Tomato Growing Competition 2012

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  1. j.r

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    does anybody know the difference between delicous fruit and phils fantastic fruit cause dont know which is which?
     
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    'Arnold' which I bought from Moles seeds.
     
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    Fruit? - Have you got toms already, or do you mean you've got your plants mixed up, because I can have look at the leaves of both varieties tomorrow to see if there's any difference in appearance.

    EDIT: Can't spot any difference between my Phil's Fantastic & Delicious plants. There's pics of their fruits here: http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Phil's_Fantastic and here http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Delicious
     
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    Still waiting for it to get warm enough for Toms to go out - at this rate it may never happen...
     
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    Hehehehe, both Delicious and Big Boy doing well, flowering now :) Gardeners Delight gone APE! expecting a bumper summer crop of tomatoes..........

    Scrungee! can you please send me your "passata" recipe, please nicely :)
     
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    Disaster with my grafted Delicious plants I posted about earlier:

    The taller grafted plant only lasted a week, the graft hadn't taken.

    The smaller grafted plant one was OK and it's been in my greenhouse growing like mad, 18" tall. Yesterday I was moving things in and out, to make space for the final planting and it has got so top heavy it sagged over (my fault for not tying it properly to the cane). I sellotaped the stem but it completely wilted withn 30 minutes.

    So now I'm down to my one normal (non-grafted) Delicious plant :doh:
     
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    Oh no John....that's a :mute:...bet you could kick yourself....not to worry at least you have one left...which is more than i can say for my 'prize winning pumpkins':gaah:
     
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      I might have been ruled out with a grafted plant as unfair advantage, but it would have been nice to see how it compares.
       
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      Yes i was curious to see how it faired John:)
       
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      delicous for eating look bigger than they are, they are the size of normal salad tomatoes
       

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      I'm getting my first megablooms (fused blooms) forming.
       
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      cool, ived got a megabloom too stil to open
      just wondered are u a member of EGVGA or have been
       
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      No mega-blooms on mine, just normal ones.

      Last weekend I’ve planted them in their final position. The grafted Delicious plant (I accidentally nearly snapped off) has recovered thanks to sellotape!
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      The non-grafted Delicious plant is 4" taller and a bit stronger looking:
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        My Beefmaster is coming along slowly......:) DSCF9332.JPG
         
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          No fruit yet but these are my contenders, all flowering or about to, the little one is a late San Marzano which is sheltering in the G/H until big enough to go out to my "semi-greenhouse"
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