2013 Tomato Growing

This is what it looks like complete with bucket and canes to support the plant..........and yes I know that is not a Tomato plant in the bucket.

 

Actually, it saves all the fun and games, Jenny, of the plants falling over and stops a lot of swearing when you find a broken plant. The cradle is made out of 2" x 2" timber [spare in the garage] and each one took me about 20 minutes to make. The canes are easy to push in and pull out, and means I can tie any stray stems to them in seconds and the whole thing can be disassembled in seconds again. Believe me, it saves a lot of stress

 

Well, the Maskotka still look as though they are going to be the first to give me something edible, and judging by the lightening colour of the toms on them, I don't think it will be too long now





Scruffy blighters, but I don't really care to be honest - they are already starting to load up with fruit, and there are a few trusses still setting.

I should have guessed that one - I've not had any dry sets, but I have had a few SB ones.

The indoor team aren't letting the side down either:





Just a couple of the many trusses that are in the greenhouse.

 

Thank you, Freddy

 

Thanks Jenny

I'm sure yours will catch up once the warmer weather gets going. I think the strategy of giving them a kick in the pants with some chicken poo fairly early on, and then latterly moving to tomato food has paid off for me; that and the fact that this year is considerably better weather wise than last year was.

I have already eaten more from the garden this year than I had by the end of the season last year.

EDIT - and my confidence in my own ability is better this year, which I think is helping me be more methodical in my approach (watering and feeding is more consistent for example, and I feel that I am interpreting the signals that the plants are giving me a bit better - even if that means I head for the laptop to get advice as to what to do from the good people of GC!)

 

Que?

Iron shortage?