Not a single ripe tom this year

[kris1960]

Back at allo0tment after 4 days away but of 60 odd tomatos, indoor and out, only abundant green fruit. Do they lose flavour if they ripen too slowly?

[Jungle Jane]

The only ripe tomatoes here,are from a pot right next to the house,sweet million & one gardeners delight & 3 sweet million in the blow-away tent. So in slightly warmer positions. All the plants in the ground & away from the house still have green tomatoes & top trusses of flowers. In the photo the big tomatoes are gardeners delight & smaller tomatoes are sweet million picked this week.

[KevinM67]

They are coming along slowly but surely

They look fab !!!

I think I'll need to browse google images to show mine.

[Penellype]

As expected I now have an email telling me there has been a full Smith period in the last couple of days.

[NatalieCooke]

I picked all these this evening.
My husband bought me a pack of Gigantomo tomato seeds I haven't got a single one of those showing any sign of ripening. They are waste of greenhouse space.

[brownfingers]

I've lost over 50% of my Ferlines to BER, but I've just got some that are ripe enough to pull. I had one sliced onto a cheese sarnie for tea last night and it was excellent. I gave my new neighbour one to try. His face lit up. He said it didn't even taste like a tomato. I said that it did, its the ones he buys from the shops that don't.

[Penellype]

Ferline is on my short list to try next year. Is it a normal sized fruit or a cherry?

[Alison]

I grew Ferline one year but thought they were quite tasteless mind you, what I think of as a good tomato taste does differ from a lot of people on here, I avoid the very sweet ones which a lot of people like (Sungold being an excellent example) and go for more traditional acidic tasting fruits.

[GreaterMarrow]

My micro toms (sown in February) have ripened and although the flavour is good the texture is poor. One of my sweet and neat plants has a truss that is starting to ripen but it's the only one out of 3 plants.

[TrialAndError]

15 or so slightly smaller than usual Sungold and one Gardeners delight. All outside and planted directly in ground. Haven't been to look for the past 2 days so i am hoping for a lot more today. You just have to be optimistic this year and hope.

[SusieG]

Do my eyes deceive me ...
Can it really be.....
Yes, ONE of my Gardeners Delight has a hint, just a hint of the start of a teeny weeny turn of - dare I say it, pink!!!
(Or is it just me wearing my rose tinted glasses?)

[brownfingers]

Ferline is on my short list to try next year. Is it a normal sized fruit or a cherry?

They are a normal size tom.

[Ger-annie-um]

I hate to sound smug..........well actually only a bit, but that's only because you all get it so right when I'm getting it wrong, but we have a GLUT of tomatoes. I've made pasta sauce and soup already because we can't keep up. Chilli dipping sauce next week. First toms picked 10th July - Maskotka in baskets (greenhouse), now picking Alicante, super roma, sweet baby, cherry cascade (useless.so tiny),, san marzano and beefmaster (huge, had one stuffed for supper - between us).

[maverick451]

Ferline is on my short list to try next year. Is it a normal sized fruit or a cherry?

The size varies but they are what I would call Ferline a medium to large tomato.

[Penellype]

That's good to know - unless a cherry is really nice (like Sungold) I prefer the bigger ones as I don't like the skins.