Author Topic: First tomatoes colouring (Read 11371 times)

manicscousers · « **Reply #20 on:** July 14, 2012, 19:54:03 »

Galina yellow just turning ;D

tricia · « **Reply #21 on:** July 14, 2012, 22:55:23 »

My outdoor toms have either been binned due to blight or have hardly set fruit yet alone started to turn colour! Those indoors look healthy still, but the fruit are very small and still very green! Hey ho! Looks like I'll be buying passata for sauces and soups this coming winter.

Tricia

Jayb · « **Reply #22 on:** July 15, 2012, 15:56:04 »

Winecap, I like Latah too, a nice tomato. I'm not growing any this year though.

Don't lose heart Tricia, you never know perhaps we will have an Indian summer ;D

sunloving · « **Reply #23 on:** July 16, 2012, 08:42:05 »

Hooray, the very first ripe tom, was a sungold after all and wonderful. Fingers crossed for the rest of the year now.
x sunloving

Stevens706 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 16, 2012, 12:37:51 »

Soon my Precious Soon

Sorry Lord of the Rings moment, I have about 3 Tigerella just starting to turn

Trevor_D · « **Reply #25 on:** July 16, 2012, 14:58:50 »

What's a tomato?

I've got two greenhouses with plants in, plus a lean-to - 25 in total - plus two beds outside - another 50 or so - and I've got about six green tomatoes in total. The fruit isn't setting and the blossoms are falling off. And one bed has blight, even though I've sprayed twice.

I normally reckon to freeze enough sauce and puree to last the year. I think it's tinned for me for the next twelve months. And as for chutney....

strawberry1 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 16, 2012, 15:09:57 »

outdoor strillo are turning :)

Jayb · « **Reply #27 on:** July 17, 2012, 07:31:13 »

Quote from: sunloving on July 16, 2012, 08:42:05

Hooray, the very first ripe tom, was a sungold after all and wonderful. Fingers crossed for the rest of the year now.
x sunloving

And what a beauty ;D

Which brings Sungold into the lead so far for first ripe :)

Jayb · « **Reply #28 on:** July 17, 2012, 07:42:23 »

Quote from: Stevens706 on July 16, 2012, 12:37:51

Soon my Precious Soon

Sorry Lord of the Rings moment, I have about 3 Tigerella just starting to turn

lol hope they are good ones ;D
But sadly it looks like homegrown ripe tomatoes are going to be precious this year.

Sorry to hear that Trevor, I've got blight here on my toms too, inside and out :( Hoping I caught it early enough to at least get a few more ripe ones. I've removed loads of foliage and check twice a day for new spots. I love tomatoes :'(

gazza1960 · « **Reply #29 on:** July 17, 2012, 08:24:29 »

So,thats a tomato....same here,both GH and PT have awesome green growth and the outdoors and hangers aint much different,just NO fruit amoungst em....well Pea sized.
No blight as yet,but the 30 or so glass jars I had planned to store Italian Marzano will now be filled with different amounts of water and set up "drum kit style"and played rythym section with 2 rhubarb stalks to the sun gods as mere pleading has fallen on deaf ears..... :(

Gazza

Jeannine · « **Reply #30 on:** July 17, 2012, 17:13:30 »

Just a quickie.

Of all the tomatoes I am growing it is Kimberley that has won the rioeneing race,last week I got 1 this week I got about a dozen of the same plant, bery short season tomato..worth looking into.
Way before anything else,oh and outdoors by the way.
XX Jeannine

BarriedaleNick · « **Reply #31 on:** July 17, 2012, 18:58:37 »

Picked a couple for dinner yesterday but I have had a litany of tomatoe disaters this year so I wont be pasting many..
Outdoor toms are looking grim even with an early start.

Jayb · « **Reply #32 on:** July 17, 2012, 21:51:49 »

Kimberley, not one I've tried, but good to know they are good, I'll keep my eye out for them :)

Quote from: BarriedaleNick on July 17, 2012, 18:58:37

Picked a couple for dinner yesterday but I have had a litany of tomatoe disaters this year so I wont be pasting many..
Outdoor toms are looking grim even with an early start.

It's not good is it :'( Let me know if you need more seeds for any varieties you had from me :)

galina · « **Reply #33 on:** July 17, 2012, 22:24:25 »

The Glaciers are starting to change colour - pretty late considering they are an ultra early variety. A welcome sight :)

Jayb · « **Reply #34 on:** July 17, 2012, 22:36:55 »

So far we have;

Ailsa Craig - 1
Galina - 1
Garden Pearl - 1
Gardeners Delight - 0
Giant Navikova - 1
Glacier - 1
Kimberley - 1
Latah - 1
Strillo - 1
Sungold - 3
Tigerella - 1
Tumbler - 2

Ninnyscrops. · « **Reply #35 on:** July 17, 2012, 23:15:30 »

Quote from: Trevor_D on July 16, 2012, 14:58:50

What's a tomato?

I've got two greenhouses with plants in, plus a lean-to - 25 in total - plus two beds outside - another 50 or so - and I've got about six green tomatoes in total. The fruit isn't setting and the blossoms are falling off. And one bed has blight, even though I've sprayed twice.

I normally reckon to freeze enough sauce and puree to last the year. I think it's tinned for me for the next twelve months. And as for chutney....

Same here, Trevor. Loads of greenery on the toms in the greenhouses, plus a few flowers (that I've been trying to pollinate with a pigeon feather and by shaking) but not a set fruit yet. Ones at the plot have lots of flowers, no set fruit either. Those for sale in the front garden, have had bud drop.

A fruitless season so far :'(

The jetstream is going northwards up the country so here's hoping for a late summer (I don't want and Indian one as that involves frost!)

Ninny

Jeannine · « **Reply #36 on:** July 17, 2012, 23:35:23 »

Jay, don't look for Kimberley I will pop some in with the corn seeds XX |Jeannine

Jayb · « **Reply #37 on:** July 20, 2012, 06:47:08 »

Fingers crossed here Ninny for that late summer :)

Thank you Jeannine that would be super :)

cestrian · « **Reply #38 on:** July 21, 2012, 19:30:20 »

I noticed my first tomato starting to turn red today - Gardeners delight!

I've got quite a lot of green toms in the green house. It's great to see them start to turn. I can't wait to try them out.

susan1 · « **Reply #39 on:** July 22, 2012, 09:48:21 »

Just eaten my first sungold and it was delicious, gd still doing well :)

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