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Worried about tomatoes. Got loads of different ones all growing together. Then I read about bagging - too late!!
Tomatoes... dead easy... ferment or not? ;D
According to the Garden Organci guidelines some tomatoes have a protruding stigma and these are the ones that need isolation or bagging. Unfortunately they are only available to members, so perhaps you should join the HSL follks.I very much enjoy the huge choice of varieties. I have been very please with many of the resulting plants. They seem to leap into action with amazing vigour. You get a choice of six packets and one lucky dip. I presume that the latter are varieties which produce a lot of seed so in general I have found them to be particularly excellent. The only problem now is finding enough space for everything I want to grow.
Ensure that all peas and beans are dried well before depodding. This is usually done on the plant but they need to be lifted before the 1st frosts. If they are not dry when you pick them then you can put them on a radiator or windowsill to dry a bit more. They need to be stored somewhere dry and frost free, and of course labelled – with the variety, maybe growing habit and year collected. To test the seeds (to ensure viability) try germinating a few, if they go mouldy they need to be left longer to dry out