TOMATO GROWING THREAD 2020

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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    John was you trying to make it to the new year?:biggrin:
     
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      I thought it would make good bragging rights to get to Christmas. To be honest they should have been picked 3 weeks ago as the plants are completely dead and the fruit aren't going to get any bigger. About 50% of them will ripen hopefully although they have lost their taste.
       
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        @JWK over here we use brown paper bags to ripen the green ones. Of course that usually happens in October here. And the best bags to use are the nice thick ones from the liquor store...:whistle:
         
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          I'm only growing one packet of sweet million, it's a cherry tomato and doesn't get blight, they ripen well here the large ones take too long to.
           
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            Do gardeners still swop tomato seeds?
             
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              I'm sure that they do, liliana, and I think that members of the GC Gang possibly still do.:dunno:
               
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                Hi All,
                Am going to grow 3/4/5 different types of tomatoes out of doors this year, so will be buying the actual small plants rather than growing from seed , could I ask what are your favourite ones? I would want 3 cherry type and 1 or 2 normal size.Not bothered about colours, but sweetness counts highly.Thanks:)
                 
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                  @Oakapple see the 2021 thread and link in this post for the taste test thtea:

                   
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                    Thanks JWK I shall take a look at it now.
                     
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                      Have compiled a list based on the taste thread, so thanks for the tip.Sungold seems very popular so that will be one to aim for.:tomato:
                       
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