosity and partly because I have plenty of seeds I decided to play about and sow some tomatoes last weekend and will sow more in a few weeks time to see the difference. I will be giving a lot of the plants away but will keep some of the early sown toms for comparison against those sown in March. They are in the prop but with no additional light. I'll transfer to the heated bed in the tunnel once germinated to give them as much light as possible.

 

Germination action already with the 2 x JWK and Chiltern Gardeners delight seeds. Also have germination from the Bulgarian Buffalo Heart seeds. I wish all seeds germinated as readily as tomatoes