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dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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PostPosted: Sat May 18, 24 12:59 pm    Post subject: this years tomatoes Reply with quote
    

elsie, craig and shirley sound like a z list club band

they came quite tall in 500ml pots, they are now up to the tuft in 17 lt pots and resting under a small tree after a tiring friday night out

from the nice market gardener folk who do ace veg and some "spare" veg plants

no big boys this year, probably best as it will be a short season, it has only just warmed up enough for outside toms

 
Nicky cigreen



Joined: 25 Jun 2007
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Location: Devon, uk
PostPosted: Sat May 18, 24 5:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

this year I am growing entirely from seeds I saved myself from last year - some from my own home grown tomatoes and one from organic box scheme I liked. I do understand that they wont necessarily breed true - but I think it is likely to have some qualities I like.
So my varieties this year are : sweet olive, orange cherry, yellow cherry plum, riverford red cherry, fiorento,

 
gz



Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8961
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Sat May 18, 24 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The organic box cherry might be less likely to be an F1, hopefully 🙂

 
gz



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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Sat May 18, 24 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I bought Roma...a good shape for slicing for salads or sandwiches, and a good cooker as well.

 
Mistress Rose



Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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PostPosted: Sun May 19, 24 7:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'm not doing tomatoes this year. With work and not being too well, my gardening is just what I feel I can manage this year. I am hoping to grow peas and mangetout peas in the greenhouse with a couple of courgettes.

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Sun May 19, 24 8:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i do them for fun more than food supply, although off a sunny plant and eaten while warm is pretty good

the other thing with home-grown ones is you have control over feeding and flushing to avoid the taste problems many commercial products have

we have decided to cull two sheds and increase the area, so maybe next year i will do a wall of em

 
Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Tue May 21, 24 7:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You should have more than enough for food supply next year then. I don't really have time or energy to look after them properly, and the greenhouse needs a rest from them this year, so have mangetout peas, a few peas (the others didn't come up), a squash and a couple of courgettes in there this year.

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 07, 24 4:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

elsie, craig and shirly are doing sort of ok, rather under pampered but a decent size and starting to flower

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 12, 24 12:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

elsie, craig and shirley have had a difficult year
lots of travel, getting stuck in unsuitable places, less than ideal weather etc

they have quite a few tomatoes, one red, one orange, lots/most yellowing

i might even get some to eat

just for fun as well as flushing and reducing water i have added an over ripe banana to each pot, although enough acetylene to make a difference to ripening out of doors might take several cylinders an hour

 
gz



Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Thu Sep 12, 24 5:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I just grew Roma (not F1)
Took a long time to get flowering and was a bit leggy...not enough light...not enough insects either so I helped the pollenation.
A decent tasty crop. I trimmed the tops today, don't think they are going to set any more despite still flowering, so I'm concentrating on getting what there us on the plants, to ripen

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 24 1:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i hand pollinated

 
gz



Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 24 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think I'll do that more next year.

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 24 10:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

there are a tiny fraction of the pollinators there were a couple of years ago

at the mo the odd lone working wasp is looking for insects to take home

across many species flying insects are almost missing from the ecosystem

there are a few spp that seem ok, perhaps because the predation rate has reduced

the large insectivores, bat and bird etc, are almost missing, as are the insect on insect ones

hand pollination or grow things that are not insect dependant

 
Slim



Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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Location: New England (In the US of A)
PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 24 8:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It's not global. My property is awash in a huge diversity of insect life. So it's clearly a privilege that can't be enjoyed by all, but if you're surrounded with native woodlands and plant a bunch of things that flower, you can maintain an abundance of healthy critters

 
Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 14, 24 7:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Some things seem to be down this year, like butterflies, but think that is very much because of the weather. We seem to have the usual cohort of bitey things in the woods, wasps, bees and others of easily visual size here, but we are semi rural.

 
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