2013 Tomato Growing

Determinate eh - you'd a thought they'd sort a dwarf indeterminate - assuming that's not a contradiction.

Just that I notice on vine toms the fruit truses are widely spaced up the stem - be nice to have em closer - then shorter stem needed ;-)

 

Sorry, what I meant to write was Condom. A variety of tom that acts as a prophylactic.

er hold on a min... make that cordon.

 

My freaky alicante that went blind back on page 42 has fruit developing all the way up the stem with the first truss approximately 2" from the soil level. Im considering saving the seed to see if it will do it consistently - either that or burning the plant as the genetic mutant it appears to be !

 

Yeh! let us know how the fruit get on.

 

LOVE IT Triffid,

Jenny

 

Coming on slowly

 

Toms look amazing Loli.
What's in the 2 hanging baskets?
Jenny

 

Nothing yet Jenny...still thinking about it

 

Just thought I'd check in to see if my tomatoes are fairing as well as others as they are in a new raised bed this year. Mine are generally about a 1-1½ feet tall and fairly sturdy looking and all have the first tranche of little budlets (no flowers yet). Sun Baby, Marmande, Alisa Craig doing better than Alicante which is in general a bit weedier looking.
Is this about right what with the weather and coolness this spring?

Cheers
GG

 

Thanks JWK, thought as much, though noticed some flowers this morning starting to open, so suppose that is something. Do you know if Alicante is generally a less robust looking plant?

Cheers
GG

 

JWK , don't you just hate show-offs?