2014 Tomato Growing

Update tomorrow evening please,
Jenny

 

Mmmmm, trunky, they look lovely. Very early ripening. I'm interested to know what they taste like.

Some more tomato photos....not as well on as trunky's:
Left to right: Jaune Flamme, Tumbling Tom (1 giant plant), 'Divine' F3

 

Your Tumblimg Tom looks a bit worrying. I'm growing it and expected it to be a petite tumbler - suitable for a patio pot or a window box. Is it a wild monster?
Jenny

 

Amazing what a few days of sun will do - I have a small tomato forest & have had to give the plants a bit of a trim so I can get in the door...

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I was worried that nothing was getting pollinated, but lots of small fruit are appearing too - looking like its going to be a bumper year !

 

Jenny: I think it'd do fine. Mine is in a tall pot and I gave it 30l of Lidl's peat-free, chicken manure pellets and slow release granules, so it's gone nuts. As far as I know 'dwarf' plants like this mostly just have a short internode length, rather than being 'dwarf' in the sense of 'small', which it ain't. And it certainly does tumble rather than grow upright so could look mighty impressive in a windowbox if there was enough compost.

 

It looks like my tom's are going to have a bad year, eight plants and a handful of flower trusses between them. Manx Marvels outside are still looking pathetic!

 

Mine are yet to take off too Sheal, think i've found the reason, soil temperature.

The air is warm but a few inches down its still cold, wouldn't pass the bare bum test

 

Our viewers need proof

 

Can't put the uncensored shot up

 

I think this year's harvest will be later this year.
Do others think so?
Jenny

 

Mine are way ahead compared to last year.
Sowed them 2 weeks earlier than last year and the warm spring has helped too.
Fruits have set on the sungolds and tigerella

 

Did that with an ex girlfriend, worked a treat