Author Topic: Tomato growing competition for 2012..biggest fruit, just for fun (Read 82459 times)

Nigel B · « **Reply #200 on:** May 28, 2012, 12:25:21 »

The Delicious and Grandfather Ashlock are flowering and doing well. Everything's hale and hearty as far as I can see so far...
Are you folks really going to the extreme of leaving only one fruit on a plant?
I can see I'm going to have to put my serious trousers on.

goodlife · « **Reply #201 on:** May 28, 2012, 12:57:56 »

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I can see I'm going to have to put my serious trousers on ;D..OH YES..this is not 'half hearted' competition even if it is just for fun.. ;) Get your trousers on.. ;D

Jeannine · « **Reply #202 on:** May 28, 2012, 19:36:37 »

Not my idea Goodie,a wonderful one from Sunloving.

I do have a kiln as most of you know and it may be used if Sunloving wins.

We will see what we will see.

XX Jeannine

Ninnyscrops. · « **Reply #203 on:** May 28, 2012, 23:25:09 »

Flowers, :o and more flowers :o, mine are still sinking their roots ::)

Ninny ;D

sunloving · « **Reply #204 on:** May 29, 2012, 09:22:54 »

Jeannine i think your kiln could stay safely cold! (how wonderful to have one at home- except for the electricity bill!) especially as you've already got fruit on! Mine are just putting out side shoots and not much else at the moment. However its early days :)

I'll throw it tonight.
x sunloving

Jeannine · « **Reply #205 on:** May 29, 2012, 17:37:10 »

Sunloving I have had a kiln since forever really, I ran a teaching studio in Canada for many years and it became something I always had to have even after I decided to give that up.

The one I have now is a baby one, it will go to cone 6 so I can still fire porcelain greenware i it but I wanted it mainly for china painting. U still have projects that I have had in boxes fro 15 years and am determioned to one day finish them..cough cough..well hoping to. I bought it last year and so far have not used it. When I left Canada ceramics and pottery was a very big hobby but ut seems it has gone now so the suppliers are no longer loacal for most things. I have been promising myself a trip to Seattle to pick up porcelain slip as I want to make some dollshouse folks. One of these days.

XX Jeannine

sunloving · « **Reply #206 on:** May 30, 2012, 09:41:06 »

You are a multi talented lady. I'm a beginner and whilst my throwing is okay i have many glazing disasters and so lots to learn. Thats strange about clay supplies. Hope you can hunt down an on line supplier and fire up the kiln one of these days.

x sunloving

Jeannine · « **Reply #207 on:** May 30, 2012, 18:50:51 »

Not as talented as you sweetie. I had to hand build a couple of pots and throw one on wheel to get my teachers certification many years ago but I was useless at both and never did it again. I scraped through that bit om certification..just.

I prefer to use molds and liquid slip. Of course all of my molds are long gone apart from some repro antique doll heads and my dollshouse people.

I have some dolls that I spent a great many hours carving details into the dry porcelain greenware before firing that are still not china painted and I want to finish them as I have all the antique silks and antique laces to dress them. Sadly once dolls became popular thousands of cheap ones turned up in shops and mail order and the very differnt artist ones that can cost a great deal of money were lumped in with them. It used to make me laugh. I spent more on a pair of hand blown glass eyes than folks spent on three dolls, but I guess that is the wau things go.

However I must finish the dozen or so I have half done.

XX Jeannine

Squash64 · « **Reply #208 on:** June 13, 2012, 13:14:07 »

This is my giant Navikova today, grown from seed sent by a very kind A4Aer.

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Jeannine · « **Reply #209 on:** June 13, 2012, 19:52:55 »

OOH, that looks serious, that one has got me worried.

XX Jeannine

manicscousers · « **Reply #210 on:** June 13, 2012, 21:02:18 »

Me, too, Bags I the wooden spoon ;D

Jeannine · « **Reply #211 on:** June 13, 2012, 21:11:24 »

Mine are sulking in the cold,, I might win the plant with the least produce on it competition !!

XX Jeannine

Nigel B · « **Reply #212 on:** June 13, 2012, 22:44:36 »

Ooookay.. Squash64... Very good! 8) Thanks for giving us a quick look. I reckon you've peeked to early though. ;D

Ninnyscrops. · « **Reply #213 on:** June 14, 2012, 00:28:27 »

True Brandywines in the greenhouse, not even a flower yet :( Brandywine crosses out in the open loads of flower buds :)

Maybe not throwing in the towel yet ;) - no closing date on the competition is there? ;D

Ninny x

sunloving · « **Reply #214 on:** June 14, 2012, 08:38:49 »

Oh! Thats far ahead, mine are still just growing like crazy and the only fruit ive got on is on the sungolds and they wont win any prizes!

But loads of time yet! Good luck all.
Trophy out of biscuit fire and ready for glazing :)
x sunloving

saddad · « **Reply #215 on:** June 14, 2012, 09:16:52 »

I don't even have any set fruit yet... :-X

Deb P · « **Reply #216 on:** June 14, 2012, 10:11:38 »

My Polish Giant plants are living up to their name, covered in flowers but no fruit set yet, and aren't even in their final pots yet!

Jeannine · « **Reply #217 on:** June 14, 2012, 20:43:04 »

Ninny, you need to trip the flowers to get good pollination in the greenhouse. The flower is self pollinating but gently shaking the plants, using a fan or buzzing them with an electric toothbrush shakes the pollen down to where it needs to be, if outside the natural movemenet of the wind would do it.

Go tickle them!!

XX Jeannine

Ninnyscrops. · « **Reply #218 on:** June 14, 2012, 22:19:12 »

Will do, thank you Jeannine :)

Ninny

sunloving · « **Reply #219 on:** June 23, 2012, 08:01:56 »

Despite the deluge my big zac has finally got little fruit on it. Whoop whoop.

Just need a bit of sun now.

and i glazed the trophy on tues will see what it looks like next week.
x sunloving

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