Growing Tomatoes outdoors

[hamesy]

Does anyone do this and are there any varieties you would recommend?

I can eat toms until the cows come home so I would really like to grow my own, but I haven't got much room in the flat and haven't got the room to put up a greenhouse on the allotment to grow some in there.

[The Large One]

i grew some last year in the allotment
country taste
money maker
roma
all did quite well so expanding the amount this year

i have 2 large tree stakes 12 feet apart and 10ft canes pushed into the ground and wired through to the stakes for support
will try to get photos next time i'm up there

[rustylady]

Have a look at this thread Hamesy http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ess_60544.html

[roitelet]

If you are going to grow any tomatoes outside you will need to make some sort of frame to keep the rain off and help to prevent blight. Zazen managed it and the rough and ready frame I made last year worked. Big grin!!!!!! Iv'e got a tunnel this year!

[DGoulston]

I grew tons of tomatoes last year on my balcony(roof terrace)
had 7 plants in each pot (2 pots), and soooo many tomatoes, not sure what kind they were, but were full size ones!
I just used canes to hold them up, never any cages or anything to stop the rain falling on them!

check the bottom post on my blog.
Darren Goulston's Blog



This year I am growing Moneymaker the same way.

Darren.

[Alison]

I've grown tomatoes outside loads of times and not always got blight and even when I have, I've still managed to get loads of fruit off them first so it's well worth a try.

I found that Red Alert (a bush variety) were very good outside (I only grow inside now as I have a large polytunnel which widens the varieties I can grow and blight, while not a certainty is a possibility outside). I also like Maskotka in hanging baskets but there are loads to try.

[mcuk]

As others have said, pick varieties that don't need a long growing season (avoid the really big ones in particular). Ideally, cover them, but allow air to flow freely through the structure - you want to avoid the air around them becoming stale. Also, start sewing them now, if you haven't already.

[hamesy]

Thanks for the response guys. I've just seen Zazen's thread so I'm having a look through that now.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Every year I grow Tumbler in hanging baskets, no covers, no frames just baskets. Maybe I am lucky but I have never suffered with blight. Fingers crossed.

Colin

[Jo Sara]

I'm growing my toms (Tumbler this year) to go into hanging baskets. This'll be the 3rd year of growing them this way (lack of space on the ground started me out on the hanging baskets), and I've never had a blight problem either. Maybe it's the extra air they get around them from being above ground level. Fingers crossed from me too it's the same this year. You can get tons of toms from a hanging basket, I was quite surprised.

Jo

p.s. Forgot to say. My baskets are hanging on a fence and are positioned so they get the most sunlight (South East facing fence), so nice and warm for them.

[Leeds_lad]

I've never personally had any problems with growing tomatoes outside and i'm in the north. Usually just stick them in the ground/grow bags/ pots and let them do their own thing, watering them if it's super dry. Always get good crops.

[calloo]

i grow minibel in hanging baskets and gardeners delight in the black flower pots from morrisons with just one canein each for support ive done this at home for the past 5 years with good results ,im trying some in the greenhouse this year too as i bought myself one late last year