First Brandywine this season.
 

I picked my first Brandywine tomato today, the first of the season.lt
looked sad, deeply cracked and bits of it discoloured,if it had been on
the supermarket shelf no one would have bought it.But I cut out the
blemishes and made a sandwich.Believe me,after months of tasteless
supermarket toms its flavour was incomparable - and it weighed 1lb.The
plant is growing in a 6 x 8 greenhouse,the soil is organic, and the feed
seaweed extract. The other plants are Green Zebra (for the very hot
weather),Black Russian (for the frying pan), and Shirley (for She who
must be Obeyed),plus one Jalapeno chilli pepper,all interplanted with
parsley, plus a couple of French Marigolds to ward off white fly and
redspider mite. It has been such a funny year weatherwise that crops
have not been as good as usual out in the garden but what I have managed
to grow is still good quality, and I have just sent off my order for
autumn sowing to you know who in the Fens.
Wishing you all Good Gardening,
Sam.

On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 20:56:47 +0100, sam wrote:

I picked my first Brandywine tomato today, the first of the season.lt
looked sad, deeply cracked and bits of it discoloured,if it had been on
the supermarket shelf no one would have bought it.But I cut out the
blemishes and made a sandwich.Believe me,after months of tasteless
supermarket toms its flavour was incomparable - and it weighed 1lb.The
plant is growing in a 6 x 8 greenhouse,the soil is organic, and the feed
seaweed extract. The other plants are Green Zebra (for the very hot
weather),Black Russian (for the frying pan), and Shirley (for She who
must be Obeyed),plus one Jalapeno chilli pepper,all interplanted with
parsley, plus a couple of French Marigolds to ward off white fly and
redspider mite. It has been such a funny year weatherwise that crops
have not been as good as usual out in the garden but what I have managed
to grow is still good quality, and I have just sent off my order for
autumn sowing to you know who in the Fens.
Wishing you all Good Gardening,
Sam.

Sounds wonderful Sam. Can you recommend the firm from whom you bought
the tomato seed please?

Pam in Bristol

Pam Moore wrote:
On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 20:56:47 +0100, sam wrote:


I picked my first Brandywine tomato today,
Wishing you all Good Gardening,
Sam.


Sounds wonderful Sam. Can you recommend the firm from whom you bought
the tomato seed please?

Pam in Bristol

The heritage tomatoes came from Simply Vegetables ,Abacus House,Station
Yard,Needham Market, Suffolk,IP6 8AS.(www.plantsof distinction.co.uk)
Shirley is stocked by the big seed houses - Thomson & Morgan,
Fothergill's,Marshall's, possibly together with some of the
Heritage.(You won't forget the Seaweed Extract will you? It's important)

Regards,

Sam.

Try these people pam, it was given to me by Suze from the edible gardening section.

http://www.tomatogrowers.com/HowToOrd.htm

MikeB