Author Topic: How are your tomatoes doing!!!!!!!!!!!! (Read 44936 times)

Flunky · « **Reply #120 on:** July 21, 2008, 16:32:16 »

bugg3r. I thought that if you got flowers you get fruit. Is this not the case ?

Barnowl · « **Reply #121 on:** July 21, 2008, 16:38:35 »

Reckon so, provided you don't stress the plant out. Most modern toms are self pollinating. But this variety, MilleFleur, is a type called centiflor that is very different to any I've grown before.

davyw1 · « **Reply #122 on:** July 21, 2008, 17:32:22 »

These are the worst tomatoes i have ever grown thank to the local farmer whom delivered my manure
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hopalong · « **Reply #123 on:** July 21, 2008, 18:07:11 »

20 plants outdoors on the allotment; 3 varieties - Alicante, Gardener's Delight and Ferline - but none ripe yet. Also growing 3 Gardener's delight against a south facing wall at home, by ring culture (pots with bottoms cut out in a gravel bed) and 3 more in a flower bed - again, some good sized tomatoes but none ripe yet. It's been a funny old summer.....

debster · « **Reply #124 on:** July 21, 2008, 18:33:13 »

well i bought and was sent some wonderful varieties of tomatoes, i even paid out for some early variety and out of all the ones ive grown which looks like the first to ripen? that would be the gardeners delight ::)

Fork · « **Reply #125 on:** July 21, 2008, 19:16:00 »

The tomatoes are Tigerella Tim.

These are a bush variety called Totem.

manicscousers · « **Reply #126 on:** July 21, 2008, 19:26:44 »

we've had our first 6 toms ripened, tigerella :)
plums are on the way, 1 golden sunrise needs a couple more days and the beefsteak will be next weekend, unless it gets really hot ;D

manicscousers · « **Reply #127 on:** July 23, 2008, 15:56:30 »

the san marzano are nearly there, golden sunrise and tigerella are on the menu today ;D

sunloving · « **Reply #128 on:** July 23, 2008, 16:08:10 »

I had my first ripe sungold yesterday, delicious. :-*

Drove in the drive after work feeling a bit frazzled to see this orange jewel just waiting to be picked. Made all my stresses melt away . Then i patroled the garden gobbling peas and raspberries .
July is a great time to be a gardener!
Sungold rule!
sunloving

Rhubarb Thrasher · « **Reply #129 on:** July 23, 2008, 16:42:46 »

i'm nearly "just" about confident we'll get tomatoes this year, and the first ones will be .....Gardener's Delight unless the lime Green Salads are already ripe and we don't know :D

davyw1 · « **Reply #130 on:** July 23, 2008, 17:50:03 »

Try putting some Potash on to help them along.

tartonterro · « **Reply #131 on:** July 23, 2008, 18:03:14 »

not very well this year - very few flowers, no fruit so far and the tomitilos i planted have turned out to be tomatoes - well disapointed

tim · « **Reply #132 on:** July 23, 2008, 18:24:32 »

Potash? But we all feed weekly, don't we?

Barnie - mille > centi - strange??

Fork - wish I could grow them like that - so healthy!

Fork · « **Reply #133 on:** July 23, 2008, 19:47:58 »

I gave mine a dose of Sulphate Of Potash last night.....but only a small helping just to help the ripening along.Too much will "stop" the smaller tomatoes growing any bigger I think?

Im getting impatient for some red tomatoes ;D

Thanks Tim.The fruit looks healthy enough but the leaves looked terrible thats why I removed so many.

tonybloke · « **Reply #134 on:** July 23, 2008, 19:50:57 »

Quote from: manicscousers on July 21, 2008, 19:26:44

we've had our first 6 toms ripened, tigerella :)
plums are on the way, 1 golden sunrise needs a couple more days and the beefsteak will be next weekend, unless it gets really hot ;D

when did you sow the seed , manics? I'm harvesting enough to be giving 'em away at the moment!! ;)

manicscousers · « **Reply #135 on:** July 23, 2008, 20:02:06 »

the golden sunrise and tigers were end of january, the rest were early march..I don't think the weather has helped up here ;D

Sinbad7 · « **Reply #136 on:** July 23, 2008, 22:07:16 »

I'm over the moon with my tomatoes this year, all to the kindness of members on here who sent me seeds, I did lose the names on them but have loads and loads of fruits but haven't a clue what they are but I don't care, a home-grown tom is a home-grown tom and after so many years of losing the crop to blight I have high hopes for this year.

I picked my first nearly red one today and am finishing the ripening off on the windowsill, I just couldn't wait any longer to pick it, it seems to have taken ages to go nearly red :)

Sinbad

beanie3 · « **Reply #137 on:** July 23, 2008, 22:14:09 »

Okay probably a very daft and very open ended question but when should i have planted my tomatoes in a non-heated greenhouse?

I have a feeling i maybe of been far too late - they went in at around april - but have hardly any fruit.....or do i need to be patient..... ???

jordsbabe · « **Reply #138 on:** July 23, 2008, 22:38:38 »

Should i be excited i've just got flowers on my millions or like the post above are they going to amount to nothing as i was late planting them?

Larkshall · « **Reply #139 on:** July 23, 2008, 23:15:24 »

Mine are very late, no ripe tomatoes yet

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