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Ate my favorite tomato Cherokee Green last night!
Harvesting, Brandywine, Green Grape, Fuzzy Peach, Matina, Jap Black Trifle, Yellow Pear, Black Plum, Orange Bourghese, Wild Rose Red and Dr Carolyn  ;D Makes for some vivid tomato salads!!!  :D

I build a polythene tomato house each year and the toms in there are doing okay - plenty of leaf, flowers and little fruits but its going to be a while before they ripen. The rest are all outdoors and although a bit smaller plants also seem to be doing okay. Looks like the outside gaternperle and tumblers wll be the first to crop though. I am realy waiting for the jap black trifele, yellow pear, cherokee purple, emerald evergreen, black plum and others I have received from swaps to ripen - I am looking forward to a colourful tom salad like Biscombes  ;D

What climate zone are you in TGG? Britain is about Zone 8, apparently, so your results may not be comparable.

and Biscome is in sunny Spain.....  ;D We have some ripe Whippersnapper in baskets but don't expect proper toms until Mid July ....  :-\ can hardly wait...

I  have had 7 yes 7 gardeners delight cherry tomatoes  ;D
and another type that is blushing a little this morning, i will have to find the label to see what it is
lbb

Robert_Brenchley zone has nothing to due with it. Since zone only tells the lowest temp range during winter. Which is used as a  guide for survivability of perennial plants though winter.

The secrets ,tips and techniques I used to get such an early crop are quit simple.

well my 6 tomato plants that i raised from seed are about three tall and loads of green tomato's on them and dare i say it a few nearly ripe. Ive kept them in the greenhouse but i do have one outside and its got a couple on it as well cant wait to eat one yummy

Quote from: thegreatgardener on July 12, 2008, 13:40:05

The secrets ,tips and techniques I used to get such an early crop are quit simple.

Any chance of sharing them then.... don't leave us hanging!

Quote from: thegreatgardener on July 12, 2008, 13:40:05
Robert_Brenchley zone has nothing to due with it. Since zone only tells the lowest temp range during winter. Which is used as a  guide for survivability of perennial plants though winter.

The secrets ,tips and techniques I used to get such an early crop are quit simple.

If your summer temperature is higher than mine, that certainly does affect the results! I know very well that climate zones are decided by lowest temperatures, but I think it's obvious that Zone 1, to take it to extremes, will have a lower summer temperature than Zone 11. Now do you have anything positive to contribute?

Quote from: northener on July 11, 2008, 22:18:42
You're not feeding them are you?

Yes on tomato feed. 

When I said 2 ft that was very optimistic.  Nothing much is growing well in the greenhouse tbh (cucumbers and peppers look dodgy as well (shrivelled or yellow (some leaves) but the marigolds (unfed are flying!).

on a couple of my tomatoe plants (millions) one or two of the leaves have got white marks on them, almost as if they have been scorched, which obiviously they haven't due to our british summer? Any idea what that could be?

Robert_Brenchley in the case summer heat you might check to see what heat zone or degree days your area in if someone has bothered calculated them for area.

jonny211 sure I post them when I get chance in day or two.

And an idea of your total harvest for one plant?  If you can get 10lb by this time, the total must be immense - ie on a commercial sale, growing to 30' or so?

And you're unheated??

These yields are pretty poor for a troll!

Mine are rather chilly.

Clueless- I think you've started feeding them too early thats why the leaves have gone yellow. Wait till they get little green toms on the lowest truss.

I'm renaming my Sweet Millions - Sweet FA  ::)

Quote from: Trixiebelle on July 13, 2008, 08:58:23
I'm renaming my Sweet Millions - Sweet FA  ::)

PMSL me too!!!

Ollie so how many pounds of tomatoes do you get off your san marzano plants, do you get them all at once or over a period of time, and how big is each fruit.

Quote from: thegreatgardener on July 13, 2008, 10:42:35
Ollie so how many pounds of tomatoes do you get off your san marzano plants, do you get them all at once or over a period of time, and how big is each fruit.

I get far less than you, in a worse timescale than you, and they are invariably all smaller than even your smallest. But I'd expect that because you're so clever and brilliant. Yawn.