Tomato Growing 2024

It is a piece of string. Come September the light becomes a problem as well as heat and the long-range forecast here is not too good. Even abroad it became a problem once September came in, but one of our locals planted up a late crop of toms end of August with a view to harvest for Christmas! Not indoors, but they were sheltered. I had a freebie plant last year and left it until October and the small amount of fruit <10 were fine. Previously I would snip off end flowers on some truss, but am unsure it did much good.

 

Surprised you haven't had any ripe ones yet @BB3 . Mine took a while but all 4 varieities ( Sungold, Choc. Cherry, Black Krim and Tumbling Tom ) have picked up with the mini heat wave we had recently. Picked quite a few of the first 2 types and the other 2 are showing signs of beginning to ripen. There should still be a couple of months yet but of course all depends on weather which makes it more of a guessing game. I'd be tempted to leave them for now and maybe see if which trusses are the first to show signs of fruiting and concentrate on those.

@JWK Nice little haul there - what type are the large pinkish ones at the front of your pic ?

 

Practically no frost last year. Maybe I'll be picking them at Christmas!
If it takes 2 months, then I'll leave them until next month sometime.

 

After a slow start, the fruit on my tomatoes are ripening up nicely. I harvested a load on Sunday and when I went down the allotment earlier today, there's loads more to harvest. Looks like it will be a good year for my toms, especially after last year when all the plants died on me.

 

Happy Tomato Christmas @BB3

Thanks @JWK - sound interesting .

 

The dreaded blight has appeared on all my tomatoes in greenhouse. I've had to strip all the lower leaves off on every plant, hopefully this will help control it.

 

I'm really pleased with ours in the greenhouse this year. Maybe fewer than usual but the quality has been top-notch. Next year I'll be sowing more Maskotka (the larger ones in the photo). They're a bush variety but I restrict them to just a few side shoots and the quality of the fruit is much improved.

 

West Dunbartonshire

 

Hi everyone, I'm new here.
I like to grow a variety of different tomatoes each year and my go to standard type has been Shirley. However, I think it's time for a change as this variety isn't working so we'll for me now. What alternatives would you suggest? I always grow indeterminate in an unheated greenhouse. Thanks.

 

I'd say Sungold are always a good bet - generally prolific and tasty. There are so many varieties now that much will depend on your taste and, just as important, your location. I'm sure others will have plenty of suggestions.