The Tomato Growing Thread 2019

@Verdun @JWK inspired me too,he's a great mentor.Due to unforseen circumstances I'm rather late with my tomatoes but it won't stop me having a go.

 

35 Crimson Crush
12 steak sandwich
12 outdoor girl
12 Cherokee smokey
12 Oh Happy Day
6 tumbling junior yellow

All sown today and now I’m watching the match! C’mon Wales grand slam is waiting!!

 

@Susieshoe thats a lot of tomatoes Oh, and well done Wales

 

Thanks JWK...appreciate that

 

A general tomato question which I thought would fit well in this thread. Mine are in the heated prop with the lid on at night but are ready to be potted on, meaning that I wont have space to keep them on heat.

The tunnel goes down to 2 degrees in the evening if its cold - the heater means that it gets no colder.

Will the plants be ok off the heat now, giving me prop space to plant more stuff ? I could turn up the stat on the heater if they need more heat and keep them close to the heater (temperature is 2 degrees 10 feet away from the heater)

 

They will still need some protection Andrew .ie..fleece but as long as the temperatures don't dip below freezing you'll be OK.It may well stall the plants for a short while but they will pick up again once the temperatures get more constant.Its the night time temps that I always watch out for.

 

Sorry - in a daft mood tonight. I'm blaming @CanadianLori for making me chuckle.

 

Potted my tomatoes up on Monday and transferred them to the greenhouse this morning. They are now covered with fleece to keep the sun off and with a few colder nights coming up I might have to bring them in overnight. Might get away with several sheets of newspaper over the top, we'll see..

 

I'll crank the stat up on the heater and keep them close to the heater

Edit : Last night it dropped to 8 degrees

 

I grew all grafted tomatoes last year for the first time. It was such a super season for them, it's difficult to judge their performance over my normal seed sown plants. Having said that, I was so pleased with their vigour and cropping, they'll be for me again this year.

The only disadvantage I can see, is lack of choice of varieties.

 

Totally agree with you David K.
Grafted tomatoes for me have proved to be prolific fruiting, disease free and vigorous and will be growing again this year as I have done over the past 3 years or so.
There seems to be a few more varieties this year but still not a wide selection