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Title: Tomatoes
Post by: EMD on 28 August 2015, 13:06:22

Poor crop of tomatoes this year so chucked them all in the bin  :(
They were grown outside and the cold nights ruined them . Won't
bother anymore when you can buy a pack for
99p  ::)

Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: Varche on 28 August 2015, 13:27:07

I know how you feel. I have just the opposite trouble- too hot. Our July was the hottest since records began in 1942.

Planted mine May21st. Big fruit tomatoes that grow up canes. Everyone seems to have had the same trouble. I have three normal size fruits developing  from eight plants watered daily :o

Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: Andy B on 28 August 2015, 13:56:17

Quote from: Varche on 28 August 2015, 13:27:07

..... Our July was the hottest since records began in 1942.

 .....

no need to brag!  ;) ;)

Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: Figureman52 on 28 August 2015, 14:07:45

Doing well here. No difference between the greenhouse grown and the spare plants growing outdoors. :)

One pack of seeds resulted in 80 plants.

Ripening at a rate we can eat them so far but preparing for the onslaught to come. :D

Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 28 August 2015, 14:11:35

I've had a decent crop of runner beans but they don't seem as tasty as usual, a little watery....  :-\  Any ideas?  :)

Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: EMD on 28 August 2015, 15:44:19

Had a few mutant tomatoes , some with little spike shapes growing out and a few double ones  ??? must be the acid rain ive been watering them with  ;D Now at least there's enough rain water stored for the rest of the year  ::)

Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 28 August 2015, 18:36:40

Quote from: EMD on 28 August 2015, 13:06:22

Poor crop of tomatoes this year so chucked them all in the bin  :(
They were grown outside and the cold nights ruined them . Won't
bother anymore when you can buy a pack for
99p  ::)

Most supermarkets toms taste of precisely nothing. The big 'salad tomatoes' being the worst. :-\

Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: STEMO on 28 August 2015, 18:55:32

I got three plants off a fella who has an allotment at the back. I potted them, left them outside and ignored them. Got a load of lovely, tasty cherry toms.  ;D

Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: EMD on 28 August 2015, 19:02:37

Quote from: STEMO on 28 August 2015, 18:55:32

I got three plants off a fella who has an allotment at the back. I potted them, left them outside and ignored them. Got a load of lovely, tasty cherry toms.  ;D

I watered and fed mine , this is how they repay me  ::) Its a bit like tending to your omega , leave it alone and all is fine .. start fettling with it and it plays up  ::)

Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 28 August 2015, 19:30:27

Quote from: EMD on 28 August 2015, 19:02:37

Quote from: STEMO on 28 August 2015, 18:55:32

I got three plants off a fella who has an allotment at the back. I potted them, left them outside and ignored them. Got a load of lovely, tasty cherry toms.  ;D

I watered and fed mine , this is how they repay me  ::) Its a bit like tending to your omega , leave it alone and all is fine .. start fettling with it and it plays up  ::)

Much the same with women. :)

Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: Lazydocker on 28 August 2015, 21:31:56

Mother in law had that problem last year... This year she planted extra plants... Greenhouse is bursting at the seams!!!

Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: Vamps on 29 August 2015, 23:57:15

We used to get a regular supply of surples tomatoes, home grown by our elderly neighbour, so full of flavour, far more than in any supermarket tomato........ :y :y

Sadly he passed away last year, and his wife is unable to keep up with everything they did............ :( :(