Second night of tomato plants being outside in cold frame. Checked on them at 5am this morning- temp read 10.2C . This was taken over the fleece...
I was busy nearly all day yesterday - re-potting my bush / cordon tomatoes into 9L pots, which have now been moved into the patio cold frame...
It's freezing here so I'm not doing a lot! (West Yorkshire) I've brought my washing in and they are now in the dryer. Keep checking out the temp...
I've just finished sieving a 50L bag of Westlands John Innes peat free compost :mad: The other 3 bags I ordered at the same time, have been...
My tomato plants (Maskatra, Minibel, Baby Boomer, Satiam Sunrise, Lucfichoise and Sweetie are finally put out into the cold frame during the day....
Oooo ... nice to see that they are being made useful, but sadly I would shy away from using these as I fell over and badly cracked my forehead...
I found a tiny pale coloured spider on the brim of one of my 3 inch pots this evening which disappeared as quickly as it came ... now I'm...
My seedlings of 4 cordon and 7 bush are behaving themselves and have raised their pretty heads above ground in their 3 inch pots. Turning them...
I bought some plant halos yesterday, instead of renewing my DIY watering bottles as bending down to fill the bottles through out the day was...
I grow Maskotka ( Mascot) last year and had to use stakes to support the heavy fruit or the branches would split. Height 2ft and going on 3 ft in...
That's well worth thinking about @eatenbyweasels , I still have plenty of seeds you kindly sent me :) Looking back to last year I sowed in the...
Thinking of starting a few of my toms in the next week as my kitchen has at last got heating. I got away with using a small table in front of the...
Thank you @Allotment Boy... I did wonder if I was right as bells were going off in my mind that John Innes compost has fertiliser that lasts for...
It's tomatoes for me this year with lots of lettuce and hopefully spring onions when I buy new seeds.I’m getting organised for a big harvest of...
@JWK @Allotment Boy ...LOL - me thinks I'm being a little bit too over protective with my tomato plants. My next door neighbour jokingly saying -...
Thanks @Allotment Boy -I was thinking about sunscald on the plants as our garden is south facing and if we have a hot summer I will be ready to...
I have very little space to grow tomato plants, but even so, next year I'm going to try and grow 10 outside - 3 in cold frame (bush) / and the...
Thank you Jenny. I will give it a try :smile:
Finally managed to tidy up my cold fame where two of my bush tomato plants had been growing in pots yesterday. After a quick cuppa I then decided...
This is my last photo of tomatoes for this year, all the ripened toms have either been eaten mostly by myself :biggrin: or frozen ready for...
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