Thread: Marked tomatoes
View Single Post
  #7   Report Post  
Old 02-08-2009, 05:51 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Dave Hill Dave Hill is offline
Registered User
 
First recorded activity by GardenBanter: Feb 2007
Location: South Wales
Posts: 2,409
Default Marked tomatoes

On 2 Aug, 13:25, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-08-02 11:51:33 +0100, "Pete Stockdale"
said:







Taking it that you are not growing a small variety then the problem is
due to the flowers not being polinated, this produces what we used to
call "chats". When you gut them open there is no pulp and no seed
inside.
David Hill


Well I never !
Never had a "chat" in all my years of growing many different tomato
varieties.
My pollination systems must be OK then.
I wonder if this possible with other fruits and vegetables.


Regards
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com


My husband (former commercial salad crops grower) also calls tiny
tomatoes 'chats' and potato farmers call little, marble-size potatoes
'chats', too. *No idea if it has anything to do with pollination for
potatoes, though.
--
Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Ray will remember grading tomatoes into Pinks, Pink and Whites, Whites
and Blues
David Hill