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