2016 Tomato Growing

Here is my tomatoes

1 the strong ones

2 the weak ones

3 the flower one

 

Thanks this one is bush one, the other is cordon type,

Dor the corden type, should i remove sideshoots when it just show up, or need wait sideshoots grow bigger, then remove it.

Because was told that sideshoots help roots grow stronger?

 

Manx Marvels are getting away, looks like i'll need to pot them on tomorrow

 

Just checked on my tomatoes in the lottie greenhouse - they're doung fab Some have flowers already. Do need to get up there on Sunday & get the side shoots off though! (Still unable to post pics to show you)

 

Potted a few on, just comparing pics from 2 weeks ago to now

 

Woah! That is a lot of growing!!!

 

Don't notice it day to day, note the tray of onions next to it still only has one germinated out of the whole packet

Good job I didn't pay full price for em or @Scrungee would have slapped me

 

All of mine reached the transplanting stage a couple of days ago, smallest (most of them) are in 40 per tray cells, largest in 70 x 70mm pots (except JWK's grafted tom which is in a 100 x 100mm pot). A quick count got to about 300 plants. With the next week's minimum temps forecast to be around freezing for the next week, I'm glad that I delayed sowing a bit this year, being put off by a freezing late May last year.

Due to regular electricity power failure, I rely upon Calor gas for my greenhouse for my greenhouse heating, but I'm trying to reduce costs and set up an integrated gas + electric heating system. A growbox with T5 lights at staging level helps keep plants in there a little bit bit warmer and electric propagators on the staging also help keep seedlings down there above min temps.

At the moment, to try and cut down on gas usage, I'm juggling tomato plants between overnight space on high level greenhouse staging, any vacant spaces in greenhouse/indoor growlight boxes or in staging level propagators, but I'm working on a way to use an electric fan heater on overnight Economy 7 to top up gas heater temps and reduce overall fuel costs.

 

What variety of onions were they?

 

Brunswick virgin chaste.

 

Ive just sown some Tamarillo Tomato Tree seeds,has anyone grown them before?i want the plants for the foliage really as it has big leaves but a tomato would be a bonus
Ive also had my Brandywine red and Marmande germinated,my crimson crush are a no show up to now :( x