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Started by: custard (6953) 

Anybody growing any tomatoes this year?
Some kind lady in Wigan market gave my fellow a "few" tomato plants he said..
Monday evening a few weeks back after work he said..Our plants are in shed..
So..I had a look and he had got 24 small plants!
24...Had to go to Range and get bamboo sticks and took me ages to pot everyone of them in grow bags..
Now my shed is full of tomato plants.They are at least 3 feet tall now and doing very well..

Started: 5th Jul 2018 at 20:48

Posted by: madamehmurray (6273) 

wish I could get Bryan to eat any fruit or veggies.

Replied: 5th Jul 2018 at 20:50

Posted by: custard (6953) 

I love fruit and veg but alot of people don't like it Erin..

Replied: 5th Jul 2018 at 20:53

Posted by: i-spy (15237) 

Why are there so many different kinds of tomatoes and why does the price vary so much

Replied: 5th Jul 2018 at 21:03

Posted by: custard (6953) 

No idea I spy. There is alot..I am not buying any now because we have lots of free ones..

Replied: 5th Jul 2018 at 21:10

Posted by: tomplum (12352) 

Replied: 5th Jul 2018 at 21:21

Posted by: momac (12409) 

I always grow my own,but wish my greenhouse was bigger, Gardeners
Delight is a favourite.

Replied: 5th Jul 2018 at 21:38

Posted by: PeterP (11222)

Growing 5 "tumbling tom red "tomato's which is a bush tomato and grows to about a foot in height. Plenty of small tomato's on the stems

Replied: 5th Jul 2018 at 21:39

Posted by: tomplum (12352) 

I'm still experimenting, I like money makers cos you get good value, big juicy and reliable, I've had various success with others too but money makers always grow, as do cherry toms,

Replied: 5th Jul 2018 at 21:57

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

Only growing 'Tumbler' this year, which is a cherry tom. Also only one plant. Did have five, but the intense wind a few weeks back destroyed four of them. (They did well last year)

The heritage variety: 'Ailsa Craig' is the one many gardeners say has the best flavour, but I have tried three times with them, and loss them to blight, blossom end rot, and splitting.

Replied: 5th Jul 2018 at 23:07

Posted by: custard (6953) 

Love growing my own plants..Lucky enough to have a large shed with a corrugated roof, so it's good for growing stuff..
Also from seed I have a few radishes..beetroot..cauliflower. .cherry tomatoes. .and lettuce..
So looking forward to see if they can make it..

Replied: 5th Jul 2018 at 23:15

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

Out of all home grown stuff, I think growing own herbs is where the superiority over shop-bought is most marked.

Replied: 5th Jul 2018 at 23:28

Posted by: broady (inactive)

Was on a site in Barry once and right outside the tea hut was a fine, strong tomato plant laden with fruit. All we could surmise is that someone threw the remnant of a tomato “butty ” out of the door and wallah, it grew.

Replied: 5th Jul 2018 at 23:39

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

Sewage works tend to get chocked with tomato plants which have grown from the seeds we 'pass'!

Replied: 6th Jul 2018 at 20:54

Posted by: custard (6953) 

I now have small shoots from my radishes..
Not took long..Nothing else popped up yet but really pleased with growing things from seed..

Replied: 7th Jul 2018 at 21:56

Posted by: custard (6953) 

I can't wait to taste my very own tomatoes aswell.. They're little marble size green balls at the moment but they are doing really well...I can't wait..
Really pleased with myself..

Replied: 7th Jul 2018 at 22:01

Posted by: momac (12409) 

Custard,do you know what sort they are..your tomatoes I mean

Replied: 7th Jul 2018 at 22:08

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

Try growing French Beans: real Jack and the Beanstalk experience. Only in June, was I planting out 2-3 inch high seedlings, and already they have climbed the full height of the 12 foot canes. Today, the first pod reaching harvesting size, and a whole mealful likely to be on my plate by Monday.

Replied: 7th Jul 2018 at 22:10

Posted by: custard (6953) 

Momac.I know I have quite a few plants and just a few were labelled as cherry tomatoes..quite a few mixed ones actually..I.ll check the labels next time I water and prune them..

Replied: 7th Jul 2018 at 22:22

Posted by: madamehmurray (6273) 

didnt help with the garden this year. My mom had bryan helping till yesterday a bit

Replied: 13th Jul 2018 at 20:17

 

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