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I suppose we are all in the wrong zone.

lol davy!

Quote from: beanie3 on July 23, 2008, 22:14:09
Okay probably a very daft and very open ended question but when should i have planted my tomatoes in a non-heated greenhouse? 

I have a feeling i maybe of been far too late - they went in at around april - but have hardly any fruit.....or do i need to be patient..... ???

My tomatoes went in the cold greenhouse in the last week of May.We had a couple of late frosts but they didnt get caught.

phew!
just caught up-sorted the wheat from the chaff-so pleased to have some chums to base comparisons on-

i spent the last of me money on a small polytunnel last year-after the blight!!-
this year i was getting a bit worried that altho i have a reasonable score on the amount ,i have only just picked the first edible one  last night-it was gardeners delight-lovely but so small that unless i fit a special lense  to the camera no-one can see it!
there seem to be a fair few on the plants which are mixed varieties-but the best seem to be cosoluto fiorentino(sorry tim!)and tigerella....
i was wondering-you know bananas produce ethanol which ripens other fruit-what do you think to putting a buch of nanas in the greenhouse lateron in the season to finish off ripening-theres only so much green chutney you can eat!
would it work?
kitty
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I have seen bananas in the tomato greenhouse at Chatsworth.;....I did wonder why they were there!

o goodo!!
thought i was losing me marbles-it was one of those ideas when sleep wont come and you lay there thinking....


i know.... ;D


so-ifits good enough for the devonshires!!! ;)

I THINK I may have one ripe Gardeners Delight ready for eating today, think I will go and stand guard!!!

hey Lorna me too but seeing as its not very big i dont think im gonna offer to share it lol

Well !!! Thursday and a weeks gone by since i took these photo,s ( 17th ) and i was so hoping that he who grows in zone 7 would have put some photo,s on of his tomatoes and give a few tips on how he does it.
I thought i may have learned something to increase my crop and get earlier tomatoes, not to be i suppose.
What can i say other than ?
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sorry all for not posting my pictures of my early set out set-up last weekend but my camera has been giving trouble I will post the pictures this weekend since I have lot on my plate till Sunday. some of are bit impatient but good things come to those who want and those who complain have no reason to since the set-up will not help this time year anyway.

hic !  ;D

Don't forget the fried green tomatoes if you are only thinking chutney for spares. We pick some green specifically for  this and they are smashing..recipe available if anyone needs it.

XX Jeannine

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jeannine i would love the fried green tomato recipe always wanted to try them and also i might be able to get to try some of my tomatoes before i go away  ;D

I would really love the fried green toms recipe as well thanks Jeannine as Ive still only got one tom showing slightly orangey colouring....all the rest are green despite being in a greenhouse  ::)

got some more tigerella and golden sunrise , still, no panic, it is only july and we're usually still picking into november  ;D

Don't you get blight?

it's inside, grawc so they seem to be okay, at least they were last year  :-\
probably shot myself in the foot now  ;D
taken late october

Jeanine-would love the recipe for fried green tomatoes please!
kitty
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Green tomatoes - I reckon that they should just be on the turn.

Here's our state of play. Foliage is a disaster, but we've been picking for 3 weeks - only Cherries & small varieties so far. Second showing of Nectar.