TOMATOES

A top chef said on tele that Japanesse Triffel was nis first choice,so that is why I tried them,they are not really black. just very dark red.Everyone who tried mine are growing them this year.

 

I grew just 9 container- designed tumbling cherry tomato plants as underplanting in my large permanent containers last summer. The crops was awesome and the plants were pretty. And the kid enjoyed seeing them grow and harvesting the ripe ones every day. Started them indoors around April.

 

Excuse my ignorance but what is underplanting and were these hanging containers.

Sheelagh

 

Hi sheelaghm,
no, these were just big pots I have to grow the "principal plants". I just plopped the young tomato plants in around the main plant. Being a tumbling type they looked quite pretty hanging outwards. My pots take about 50l of compost and hosted last summer ie Morning glories, tiny Lonicera Nitida shrub etc.

 

It was our first attempt at growing tomatoes last year. We too have a sun trap back garden, beating down on back of house. With this in mind we went to our local nursery and bought two hanging baskets. We bought tomato compost, and four little 'tumbling tom' plants, about three inches high and ready to plant out. We got home, potted them up and hung them up.

We had an abundance of tomatoes, more than we could. eat! We enjoyed them so much. I was even roasting them and then making them into pasta sauce. Great fun!

 

music - this thread has inspired me to grow some tomatos from seed this year - i got a mix of varieties from wilco's - johnsons seeds six types; orange berry,red pear, tigerella, san marzano plum, ildi (yellow) plus a beef tom

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loopy

 

Tomatoes are wonderful to grow, you can even grown some varieties in hanging baskets. I shall be growing Gardeners Delight, Sweet Million, Tigerella ( grew these last year very successfully ) and Alicante this year :thumb:

 

I am still grilling some of last years toms from the freezer,just cut in half freeze flat then bag up---delicious.

 

Ive never thought of freezing them ! I always think they hold too much water to be sucessful. I will have to give them a try

 

nice crop john!

loopy

 

Dont they look nice all set out like that
I grew Golden Sunrise myself last year, yes very nice. Also Gardeners delight which I love. Im trying Sweet Million too this year.

 

Do you grill them from frozen or defrost first please?

 

I just drizzle them with a little olive oil and pop them under,they're nice fried in the pan after bacon too.