my first toms

Been eating freshly picked toms all week - what a treat! All outdoor ones as well. Are anyone else's ready yet or am I super lucky?

 

No been eating mine for a couple of weeks, mainly Balcony Red and Yellow, some Gartenperle in baskets outside, no need for those dreadful supermarket toms for a long time now as I freeze the excess!

 

all mine are outdoors now as they fell over in the greenhouse..I have some just starting to ripen outside now..i dont like them when they go too red so i should be picking some by the weekend..i still have a lot just starting so no doubt i will end up ripening those inside..on a sunny windowledge..

 

Bet they are good.Mine are not ready yet!

 

mine are tied to drainpipes like prisoners as i am fed up of them falling over..it happens every year and it makes me cross..my cucumber plant has also fallen over so thats been tied to a shelf... :rolleyes:

 

I have flowers on mine no sign of tomatoes yet, i am definately falling behind, dont know what is wrong other than our weather being bad and them growing late :confused:

 

I did not grow ant outside tomatoes, I have been eating my greenhouse toms afor several weeks now.

Which variety is best for growing outdoors as I will be trying it next year?

Thanks
Sally B.

 

I have got some Tumbling Toms and money maker's outside only. There are quite a few green toms, but none are ripe enough to pick as yet. I must admit I was a bit late planting them out this year and am pleasantly surprise at how quick they have come on.

 

Sally,
I've got tumbler and gardeners delight. GD got off to a very slow start, I put them out just intime for a hail storm. Both varieties are going to yeald about the same with GD a bit more spread out and tumbler all coming at once. I'm going to grown mostly tumbler next year because they don't need the constant pinching out and tieing in, and don't seem to need so much water. Both varieties a doddle for a first-timer though!

 

I've some toms that arrived by 'spontaneous combustion'. :D

A house I do work for had a 'water problem' a couple of years ago and in the emergency the resulting blockage material was spread on a border and a few tomato plants come up last year in the garden.

This year I had used some of the garden soil in batch of compost for seed trays and again toms apeared so I potted four of them on and they've been kept in the greenhouse. One is a bit of a don't know and very spindly, two look like Gardeners Delight and one is developing lovely even trusses of medium size toms like the shop bought vine ripened ones.

If I manage to get some good seed from it I'm going to call it 'Immaculate'

[ 29. July 2006, 01:20 PM: Message edited by: frogesque ]

 

Am going to eat my first one tonight Ive grown small pums toms and theyve turned into triffids and I have them tied to anything there is in the greenhouse :rolleyes:

 

Mine are still green but going like the clappers! The plants have fallen over but do I care? :D

 

:( i have 3 sorts of tomatoes this year and they are ripening nicely BUT they do not taste as I expect.
I have Gartenperle, Moneymaker, and seeds from a Morrison's tomato from Italy 'Dolce Rosso'. These are really nice when I buy them but it's sad to say supermarket ones taste better!
Am I losing my sense of taste, or is there anything I should be doing for good flavour?
:(

 

Aart from feeding with tomorite or similar high potash(K) fertiliser I can't think of any thing else.