I have a 4 year old. Nuff said

I was up quite early but the weather was so nice I went straight outside instead of coming in here

chriszog wrote:

I use those pots that fit into the tops of the growbags, work atreat. TZK

I got OH to make me some of those last year - by cutting the bottoms off some bog standard plastic pots They also worked a treat

The pots you buy are just easier to water..
Ady
Me St.Pierres are about 2' high and flowering....what are the fruits like, have never grown them before.
TZK

Dead dead dead - I go away for a week, the family stays behind, it's blazing hot - they all walk past them at least twice a day and none of them notice my poor toms are dying

I think it would be the same here Andy. I get moaned at because I 'don't do enough to help'. I am the only person who does anything about growing food.

And I'll bet they eat it

Aww Andy No worries, t'is the same here

Sorry to hear that Andy I moan that I'd like more done too but he doesn't help with the growing of food

oh bugger!!!!!

I have no one to blame but myself if they dont' get watered so I'd better be extra vigilant ............I reallly dont' want to get grumpy with myself

my tomato plants are starting to flower

so the trial ones are doing great
(although due due to a slight labelling issue I don't know which ones are the trial plants)

tomato plants are all doing very well in my 'buried growbags and remove most of the leaves' experiment
the very first tomato has set (on the 'odessa' Dom gave me! ) and nearly all the plants are smothered in flowers.

Some of the flowers are a bit odd though...I've not seen tomato flowers like these before...it's as if they're doubles! really big and very round! and they aren't in trusses like normal.....each one has it's own branch!

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you've got a fasciated one!

Be fun to see what the tom looks like...

moonbells

I thunk you've just got weird tomatoes.

Here's an ancient paper I just googled - never mind the text, there's piccies halfway down (black and white!)

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moonbells

maybe it's something to do with the heirloom beefsteak varieties or the weird knobbly trial ones that Andy sent me

oooer! looking forward to the fruit with some trepidation now!

My costaluta fiorentino did the same thing. I think it stops the plant at that point so pulled it off and left a side shoot in situ to become the new main stem.

Looks more like a marigold to me, you sure the seeds were'nt mixed up, Andy said he had had a bit of trouble after he dropped all the packets.
H.P.

Had that on some of my toms last year, including purple Ukraine. Makes for very odd tom. Left first one but after that took them off and got ordinary toms.

Has anyone picked toms off their plot yet ???

Yes, but they were very small and green

yup tumbling toms, grown in a hanging basket they were beautiful

Were they in the gh Del? Mine in hanging baskets on the patio are still green