How are your outside toms?

[marigold007]

Im not sure if im being stupid, but is this actually what is says of technical terms for something else?

No question is stupid.. I do believe it is exactly what it says it is just dried and ground up into powder. There's lots of calcium and stuff in it that will prevent some tomato illnesses.

There are too many beasties at the allotment for me to dig in fresh fish.

[Pumpkin Becki]

Im not sure if im being stupid, but is this actually what is says, or is it technical terms for something else?

Hi Teamladd, its a commonly used fertiliser which is basically dried blood, fish and bone, and its been ground up so that the nutrients these elements contain are more readily available for the plants to absorb. Its used as a soil top dressing, and is lightly forked into the surface.

Hope that helps

[Borisbump]

I'm growing , Money Maker, Garden Pearl, Balconi Yellow and Tigerella.

Garden Pearl are flowering prolifically but not many fruits yet.
Balconi Yellow have fruit but still small
Money Makers, not very tall yet but very sturdy and have started to flower.
Tigerella, given these late in the growing season not sure they will get anywhere yet.

[hamsterqueen]

Mine are just starting to do something , have grown about a foot in teh last week and have 1 or two trusses forming. A couple of green baby tomatoes but nothing startling.

[OllieMartin]

I planted mine out quite late. They thrived when I first put them out, but they don't seem to be doing much now. They're all just short of a foot tall.

Anyone know if I'm likely to get any fruit this season?

No idea what variety they are, they were a present.

[Flummery]

Outdoors on the allotment I have Red Alert - not sown particularly early as I hace no means of keeping them all growing from a very early start. They are flowering at the moment.

Outdoors in pots I have my experimental toms. These have fruits set but not yet ripe. Some of these experiments are in pots in the greenhouse and have ripened up for tasting purposes (F3 sungolds, in an attempt to get a decent non-F1 with sungold taste, and sungold crossed with a heritgae tom - again to get the sungold flavour without having to buy expensive seed evey year.) These are so far the only ripe toms I've had but as 'my babies' I've nurtured them a bit! Outdoors it will be another month I think.

[taff]

I've got a mixture outside that were brought on in the greenhouse and then planted out, or potted out depending on space.
They range from 2 ft, to 4/5 ft, all have flowers, some have fruit forming but not ripe. The ones in the ground didn't seem to have grown much, but then I realised I had to tie them in again, so it must just be my eyesight that's shot.
I think the plum ones [mix-up at seedling stage so i can't tell which ones they are yet] are doing the best so far.

[selfraising]

All mine are in pots outside and growbags. I have Roma, Marmand, Ildi, Olivade, tumbling tom, sweet million, and money maker. Olivade have three flower trusses and the lower ones are just starting to set fruit. 1 Marmand has set fruit. Tumbling tom has set fruit and so have Roma. The others have flower trusses but no fruit yet.

[Maximillian]

I have about 20 plants. I usually do a lucky dip. I have pomodorino, sungold and a mix of large, cherry, red yellow and orange, and I've also done a "black" tomato this year but deliberately don't label them. I like the surprise of seeing what comes up! They are at various stages from 6" high to first tomatoes showing, all sown fron from seed on the windowsill and hardened off for the plot.