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Old 18-10-2009, 11:40 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Tomatoes still flowering

On Oct 18, 11:30*am, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-10-18 11:02:28 +0100, Judith in France
said:



On Oct 16, 11:50*pm, wrote:
I still have 2 greenhouses full of ripening tomatoes, but the
plants all seem to be busy flowering again. *Not just one or
two varieties, but all 10 or so varieties are at it!
Is it just the odd late summer we've been having confusing the
poor things? *And is it worth letting them flower, or should I
be snipping them back to encourage the green fruit to ripen on
the vine?
I don't remember having such vigorous growth at this time of
year before!


Lucky you, mine are all outside, a row of about 15 plants laden with
fruit and now totally dead due to a vicious frost. *If I were in your
position, I would nip out.


Judith


We were pretty close to a frost last night, apparently - it certainly
felt very brisk this morning!
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South Devon


The sun is shining here, brilliant blue sky but not as warm as it
usually is at this time of year. Isn't it a bit early for you to have
a near frost in Devon this early?

Judith