2013 Tomato Growing

I will have a go at Sungold. Wanted to try it anyway, I don't mind growing a couple from saved seeds. I wonder what will come out of them!

 

I was going to say, i've only grown one F1 this year which set before anything else flowered, so it could have only crossed with itself, no one else growing around me.

 

'Golden Pearl' just keep coming and coming, this is one of three plants.

 

And still ripening outdoors Sheal? Amazing qualifications for growing that one if so,
Jenny

 

They're in the greenhouse Jenny. The three plants have produced three or four trusses each that are loaded like this, they are such good croppers. I've been growing them now for three years and they'll be on my list again next year.

I've grown a few tomato plants outside for the first time this year and never again. They don't like my soil/coastal weather and failed miserably.......which I expected them to do, so no real loss.

 

Not suprised, never grow something thats not a real word.

 

Strings snapped on two of mine :( One has laid down and, apart from some bruised fruit, will go back up again. The other has snapped in two :(

Should have used some decent string, rather than the green twine, but I thought that would be softer on the stems, and I've used it before - probably bought a cheap, inferior, brand this time ...

Check your strings folks?

 

I keep all my vents, on one side, open one notch on the stay. From memory JWK you only have two vents in the greenhouse, might that lack of air circulation be contributing do you think? (You may have automatic vents too - which would make leaving them open at night difficult I imagine?) I can't remember getting Botrytis on my Toms (although the Cucumbers get mould towards the end of the season)

 

Just had a BlightWatch alert of Full Smith Periods for my postcode + those to the N,E,S & W.

I don't know whether I can be bothered with the outdoor plants that have nearly finished, with the exception the really slow to ripen Ferlines, but this might be useful to test their 'blight resistance'.

I'll just spray my poly tunnel tomatoes that I'm hoping will give me an extended cropping period beyond the outdoor plants, plus that's where my giant tomatoes are growing and I want them to reach their full potential.

 

Not sure I would bother for indoor ones ... the spoors have got to get into the 'house, and a fair proportion of the time they never do. Outdoor is different though (although I wonder if Blight will transmit easily at this time of the year? Its both warm and wet though ... for sure ...

 

Blight wiped out my entire poly tunnel crop last year

And it showed in there before it proceeded to wipe out all my outdoor toms (with the exception of Koraliks)

 

I had a Blight Alert too.

Did I mention the 2lb tomato?

http://www.burpee.com/vegetables/tomatoes/paste/tomato-supersauce-hybrid-prod003154.html