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bupster

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January tomatoes
« on: January 12, 2006, 13:19:41 »
I'm eating the last tomatoes I've just picked from a plant growing on my kitchen windowsill. Is this normal? It doesn't seem normal, but I don't know enough to be sure.  :)
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Re: January tomatoes
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2006, 16:01:38 »
 Picking Tommies in January. It's not normal, it's very unusual..But  I bet it's good  :) Jim
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Re: January tomatoes
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2006, 17:11:34 »
I need a bigger kitchen windowsill. I'm very jealous.  :o
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Re: January tomatoes
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2006, 17:26:47 »
The plant was 99p from B&Q and I've done nothing to it but pot it on. Must just be a good windowsill  8)
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Re: January tomatoes
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2006, 18:02:21 »
I am definitely envious ...

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Re: January tomatoes
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2006, 07:45:32 »
when i sorted my greenhouse out a couple of days ago, their was a couple of red tomatoes left on the withered plant, skins we a bit tough, didnt half taste good though!!!!

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Re: January tomatoes
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2006, 15:53:54 »
Gosh mine were finished over a month ago.. :'(

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Re: January tomatoes
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2006, 11:24:23 »
A couple of years ago I planted some white cherry tomatoes up in July with the hope of a crop for christmas. I kept them in the dining room next to the radiator and in front of the window. I got 3 toms for christmas, but a decent crop in feb. I pruned the plant right back, watered and fed it, and it started to grow again. I got  some more toms around may, pruned and fed, and then it cropped right through the summer, finally dying off in October - My wife had insisted that I put it outside as she was so sick of it by then! Overall it probably put out around 100 fruit, and lasted from July 2003 to October 2004.

A tip that I was given which worked in order to force the last toms to ripeness was to put a bin bag over the top of the plant to heat thing up...
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