Tomato shortage 2009

[BumbleB]

Just heard that there appears to be prediction of a shortage in the shops this year. I think I will grow on more of my smaller plants instead of giving away!

Probable tomato shortage in UK this summer

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/articles....cles&ID=199550

Probable tomato shortage in UK this summer

[Iamhanuman]

blimey
time to sow some more methinks.................

[Iamhanuman]

oooh it's posted again
lovely
at least there isn't a shortage of this message!

[BumbleB]

Lol, not sure how that happened !

[BumbleB]

If there is a shortage - we can sell ours on the black market, lol

[SarzWix]

I've merged your thread BumbleB

And WOW, it makes our home-growing efforts even more significant doesn't it? Just wondering how I can afford to put up another greenhouse now...

[rana]

A shortrage could be a good thing - supermarket consumers may be forced to eat real tomatoes instead of those tasteless round orange things from Spain

[lottie dolly]

I've merged your thread BumbleB

And WOW, it makes our home-growing efforts even more significant doesn't it? Just wondering how I can afford to put up another greenhouse now...

knock some stakes in the ground,and cover with plastic,even easier if you have raised beds,the same principle as a long clotch,but taller and square instead of round,but make 1 side taller than the other,so the water runs of,

[BumbleB]

I've merged your thread BumbleB

And WOW, it makes our home-growing efforts even more significant doesn't it? Just wondering how I can afford to put up another greenhouse now...

Thanks SarzWix

Lets hope we all have perfect tomato growing weather this year

[jackie j]

So far I have loads of plants coming along nicely, just hope I get some tomatoes this year as I lost all 60 plus plants last year at some point, from seeds not germinating to finally blight not one tomato here.

[BumbleB]

I grew 6 large plants last year and they all grew well with lots of toms and no blight, we even moved house with them.

[SarzWix]

We managed to keep ourselves in tomatoes and related products til the end of February from last years crop. Have less undercover space this year though, so I'll have to try LD's idea...

[sweetiepea]

knock some stakes in the ground,and cover with plastic,even easier if you have raised beds,the same principle as a long clotch,but taller and square instead of round,but make 1 side taller than the other,so the water runs of,

Excuse the question but would that really be a viable option? Bramble kindly gave me a number of plants at the weekend, which I intend to grow in the greenhouse (as its too cold here to grow toms outside). I've been offered a few more but have no where for them, but if the 'cloch' idea works I would give it a try. Is there more risk of blight using this method than in the greenhouse?

[lottie dolly]

Excuse the question but would that really be a viable option? Bramble kindly gave me a number of plants at the weekend, which I intend to grow in the greenhouse (as its too cold here to grow toms outside). I've been offered a few more but have no where for them, but if the 'cloch' idea works I would give it a try. Is there more risk of blight using this method than in the greenhouse?

if anything it will protect them,if only for a few more weeks,it does not have to be anything elaborate,try sketching it on paper first,then go through the motions of knocking it together in your head,that way you will maybe come up with an idea,all your own,but first sort out any bits of wood you have,......and any inexpensive plastic/poly will suffice for this season,just as long as it has a little slope on the top to enable the rain to run off,or you run the risk of a cave in as the ploy will sag,best of luck

[BumbleB]

Someone mentioned on a earlier thread about the poly covers from dry cleaners and turning these into a tall cloche - not sure how this might work but I suppose we all need to get our idea caps on.