Tomato Growing Thread 2012

It looks like I too have this stem rot thingyThe Ferline as yet aren't affected

 

Nightmare Freddy, maybe you caught it by opening up Scrungee's postShould have run it through AVG first.

 

I've now got another new and interesting disease - two my fruits have gone dry, shrivelled & brown, but the rest of my truss is OK:

 

Thats not in my book either, carry on at this rate and they'll be naming Tomato Diseases after you Scrunge.

 

There are about 16 green toms on my one decent plant this year. Had 3 ripe ones already.



Stopped this one this morning. Remember last year?

 

My GH toms seem to be doing quite well ,a few ropey leaves but plenty of green toms so far so good.. need to get some leaves off though to give them a bit of 'sun'.my out doors are a complete disaster...reddy brown mush is all i've got....

 

Yes John and my spuds....i've never grown outdoor toms before and don't think i will next year either....i'll stick to the GH I think

 

To be honest John....i always enjoy growing my toms regardless of the outcome...to me that's what summer is all about.....it still doesn't stop me from moaning though

 

Hi chums.

It's real depressing ain't it? Because I went for Sungold and Rosada in the greenhouse, I don't have the 'poundage' as in previous years, and was relying on the outdoor ones to make up for this. Fat chance now eh? Although I have a 13ft x 10ft greenhouse, I only use one side, which houses 14 plants. Next year, I plan to erect a kinda 'lean-to' at the end of the greenhouse, along the width. I reckon I should be able get another 6 plants, maybe. I'll probably go for a 'regular' type, maybe Alicante. Although, Ferline would be a good choice as they go to a good size, and taste great. Well, they did last year, but those were grown outdoors. I'll still try some more outdoor ones, but I don't want to be so reliant on them.

Loli, don't give up on the outdoor ones just yet, it's been a particularly bad year this year. I had blight the year before last, so last year I used Bordeaux Mixture, and found it very effective. I haven't bothered with it this year, because of all the rain, but normally it should help keep the blight away

Cheers...Freddy

 

I'm guessing you don't just have small varieties in there? My wife LOVES toms, so she can happily munch her way through anything I can produce