Tomato growing diary 2016

[Tripmeup]

I've done my final tot as I am not sowing anymore at this stage...

Not sure where they will all end up, but I have 40 varieties and 127 plants at the moment

Every year I tell myself to limit what I sow and don't, and then can't throw them away when they germinate


Amish Paste
Beefsteak
Black Cherry
Black Krim
Black Russian
Bloody Butcher
Boxcar Willie
Brian Spain
Brown Sugar
Caspian Pink
Chocolate Cherry
Costuluto Genovese
Dark Galaxy
Delicious
Elisir
Gardener's Delight
Goldkrone
Green Zebra
Henderson's Pink Ponderosa
Hillbilly
Manitoba
Nectar Rose
Outdoor Girl
Orange Favourite
Otos Papa
Paul Robeson
Raspberry Oxheart
Reg di Fasano
San Marzano
Sandpoint
Silvery Fir Tree
Sungold
Sweet Millions
Tondino Maremmano
Trailing Garden Pearl
Tumbler
Tumbling Tom Yellow
Violet Jasper
White Cherry
Yellow Marble..

should be the variety list...

[Penellype]

Main tomato sowing day today.
1 Belle
4 Ferline
2 Garden Pearl
3 Legend
4 Mountain Magic
4 Roma
6 Sungold

The Balconi red and yellow both have loads of little green tomatoes on them and the January sown Shirleys are also developing plenty of fruit. The later sown Shirleys have flower buds.

[AkionTotocha]

When are you all moving your tomatoes into the GH? Ik VC and a few others already have, but this hot weather is tempting me like a siren to move my babies out, and I was going to until a taxi driver told me they forecast snow for London next weekend

[Penellype]

Leave them indoors if you possibly can. The weather is going to get much colder from tomorrow and snow is a possibility. Frost is pretty much a certainty and tomatoes really like a temperature of 10C or more. At best they will get an almighty shock and at worst they could die.

[veggiechicken]

When are you all moving your tomatoes into the GH? Ik VC and a few others already have, but this hot weather is tempting me like a siren to move my babies out, and I was going to until a taxi driver told me they forecast snow for London next weekend

Don't let me lead you astray - I have more toms indoors, just in case - and still time to start some more
Its not hot here today

[Scarlet]

More toms seeds set today. - many thanks to Trip 5 brown Sugar.

My toms are all indoors during the night Akion. It's been pretty cold some nights even with the protection of the green house. best be safe

[maverick451]

My tomatoes stay out in the greenhouse now, I have a little paraffin heater that I put on at night.



A few of the toms got a bit leggy under my grow lots earlier in the season, It seemed to be the cherry tomatoes that suffered most, the shirley and other bigger tom varieties all were fine, I decided to chop the leggy ones in half and let the main stem re grow from a side shoot, seems to be working quite well.



I still need to sow my late mountain magic tomatoes which I will do in the next few days.

[Scarlet]

You could have saved the top and stuck it in some water to send out some roots.

Fab GH, all looking good. I'm embarrassed to post mine, it's a little bit messier than yours with a "few" weeds

[bramble]

Tomato Diary

Tomatoes in the greenhouse this afternoon.

[Scarlet]

I've done my final tot......
Violet Jasper.

What's it like? I quite excited about this one

[AkionTotocha]

Thanks for the advice all, patience is a very hard lesson, especially because the blowaway 4x6 got to 32c today with the door (flap lol) open. Yesterday it was 42c.....

....but I did forget to open the door.

[Tripmeup]

What's it like? I quite excited about this one

Me too..I am growing it for its appearance alone
It's has "a jewel-like glow" apparently with a mild flavor and is low in acidity....

[jackarmy]

Six ways to grow more tomatoes in containers

Scroll down to no 5, anyone heard of this before and i assume the washing up liquid is included ?

[Scarlet]

Yes it says used washing up water.

Ive never heard of it before either.

[Jungle Jane]

That's like when they say to squirt powdery mildew leaves (& spider mite) with a tiny bit of washing up liquid & water it helps the water penetrate better. It must help the roots take in water,would it help the roots take up all nutrients in the soil with the water? I squirted my Brussels sprouts like mad everyday with soapy water years ago when I had whitefly larvae in the tops & all that soapy water would've gone down to the roots,they were brilliant plants,I was expecting them to suffer a little bit,but none of them ever do,I've sprayed it on my plum tree,peppers,lettuce,beans,peas & cucumber too but only to get rid of pests or mildew.