Topic: another cause for celebration

[aquilegia]

I'm so excited - there are tiny tomatoes on my tomato plants and flower buds on my spuds!

Yes - I know it's perfectly natural for tomato plants to have fruit on them and spuds to flower, but I just can't help getting excited about it!

[Jesse]

Aqui, that's great news. I know how you feel as I've just been out to check on my plants and have noticed that the courgette plant has baby courgettes! My tomato plant has got teeny-weeny tomatoes on also. So exciting isn't it!

[Leonie]

Well done to you Aquilegia, im hoping to be cheering myself soon, im sure im not too far off seeing my first fruits!

Does anyone know when I can expect to be picking these toms?

And what about things like peppers? mine are only about a foot high and seem to be growing very slowly.  Oh dear im getting far too impatiant already..

[aquilegia]

Leonie - I seem to remember that it takes less than a month from seeing the pea-sized fruits to harvesting (could be wrong, Could be wishful thinking!) I'd imagine beefsteak ones take longer.

Last year my mum's peppers didn't get much taller than a foot or so but produced lots of fruits.

[Leonie]

Thats brilliant news, just what I wanted to hear.  Im off to the recipes section now to find out what to do when my seven plants give me fruit at the same time  ;D