"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:43:07 +0100, "Jeannie"
wrote:

Basically, due to the unseasonably cold weather and here in Notts it is
currently winter coat weather in my "nesh" opinion, would I be better to
bring them into the greenhouse or not. I've never had any dealings with
tomatoes before and am not sure how much of an English summer they can
stand.

Jeannie
As long as there is no FROST they will be OK, but the more warmth they
get (as opposed to baking sun) the quicker they will grow. Most
tomatoes can be grown outdoors, some variesties will do better than
others. You also need to ensure they never run short ot water

This is definately not a problem at the moment!

and also feeding will help once you see the first fruit appearing. Use
tomato feed or home-made brew with nettles, comfrey etc.

My nettle brew (also know to the other allotment holders as "that stinking
barrel") is ready and has been used to good effect on all the other plants
in the alloment, the sweetcorn plants especially seem to grow taller
overnight when they have been fed with it. That would have been my next
question actually...whether the nettle brew would be OK for tomato plants
too!

You will also need to watch out for tomato/potato blight later in the
summer, around the end of August. You may be lucky but it has become
more prevalent in recent years.

I will look out for that. Thanks


If you have room in the greenhouse they would certainly produce fruit
sooner, but why not leave them as an experiment.


Pam in Bristol

Yes, they will be staying out now. All I really wanted to know was that
they wouldn't die outside due to the sudden drop in temperature and the
deluge of rain, so thanks for the info!

Jeannie


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