Chris wrote:
There is no greenhouse and so they've got to go outdoors one way or
another. Or perhaps I could keep a couple on a windowsill?

Before, when I've grown a bush variety there has been a lot of
trouble
with rotting fruits - and I'm wondering about the best way to avoid
that.

How about a long hump of earth, covered with fleece, and then plant
through crosses cut in the fleece, with slug pellets under the
fleece?

Or are there better ways?
--
Chris


Bush varieties tend to be outdoor types so can go out after the last
frost - check the packet. Even if they arent tomatoes will often do
outside from mid-may so long as they are in a sheltered sunny spot and
dont get too waterlogged.
If by rotting fruit you mean blossom end rot then i think this is to do
with the watering routine - if they are steadily watered and fed
blossom end rot should not trouble you. (By steadily i mean twice a day
on the hot summer days)
I dont understand why you would need fleece unless its for weed control
- if so fair enough.
And why slug pellets? Slugs dont like tomatoes. Not in my part of the
country they dont anyway. (Except for yellow ones maybe - i lost a few
of the lower toms on my sungella plants last year. But they were so
prolific it was hardly worth putting poison down for)
sarah