How are your Toms doing?

[Potstubsdustbins]

I am very excited now as I have my first tomato forming It's not my very first tomato but the ones I already have are on the plants I bought from the garden centre and which already had a few flowers when I bought them. I now have a tomato on one of the plants I have grown from seed which has got me all excited! It's on little Colin too (he's been my favourite since he was a seedling). I can't believe he's old enough to be having tomatoes but they grow up so fast these days

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO VC NOOOOOOOOOOOO not again

Potty

[veggiechicken]

I've said nothing Potty - I daren't

[Chocolate8me]

I took 3 large green tomatoes off the plant & left them in the porch to ripen 2 weeks ago... Still no colour.

I think I'm going to have to resort to red paint!

[Likac66]

I've had quite a few tigerella this week. Absolutely delicious. A few cherry toms as well.

I'm going on holiday tomorrow for 2 weeks. I have a neighbour looking after them but I am worried about the approx 80 green toms all on the vine.

[redser]

Things well and truly happening now all of a sudden Tigerella has a good few nearly ready for picking and golden sunrise nearly has a full truss ready. Yippeee

[susieq100]

I've got one Oregon Spring in the greenhouse that has 2 trusses of HOOGE tomatoes on and one tomato (it is a family sized serving) is ripening rapidly - we may be able to eat it tonight! The others are tardy - just need the sun to keep doing the "s" word.

[jacob]

Been away from the garden for 10 days (OH looking after things on her own).

Still not sure about the toms. Anything from outside is a bonus, so I'll ignore them for the moment. In the GH the red alerts, grown to give an early crop are now ripening, so that's a success. The rest though...

Many of the plants seem to have given up on their first hands, with only one or two toms bigger than a pinhead after several weeks. The newer hands are looking more promising, but they're still only small. Big green plants, not much fruit. I think I'm going to have to use the (organic) feed, which I was hoping to avoid.

[Loudbarker1]

One or tow coming in my mothers hot hosue, but very poor yield. My outdoor ones are at about the same stage as mother's cold house - sensible size but very green

[Chocolate8me]

Yay, the 3 tomatoes I took off their plant & left in the porch 3 weeks ago have finally ripened...

I think I need to do that to some more because they are all still green on the plants.

[Potstubsdustbins]

From my Sungold and Tumbler we are now getting more than we can eat. Tomato puree for the winter.

The heritage types are still a long way from picking.

Colin

[Alison]

The heritage types are still a long way from picking.

Ah, that might be my problem, I only really grow the heritage types.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Alison, when I say a long way, I mean the toms are still very little with no sign of growth at this time.
Unless we have a big change in the weather I am looking to late Aug early Sept.

I have just remarked to SWMBO with a bit of luck these might come on as the others die off thereby prolonging the season

Colin

[Chocolate8me]

Q: Why did Mrs. Tomato turn red?
A: She saw Mr. Green Pea over the back fence

(Maybe we need all our green tomatoes to see this)

[Poolcue]

So far i have harvested/eaten some Koralik,Early Tanana and Latah.

[Thelma Sanders]

The bottom trusses of mine are ripening now, but they're wooly IYKWIM

Not the usual lovely taste I was looking forward to. Perhaps the later trusses will be better.
Fingers crossed!