2014 Tomato Growing

Surely you cannot be serious?

It needed airing ... but I'll get my coat

 

Tee hee. I ate a very tasty Black Russian at the weekend, if that's any help. There's a bunch more of them round the back of the house.

 

Oh, the innuendo, must resist

 

I 'stopped' my outdoor ones today, at 3 trusses. The way I figure it, any subsequent flowers won't have time to form/ripen before the cold weather (<---sorry about that) sets in.

 

Thanks Freddy,
me - ever the optimist , I'm going for 4 + trusses. I'm clipping off anything that grows down on the tumbling toms now and they've had a "short back and sides" today. Their fruits are resting on a tall glazed pot which is out of service and they've been pushed back against the wall. Thus, I am reasonably confident they won't "Tumble"... in the wake of Bertha.
I love these Indigo Rose though, growing on strong, more trusses and they turn black very quickly. Might make a nice piccie quite soon
Jenny

 

I'm not bothering to stop mine, I find they do it themselves outside.

Just wondering if anyone might have an idea what variety this is, its certainly earlier than my plum ones, and seems a slightly strange colour, but the shape might give something away.

 

this one is 13 1/2 inches circumference, Clive Bevan and still getting bigger

 

Thanks John, I've looked for images of new girl and as usual they are a bit mixed.
I see what you are saying about the shape at the bottom, but mine tend to look like the one above in Spruces picture, ie. beefstake type, I'm also getting the first fruit on each truss being very large but grossly misshapen, a bit like Marmande.

 

Could be a type of Schist, not a Granite. Not sure about the tomato though.

 

FC.....is it possible to narrow it down? What toms of that colour, shape and size did you grow this year? Now you're going to tell me hundreds aren't you?