[Mike Buckley]

I've been picking and eating apples for a week, can't believe how late
the toms are this year.


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Mike Buckley

[mark]

"Mike Buckley" wrote in message
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I've been picking and eating apples for a week, can't believe how late the
toms are this year.




Reporting from Norfolk:

Have been eating homegrown tomatoes since early August.
One lot of plums has been cropped and now finished.

Apples and pears not ready yet.
Runner beans have been on stream for the last week.


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Mike Buckley wrote:
I've been picking and eating apples for a week, can't believe how late
the toms are this year.

All my neighbours are having trouble with their tomatoes, but mine came
earlier than ever. My first was an outdoor one.

[David Rance]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, Mike Buckley wrote:

I've been picking and eating apples for a week, can't believe how late
the toms are this year.

Lucky you! I have virtually no apples this year, not even cider apples.
The only tree which has had a decent crop is one known locally as "pomme
de juillet" though the fruit doesn't really ripen until August. Normally
we ignore this tree because the fruit doesn't have much flavour but this
year we have made good use of it!

Plums are in short supply, too. Greengages are ok but there are no
Victorias.

David

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David Rance
writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France

[harry]

On 16 Aug, 15:30, Mike Buckley wrote:
I've been picking and eating apples for a week, can't believe how late
the toms are this year.

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Mike Buckley

You need a greenhouse. I have been picking tomatoes since middle of
June.
Beans for a month in fact most are in the freezer, I will dig up the
plants in about a week after one last pick.
No fruit yet except cherries, pigeons had most of them..Some trees
have heavy crop, some have none. We had a late frost round here.

[Kate Morgan]

I've been picking and eating apples for a week, can't believe how late
the toms are this year.

--
Mike Buckley

You need a greenhouse. I have been picking tomatoes since middle of
June.

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I have to say that you are one of the few, I have some in a greenhouse and
some outdoors, I have only just starting to pick

kate

Gloucestershire

[kay]

Tomatoes in the greenhouse - first will be ripe tomorrow. Worcester apples are ripe and I've just started picking, I wouldn't expect to pick the rest until Sept-Oct anyway. Mulberries will be ripe in the next week, tayberries, raspberries and wild strawberries have just finished.

I've been picking runner beans since mid July.

[Mike Buckley]

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harry writes
On 16 Aug, 15:30, Mike Buckley wrote:
I've been picking and eating apples for a week, can't believe how late
the toms are this year.

--
Mike Buckley

You need a greenhouse. I have been picking tomatoes since middle of
June.
Beans for a month in fact most are in the freezer, I will dig up the
plants in about a week after one last pick.
No fruit yet except cherries, pigeons had most of them..Some trees
have heavy crop, some have none. We had a late frost round here.

Mine are outdoors and you're probably right although no room for a full
greenhouse although I plan to remove some unused and non-flowering
plants to create space for a lean-to type against a fence[1]

I'd have veg too if the queue for allotments wasn't so long :-(

Been lucky with the apples, one fairly neglected tree fruited well last
year and has responded really well this year to winter pruning. The
other one is poorly and will be heavily pruned this winter in a last
ditch attempt to save it - all the previous growth is weak and results
in diseased leaves, all new growth is pretty good, so hopefully the
pruning will save it.


[1] Fingers crossed the 2 year old doesn't lob an apple through it in
year 1.

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Mike Buckley
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