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It's weird; although my tomato plants were pretty late in being planted into their final positions, and were nearly all flowering when they were, 'Sweet Olive' is usually the first to fruit and ripen, but this year althought it had fruit first, 'Thai Pink Egg' looks as though it will win the race this year! Also doing well, HSL 'Orange Heart', 'Orange Banana' and 'Legend' have started to change colour slightly.... ;D

I'm trying something different this year, no sideshoots or leaves below the first truss, then letting them go, tying in the sideshoots as they grow. We shall see if I get a bigger yield this way!

Intresting Deb, i think you may get a bigger crop quantity wise, but i wonder if you will be down on size and wieght, wonder if this will affect the size of the seeds
Regardless, hope it works the way you want it

Tony - not sown till 15 May but a bit daunting??

if half of those flowers set....................................... ;)

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some of todays tom's. going to enter them in local flower / produce show 2morra

I would have put a photo of my pickings, but its hardly worth taking a photo of two black russian toms

We had the first of the season yesterday-`Matina`- a standard red with a decent flavour-nothing too complicated and fairly low in acid.

Yipee!! I won the Tomato class at my local hortic show !! ;)  8)

Well done TonyBloke,
Mine are not there yet, but I am sure the little green ones will go red in time. Me thinks I put them out to late.

Well done Tony...  :)

Well done Tony what did you bench.

15 gardeners delight, 1st prize
2 cucumber 'cumlaude' 1st prize
plate blackcurrants (sprigs) 1st prize
9 runner beans 1st prize
plate redcurrants (sprigs) 2nd prize
20 gosseberries 2nd prize

1 x single fuchsia (novice section) 1st prize and a cup!!
1 x double fuchsia, 2nd prize

Not a bad day !! 8) 8)

Quote from: davyw1 on July 10, 2009, 20:47:12
I would have put a photo of my pickings, but its hardly worth taking a photo of two black russian toms

Davy, I'm eager to hear about your Russian toms. I'm trying Anna Russian and Black Krim for the first time. Anna is heart shaped with a definite point on the end and very flimsy looking plants though the tomatoes look like they'll be a hefty size. The Black Krim are just beginning to turn darkish orange but the shoulder is dark green still and cracked- I was wondering what color they should be to pick??

(A ground hog gnawed away half of a ripe-ish one last night  >:(   )

Congrats, Tonybloke- you swept them clean, didn't you!

Sounds like a good meal, Tony?

the show is on for 2 days, but yes, it'lll make a good meal tonight!! ;)

Not in the running this year, but who cares??

When you consider the lack of light we have.

any chance of some seed, tim? ;)

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ships saint and lucciola?

A few - e-mail me?