tomato varities

Just like 'Cajary' i too grow 'Tumbler' here in Yorkshire, usually buying plants from a local nursery but this year from seed. I've seen them in hanging baskets at the nursery but you'd need to keep up with the watering.

 

Am I still ok to plant tom seeds, I forgot to get my Gardeners Delight underway !

 

Yes get them in straight away.

 

I have lots of gardener's delight seedlings growing. Would some of them be any good in hanging baskets< I don't really want to pay out extra for tumbling toms.
thanks, Gillian.

 

No, not really gillian.They grow to the extent that they need staking and you wouldn`t get your stick into a hanging basket to make it anything like secure enough.Do you see what i mean?

 

Yes, I understand that. I didn't know if I could keep taking off the growing tips to encourage to bush out more, that was all. Maybe I'll pick up a tumbling tom at car boot sales this weekend.

 

I got 2 tummbling toms at my garden centre 99p each but I get 20% discount cos I work there. So I paid 79p. They are in a hanging basket and are really bushy with loads of flowers on.

 

I'm also trying Gardeners Delight this year although have never done so before

 

Well they`re in.Tumbling toms.I tried them yr before last and failed miserably.Hopefully i`ll get fruit this time.I have another like this to fix out as well as 2 hanging baskets.Everything is crossed.

 

This year we have Shirley, Alicante and Moneynaker
Discontinued Ailsa Craig because, whilst it is very tasty, it tends to suffer from 'green shoulder'
Also discontinued yellow varieties because they are very sweet and dont last very long

 

I'm growing Marglobe and Gardener's Delight, which are what I was recommended to grow for outdoors - but then again, I never have had much luck with tomatoes. I think I'm too erratic on the care and feeding front!

 

Moneymaker are good croppers, I grow them each year.

I'm trying Gardeners delight after being given some last year.

 

Oh Dear ...done it wrong again and not allowed to delete it..And don't know how to move it.

 

GD seeds have germinated !

Thought I might have been too late.

 

First fruit on the Tumblers visible. Just hope these winds slow down a bit, the stems tend to rub against the edge of the pots.