Is it time to start ????

[Farmer_Gyles]

and i've just read on another thread about someone starting peppers in january ....

hmmmm

[zazen999]

Exactly...if you want to try some then do it; just be aware that they can fail this early. But be surprised if they make it. Just don't make it the main sowing and use a few spare seeds and not the whole lot.

Personally, I enjoyed my early toms, so am trying it again this year.

[kate&rob]

would you say the sub arctic toms are tasteless? i have a packet of seeds for that variety, i'm not a great tomato fan so the ones i do plant i want to be tasty.

[jacob marley]

would you say the sub arctic toms are tasteless? i have a packet of seeds for that variety, i'm not a great tomato fan so the ones i do plant i want to be tasty.

They are not woth wasting good compost on i grew some last year they take age's to ripen and ain't worth the effort sorry i could go on....jacob

[Wren]

Hi Kate&rob,

quite a few of us grew the sub arctic toms last year an were of the opinion that they were late to mature (i had two turn red and the rest were made into green tomato chutney) and the few red ones i had tasted rubbish, many of us were generally disappointed in them ( including me) and that is one verity i will not be growing again. If you want the few plants you grow to be tasty red tomato's then avoid 'sub arctic plenty'.

Wren

[kate&rob]

thanks for the info, wont bother with them then. i only like tomatoes in ketchup (and only heinz) so they will have to be special ones when i do. can anyone recoment a really tasty, sweet tomato?

[zazen999]

Fortunately for me, the Aurora were lovely, and the Grushovka were the best of all my tomatoes last year [I grew about 10 different types]. Which is why I'm trying three different russian types this year.

I've never had sub arctic plenty; but other did say they weren't all that nice.

[Flummery]

Interesting Andrea. I didn't like Black Russian either, which I grew some years ago. Had a bit of a downer on the russian types becasue of this - I'm glad to hear there ARE some tasty ones!

[zazen999]

Oh Yes - grushovka were totally magic.

[miffy]

early broad beans are o.k, i have tried to sow earlier and just killed things, it is worth waiting that little bit longer just so you don't waste valuable seed and have a disappointing start to the new year.