Anyone got ripe toms yet ?
I have planted loads of types and they are all still green.None are in the greenhouse though maybe i should have left some in there
Nothing going red yet either in the GH or outside, but Red Alert cherry toms are slowly starting to change colour. They are on the south-facing patio in pots.
Tricia
Yee ha, got one ripe tomato, and some others starting to blush.
valmarg
Nowt here in Kent yet.
No red tomatoes on my plot in East Finchley yet, or anyone else's on the site as far as I can see. But everything is now growing strongly and looks fantastic.
none in wales either
Nothing in the west of Scotland either:-(
Meg
the tigerellas in the poly are just starting to turn, this warmth might help ;D
got a few on my bush types ripening now in the greenhouse, right on the south coast here
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,43437.0.html
Had the first few of the "absurdly early" Latah from real seeds last week. Better than last year, when I didn't get any until mid-August. Didn't have a lot of taste, but better than shop ones (I think)
Sally
Not even here in Western France! And I was quick off the mark this year ;)
these are outdoors of course. But there are some green ones growing so could be quite soon, epecially if we get a drop of rain.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y253/nonrancher/a57a94d5.jpg)
Yes, here, but Delaware has such a different climate than you're dealing with over there.
"Polfast" variety. The earliest I've ever grown, usually don't have toms come in until close to mid-July but this year tried this new variety and used a coldframe. Then when set out used mirrors and pruning. Not sure how much the mirrors have helped though, may be just my imagination.
Thats kind of good to know that we are all in the same boat, but i'm sure last year we had had toms all through june and at this rate we'll be lucky to get a few by end of july
I've had some cucumbers though so not all lost
check out tomato update on 'under glass' thread!
I haven't even got flowers yet! :o
Flowers but only the odd marble-sized green tom so far.
It would help if in my hurry to cut off some wayward shoots on my lottie toms that I didn't cut off a fruiting branch by mistake...... :-[
Have some green fruits, but all plants not as far on as this time last year.. :-\
tigerella nearly there, planted in the poly early march ;D
beefsteak planted the same time
Quote from: timnsal on July 01, 2008, 09:43:34
Had the first few of the "absurdly early" Latah from real seeds last week. Better than last year, when I didn't get any until mid-August. Didn't have a lot of taste, but better than shop ones (I think)
Sally
Just flowers on my Latah, I had buckets full of Latah by this time in 2006, lost all to blight in 2007.
Nice tom though.
Some of my basket toms (whippersnapper) are on the "turn"... ;D
No flowers here, but I was late sowing this year. ??? ;D ;D ;D
Same here, a few flowers and one small green tomato so far. No blight though, unlike last year when I lost most of my crop so fingers crossed.
I've been in some garden centres and pretend garden centres like homebase and they seem to have ripe toms.I did try one today and it was bitter, then i thought they migth be treating these with spray but no ill effects yet
I'm in Stirling, Scotland and only just getting ripe Sungolds. although I think they are a few weeks ahead this year.