Tomato Growing Thread 2022

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  1. JWK

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    I'm at a loss to explain it, sorry. Is it all varieties ?
     
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    Yes. Seven plants in all, all shapes and sizes. It's worse at the front of the greenhouse. Santorini was badly hit but seems to be recovering.
     
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      Happily, the 2005 Gardener's Delight I gave her is outdoors, so not affected. :blue thumb:
       
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        pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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        Well I think they grow all year round but it's like all things these days the fruit has to be unblemished.

        I remember many years ago seeing fields of tomatoes in Italy and California, but I assume they were used for canning or ketchup.
         
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        • NigelJ

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          They all seem to have shading up.
          Thanet Earth is also visible from space.
           
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            Greenhouse Toms, Sungold, Gardeners Delight and four pots of small plum from seed saved from Lidls. Thought I would see if they would have better flavour than theirs. :smile:
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              pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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              Spanish moss is doing well @strongylodon :blue thumb:

              Oh and the tomatoes look good as well.:smile:
               
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                  @NigelJ Thanks for that. I had never heard of Thanet earth. An altogether different proposition to the sweathouses of almeria. I do remember reading about some greenhouses in Sussex using CO2 recycling and eco-initiatives for power and growing. All very interesting! Now, if they'd only stop wrapping the stuff up in plastic....
                   
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                    British Sugar use waste heat from it's plants to heat greenhouses used to grow tomatoes, just discovered they are now growing cannabis in them.
                     
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                      If you head to the Thanet towns, Ramsgate, Margate & Broadstairs you will notice the light pollution from Thanet Earth from miles away.

                      From what I understand most if not all the produce is not available locally, but is trucked to London.
                       
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                      • pete

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                        It's sometimes available in Morrisons, but that would probably be via London.
                        It's too large an operation to be selling to the local green grocer.
                         
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                          Afternoon everyone....even though the plants are suffering in these high temperatures, the fruits are coming thick and fast and ripening nicely.

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                            @Sheps They are looking really good and a nice early harvest by the looks of it. I particularly like the one with a coin slot... :-)
                             
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                              Thanks @SunnyGin a small bribe to persuade it to ripen.
                               
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