hackey lad   3,928 #1 Posted August 13, 2022 First time this year , I have grown Tumbling Toms in hanging baskets . Just ripening up now and they are lovely and plenty of fruit . What makes it better is I grew them from seed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Norbert   145 #2 Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) After losing half last years crop to late blight, I've gone all blight resistant varieties this year.  The small variety (Vesper) is doing well, I'm getting a bowl full every day, the larger Magic Mountain and Fandango have only had a few ripe fruits so far and there are lots of blossom end rot casualties due to getting caught out by the very hot weather and not watering in time but I've only lost a kilo. I've got about 50 plants and spent very little on seed as I plant about 3 seeds of each variety and then root all the side-shoots to make new clone plants.  I limited myself to about 4 bags of compost and the rest are straight in the ground, I don't have a greenhouse. The ones I've got in my mum's greenhouse are doing great and every time I visit we have a large tom sliced on a burger, with fried onions and mayo. Edited August 14, 2022 by Norbert Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lazarus   68 #3 Posted August 15, 2022 On 13/08/2022 at 21:45, hackey lad said: First time this year , I have grown Tumbling Toms in hanging baskets . Just ripening up now and they are lovely and plenty of fruit . What makes it better is I grew them from seed Same here but mine are in pots outside. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hackey lad   3,928 #4 Posted August 15, 2022 5 hours ago, lazarus said: Same here but mine are in pots outside. Definitely growing them again next year . Do you know roughly when Moneymakers are due to ripen ? Mine are outside in the ground Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lazarus   68 #5 Posted August 16, 2022 12 hours ago, hackey lad said: Definitely growing them again next year . Do you know roughly when Moneymakers are due to ripen ? Mine are outside in the ground No sorry, I’m a complete novice I’ve never had a garden before this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hackey lad   3,928 #6 Posted August 16, 2022 11 hours ago, lazarus said: No sorry, I’m a complete novice I’ve never had a garden before this year. No worries mate , keep it up its lovely to see your own flowers in bloom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Thorpist   72 #7 Posted August 18, 2022 You should be picking toms around now, for outdoor salad toms it’s not been a good year. Only lately has it been warm enough and lack of water with cold drying winds did not help. Got to agree that bush/trailing toms are prolific and dead easy to care for. As most growers get gluts of salad tomatoes and end up making sauces I think growing the San Marzano variety is the way to go as they are the perfect Tom for preserving. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...