A new way for tomatoes

[Potstubsdustbins]

I find it strange when someone makes a statement of absolute certainty when it come to gardening. We are all subject to the vagaries of nature so very little is an absolute certainty. Except of course if you spray your plants with a good weed killer you will have very little crop to gather.

Colin

[allmark879]

Will we see an article on subject in the magazine next season about this great illumination in tomato growing knowledge .

[Leeds_lad]

Did they ripe in time? I let my Polish Linguisa do their own thing and it's pretty much still a sea of green-ness. Looks like i'll be picking them all green

[ugley_matt]

i had a self sown bush type that went wild and produced far more than the plants i looked after, tended, fed.

Makes me wonder if its worth the effort.

[zazen999]

Did they ripe in time? I let my Polish Linguisa do their own thing and it's pretty much still a sea of green-ness. Looks like i'll be picking them all green

I've picked loads and loads from these, and half of yesterday's trug [the ones at the bottom as I picked the ripe ones before I took the plants up] were ripe. It's probably the variety, your location and the earliness of sowing that makes the difference.

[zazen999]

Will we see an article on subject in the magazine next season about this great illumination in tomato growing knowledge .

Not sure if you are being sarcastic towards me [I regularly share the results of my trials on here in case it helps people grow their veg in ways that suit them better], or the magazine. Could you please clarify?

[chris]

I've misssed (as you do) loads of armpits, then they got too large to take out as they had set fruit so I'd left pretty much one of each type I was growing (cherry, sungold, golden sunrise and erm the one not to be spoken of) and they have cropped extremely heavily. Makes it difficult to get in my greenhouse mind but still. My neighbour didn't remove the sideshoots of the ones I gave her and she had a *huge* crop. from 4 odd plants too.

I'd planned to grow more bush varieties next year, but may just build a suitable cage to support them next year.. so thanks for sharing your results. I appreciate them, even if they don't make it in the mag

[zazen999]

Cage. For bush toms. I have a good really simple design for that Chris. Laters.

[chris]

Wassat then?

I meant a cage for indy's - and just leave them to it so they'll be supported slightly. My ones that went wild in the GH had fruit on the floor (some got damaged this way). I did 4 canes with string for my spuds and that worked alright when they got v.tall (in bags in greenhouse for xmas spuds last year) so was thinking of doing the same or thereabouts for toms.

[zazen999]

Not got time to draw it for you now....will do it later.

[baldrick]

what are armpits??????? My tomatoes have always pleased themselves outside and done well as I am frankly bone idle. However Himself has got keen and started pulling bits off and they have been sadly wind battered this year.

[Glutton4...]

Will we see an article on subject in the magazine next season about this great illumination in tomato growing knowledge .

Aaah, sour grapes, me thinks!

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

So next year I won't need to fight off the midges whilst removing side shoots The wee b*ggers lay in wait for me this year. The shelter you're talking about Zaz is your anti-blight shelter you mentioned a while back?

[zazen999]

No, different method...just 2 hoops and polythene over the lot - remove it to harvest or water and that's it.

[Nik]

I have five moneymakers at the lottie, I started armpitting them but got behind and gave up. They basically got too heavy for the bamboo canes they were tied too and moslty fell over so they are all in a big messy heap. But I'm getting ridiculous amonts of toms off them, I've made sauce, relish, soup, I have them in sandwiches every day and I still have to give bags of them away. If armpitting them produces more fruit than this, then I won't bother as I can't possibly handle any more.