2015 Tomato Growing

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  1. Fat Controller

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    @Cannyfullpots & @Fern4 - I have attached the chutney recipe as a PDF to this post which you can hopefully open and download, but if not please let me know and I will email it to anyone that wants it :)
     

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    • Fern4

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      Thanks FC :thumbsup:
       
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        Thank you @fat controller. It wont open on my phone so will look on laptop tomorrow :)
         
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          @Cannyfullpots Delighted to be of service! :snork:

          @Wp1234 They look like fused fruit caused by fused flowers ('megablooms'), which often occurs at low temperatures. The brown bits look like 'catfacing', which is caused by incomplete pollination, common in greenhouses and in megablooms.
           
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            Mine are all starting to ripen at once... Just in time for me to fly to Canada for two weeks! DOH!
             
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              Excellent timing :snork: Have a great time :blue thumb:
               
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              My Tomato is coming on nicely :) DSCN1772.JPG
               
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                My polytunnel toms have been holding hands up at the apex for a while now, but have almost stopped growing. Everything, both outdoors and under cover, is now ripening apart from outdoor Ferlines (incredibly slow this year) and most of my beefsteaks. Think I'll grow a whole polytunnel bed of early ripening Red Alert bush toms next year and replace them in August with some other crops. (bit dark in there early morning before the sun gets up)

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                Some of my beefsteaks:

                Phil's Fantastic

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                And @Angelina will recognize these as descendants of the seeds she sent to the UK

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                  I've had this problem this year, can't recall ever having seen it before. At first I thought it was mice but then found the culprits under the leaves.
                   
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                    How can you tell when they are ready to pick. All my gardeners delight are green as Kermit the Frog, but I bought a Heartbreaker seedling from Wyevale and they are turning red. They feel firm. But how do I know they are ripe enough?
                     
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                    They are ripe when you can gently snap the fruit off, grasp them and gently push upwards against the joint on the truss. If they don't snap off they aren't ready. Beefsteak types take a bit more effort to snap, they are ready when the fruit are all completely red (assuming they are a red variety) - if in doubt try one.
                     
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                      I do recall planting some yellow tumbling ones - but thanks. Will go and have a gentle feel!!!
                       
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                      Found this video googling, it shows the technique of snapping off quite well:

                       
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