For those of us who have not had blight.

[HayleyB]

Don't worry get called Hilary regularly
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[Pumpkin Becki]

I don't have a green house or poly tunnel (space constraints) so all my stuff is outside grinning and bearing it.

My toms have finally got loads of flowers, and Sub Arctic Plenty has set a few fruits, but nothing to eat yet. I gave them all a dose of tomato feed at the weekend - they looked like they needed it!

Potatoes seem to be okay, I grew King Edward in bags this year, but it was probably a mistake to do a maincrop as I've had to move the bags a few times, and the very long haulms keep snapping. I think they'll be okay, I gave them a sprinkle of bonemeal and will probably empty one bag at the weekend, just to see whats going on it there.

[SlugLobber]

Greenhouse toms doing ok, but as usual are cherry sized (are moneymaker and garden pearl), but that's possibly because I don't bother pinching out - am never totally sure which bits to pinch where!! I love cherry toms, though and eat them raw, rather than cooked. Outdoor ones didn't do great this year. They are producing some fruit, but are rather dwarfed.

Potatoes so far ok-ish. I had to plant rather early, due to frost affecting the seed potatoes and started them off indoors, moving tubs outside. Many of them have finished quite early and again, they seem to be rather small! Haven't checked the desirees, yet, though, just the APs.

[Flobalob]

Flobalob, how big is your greenhouse?
I managed to squeeze in about 14 in a 6x6, but am planning on making a greenhouse this winter to the side, an approximate size would help-ish...
And Hilary, where did you get/how did you make the pots for the toms? They don't look like rigid pots...am interested for next year, will save me getting 'you're mad' looks form staff at Asdas and Sainsburys

taff. The greenhouse is 8' X 6' It has nine tomato plants in with, a grapevine at the rear. Without the grapevine i guess i could have managed a further 2 plants.
My minds boggling at your 14 plants in a 6x6

[taff]

My minds boggling at your 14 plants in a 6x6

thanks for that
lol... only 13 now I've counted properly. 6 buckets down one side, 7 buckets down the other, string from the top wound around the plants, and a 3/4 ft planter at the other end with 6 cucumbers in it...6 pepper plants, not very big, didn't pot them on well enough, and there were 8 chillis of varying descriptions, but 5 are outside now taking their chances., and 3 basil pots.
It's fair to say that watering time involves a lot of stepping carefully, and removing stuff outside, then putting it back in again.

[Flobalob]

Whats the string attached to taff at the top of plant ?
You might just need a machete when those toms have reached maturity lol.

[taff]

nah, they're mostly santa cherry plums I saved seed from last year, and they have gone nuts with fruit forming...yayy!!
I put a cane horizontally across the top sloping apex of the greenhouse tied in using two of those white plastic thingies, then when I potted up the toms to their final pots, put some string in the bottom of the pot and tied it to the cane. When they grew up then, all I had to to do to support them was wind them round the string.I put enough in the bottom to loosen it up if it got too tight.
Will post a pic if you want one, but later on, have to go to a barbecue in a minute..

[Flobalob]

I done exactly the same in my greenhouse.
Hope the weather holds for the BBQ.

[taff]

Ahhh...and there was me thinking I was being clever. It's much easier than individual canes though isn't it?
Thanks, me too.

[Flobalob]

Just to add. I used jute twine (bio-degradable) BIG MISTAKE. The string lasted a couple of weeks and rotted around the rootball. Ended up using plastic string.

[annacruachan]

The gardeners' delight in the conservatory have done well; we;ve been eating them for about five weeks now. There are still lots of fruits on the plants, and on the garden pearls as well, but what a messy plant that is! Don't know how fruits can possibly ripen underneath all that stem and foliage. Haven't had too much sun over the past week so ripening is slow at the moment.
Toms in the greenhouse - shirley, big boy, golden cherry and more gardeners' delight - are disappointing. Shirley is doing the best with each plant quite heavy with fruit, but the others are pathetic and showing no sign of ripening. Lots of green tomato chutney, I fear!