Certainly they first drooped in the heat - my fault - forgot to prepare.
Don't worry Tim we all get those moments.................correction I get these moments ;D
Thought for today!Having grown Tomatoes for more years than I can remember I am wondering if the 'body' has been bred out of some of the varieties?
I am a bit of a traditionalist and mainly grow the tried and tested varieties that have been around the UK for years, and never had problems like those that are about today.
I have one new variety this year and one of my plants has succumbed in a similar manner!
It is a new variety (can't recall the name) that was on display at Tatton park show last and I tasted it and liked it, so much so I wrapped the seeds up in a paper tissue and saved them.
I germinated them this spring and they performed like the rest of the varieties I have grown.
It is an interesting variety in so far as it looks quite different from the others in the greenhouse. It has a very bushy growing tip, the leaves form about 2" apart.
Personally I think it is a bush variety although I am growing it as a cordon.
Waiting now to taste the fruits of my labour.
By the way I have named it; Tatton original isn't it? ::) it will go well with the other varieties I have named.
Namely;
Feurta...............from a tomato I brought back from Feurtaventura in the Canaries
Calahonda ..........ditto a village of Calahonda in southern Spain
Eddies...................ditto I got from my mate Eddy
Josie..............ditto grown by a lady on our allotments.
I save the seed each year from a tomato taken from each variety to prolong the strain.
Before anyone tells me that they won't come true to variety let me tell you
'I dont care' ;) ;D
I like them, my family likes them and people I have given 'tasters' to like them.
Even my grandson who up to a couple of years ago wouldn't eat a tomato .........he likes them!
And to me thats what growing for yourself is all about!
Sorry Tim....I'm having another one of those moments and rambling again! ;)