Allotments 4 All

a lot of people outdoor toms are being decimated by blight again this year and i was wondering what size crops do you all generally grow outdoors.

i can fit 12 plants in my garden beds so i grow 12 varieties one plant each.

on an allotment how much do you all aim for?

I had 14 plants, 7 each side of the support in an 8' raised bed. I grew french beans at the same time as I planted the toms, and now the toms are blighted and coming out, at least I have something in their place...... :-\

I'm growing just four this year!
My plot neighbour Joe, who's Italian, is growing dozens of various varieties, as he always does, including some in hanging baskets.

I usually grow so many, around 20-30 plants, in pots, all huddled together, but they never do very well. I never want to do that many, but when they germinate well I find it hard to throw them away!!

This year I aimed for 6 and ended up with 7! And was then given 2 by F.inLaw!
I have spread them around a bit more this year, and have only grown 3 Pomadoro, 2 gardeners delight and 2 Red pear. FinLaw gave us 2 money makers.

I only grow them at home, as they never last long at the allotment due to blight.

I have 36 plants covering 27 varieties.  All looking good so far, everything crossed!

i've got 5 rows of 6, and 1 row of 10, plus 2 plants at the plot for a bit of variety. I've sprayed twice and binned 5. About half of the rest are struggling. Downhearted? A little bit

I've got 12 plants this year, 2 black russian, 1 shirley, 1 sun cherry, 2 sweet million 6 gardeners delight. All ok as of yesterday, (fingers crossed!) but they have been sprayed several times, and I've been cutting off suspect leaves.
KittyKatt

We have about 30 this year. I know its far too many but we always sow too much of everything ;D

We have 12 in the polytunnel - two each of Tamina, Gardeners delight, costuloto Genovese, Black Russian, Ailsa Craig and Crystal.  Outside we have 5 each Legend and Aurora and 10 Super Roma.  At the house we have 3 gartenperle in hanging baskets and a gardeners delight in a pot.

So far all is OK, we've sprayed twice, there is blight on the site, so are keeping everything crossed.

about 30 plants - most on the plot but some in the garden in pots.  Just taken my first pound or so of cherry toms so still ok here.

About 25 at home (all outdoors), and only three up at allotment this year.

Almost embarassed tosay I've only got 12 plants and they are all inside! ;D

Just counted up here and i Have


         26 plants

Just 10 for me (don't be embarrassed Caroline!).  I have 4 gardeners delight and 2 tigerella in growbags, and 3 marmande and 1 roma in buckets.  All are outdoors at home and I am quite taken with the bucket method this year - I think I'll be doing them all that way next year.

No blight yet (shhhh .... and touching wood).  Some nice trusses forming but still green.  Patience .... ;D

How many do we grow?
When there's blight -not enough
When there's no blight too many
One year even the gas man who came to service the boiler wasn't allowed to leave without a bag of toms and two cues :D

Oh, I didn't mention the 36 in the greenhouse at home, and 10 in the lottie greenhouse......I thought you just wanted to know about outdoor ones..... :-[ :-[ :-[ ::)

I've got 50 or 60 outdoors on the plot (plus another dozen or so in the garden), then 8 in the greenhouse, another 10 in the allotment greenhouse and 4 in the lean-to.

I can't remember how many varieties, but it's upwards of 20, many of them heritage.

Last year was a disaster and I lost virtually the entire crop. The year before, blight struck mid/late summer, but I still had plenty to freeze as sauce or puree, but didn't make any chutney. The year before that I had tons of the stuff, but as we having an extension we ended up with no kitchen!! The builders were taking home bags-ful most nights. (And I still have some of the sauce in the freezer!)

This year??

No blight for me, I think I've got about 25 to 30 plants.
Mainly plum, as I am going to make sauces and ketchup.

Don't grow them now.  Lost about 50 plants worth one year, fruits just ripening, blighted the lot of them.