2016 Tomato Growing

Bless! What a cutie @Loofah

 

And baby bedroom temperatures are also perfect for homemade wine fermentation.

 

Yes. It's a big boy and rather impractical to grow, but vigorous and fun. Like tomato the leaves smell if you brush against them.

 

Here's one called 'Surprise Siberia', though I can't find any info about the variety. I've brought all of mine indoors for a couple of nights because of the chance of frost.

 

Thanks Loofah, though I'm sad to say but it's nothing to do with the gardener's skill. This variety has obviously been bred to thrive in low light levels. They all came up like that (high leaf area index). I think the seed came from the Kokopelli stand at a French tomato festival:
http://www.kokopelli-seed-foundation.com/
I have some other chunky monkeys such as Black Russian, which are growing up to become great brutes. I'm letting them keep a couple of size shoots so they can be grown on 2-3 canes at a more manageable height.

 

Nor me, it's just been snowing outside, night time temps have been going down to freezing, and if my toms were all that big I'd have serious lack of space problems. Luckily mine are only 6" high, but should be big enough when planted in polytunnel borders during first week of June, and in open ground from beginning of second week.

 

Indeed. The weather isn't playing ball. I have all my delicates indoors or in a sheltered passageway until Thurs, but then those destined for outdoors will go out and I'll have to cover them with fleece if there's a frost warning. I already have a 'windbreak' of 40cm bubble wrap around the raised bed where most are going. All the cherries and baby plums will go out so they can get themselves pollinated....muggins here has been pollinating them.

These are the varieties in flower so far:
Black Russian
Bloody Butcher (I knew this to be a fast grower)
Brin de Muguet (French baby plum, early and seems very rigorous)
Gardener's Delight
Jaune Flamme
Minibel (unsurprising)
Surprise Siberia

 

Hi there I'm new to growing toms have just got a greenhouse and have ten plants 5 Alicante and 5 money makers all about 7inches tall and doing well I think - does anyone have any information on making my own fertiliser have read that I can make it out of nettles seaweed and comfrey ?

 

Thanks for reply I'm bit confused is comfrey good for veg stage and fruit stage ? As I have read use nettles for the growth and comfrey for fruit stage ? As you can guess I'm new to all this . Thanks got reply