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14-08-2006, 10:14 PM
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bland taste tomatoes
I am growing a mixed selection of tomatoes in a greenhouse ie
costaluto,gardeners delight,sungold and others.They all seem to taste very similar.what determines the taste? Cheers Keith |
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15-08-2006, 12:07 AM
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kenty;-) wrote: I am growing a mixed selection of tomatoes in a greenhouse ie costaluto,gardeners delight,sungold and others.They all seem to taste very similar.what determines the taste? Cheers Keith Variety of tomatoes grown. I have Gardeners Delight , Shirley and Alicante Can taste the difference but must admit the taste does not vary much apart from the Gardeners Delight are much sweeter Taste Buds also come to mind! All are much tastier than some shop bought ones Peter. |
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15-08-2006, 11:40 AM
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"Peter C" wrote in message ups.com... kenty;-) wrote: I am growing a mixed selection of tomatoes in a greenhouse ie costaluto,gardeners delight,sungold and others.They all seem to taste very similar.what determines the taste? Cheers Keith Variety of tomatoes grown. I have Gardeners Delight , Shirley and Alicante Can taste the difference but must admit the taste does not vary much apart from the Gardeners Delight are much sweeter Taste Buds also come to mind! All are much tastier than some shop bought ones Peter. My favourites for flavour are marmand and roma plum tomatoes MBS |
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15-08-2006, 02:11 PM
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"MrBlueSkye" apbz91@noSpam dsl.pipex.com wrote in message ... : : "Peter C" wrote in message : ups.com... : : kenty;-) wrote: : I am growing a mixed selection of tomatoes in a greenhouse ie : costaluto,gardeners delight,sungold and others.They all seem to taste : very : similar.what determines the taste? : Cheers Keith : : Variety of tomatoes grown. I have Gardeners Delight , Shirley and : Alicante Can taste the difference but must admit the taste does not : vary much apart from the Gardeners Delight are much sweeter : Taste Buds also come to mind! All are much tastier than some shop : bought ones : Peter. : : My favourites for flavour are marmand and roma plum tomatoes : MBS : If you water to excess it can take away from the flavour. Ones that are watered only as much as they need are much tastier but it is a fine line to draw in the heat we had www.rraa.moonfruit.com |
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15-08-2006, 04:32 PM
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"Robert" wrote in message ... "MrBlueSkye" apbz91@noSpam dsl.pipex.com wrote in message ... : : "Peter C" wrote in message : ups.com... : : kenty;-) wrote: : I am growing a mixed selection of tomatoes in a greenhouse ie : costaluto,gardeners delight,sungold and others.They all seem to taste : very : similar.what determines the taste? : Cheers Keith : : Variety of tomatoes grown. I have Gardeners Delight , Shirley and : Alicante Can taste the difference but must admit the taste does not : vary much apart from the Gardeners Delight are much sweeter : Taste Buds also come to mind! All are much tastier than some shop : bought ones : Peter. : : My favourites for flavour are marmand and roma plum tomatoes : MBS : If you water to excess it can take away from the flavour. Ones that are watered only as much as they need are much tastier but it is a fine line to draw in the heat we had www.rraa.moonfruit.com They have held the water alot better this year as i have bubble insulation & paint on shading.I also doubled up grow bags & also planted the toms into pots through into grow bags ie like ring culture.So they didnt really fully dry even in the hot weather .I will try letting them dry a little more next year.I will also try more varieties suggested. Cheers Keith |
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15-08-2006, 06:55 PM
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"MrBlueSkye" apbz91@noSpam dsl.pipex.com wrote in message ... "Peter C" wrote in message ups.com... kenty;-) wrote: I am growing a mixed selection of tomatoes in a greenhouse ie costaluto,gardeners delight,sungold and others.They all seem to taste very similar.what determines the taste? Cheers Keith Variety of tomatoes grown. I have Gardeners Delight , Shirley and Alicante Can taste the difference but must admit the taste does not vary much apart from the Gardeners Delight are much sweeter Taste Buds also come to mind! All are much tastier than some shop bought ones Peter. My favourites for flavour are marmand and roma plum tomatoes MBS My three bankers this year were....... Sweet Million, Shirley and Gourmet (Unwins seed). Truss-breaking crops from all three and all with excellent flavour. I shall certainly grow these again. The only problems I had was split fruit, but this was my fault. By over watering during very hot weather I over compensated when the containers appeared to be too dry....... but apparently weren't. Incidentally, I also applied two teaspoons of salt to each plant at green fruit stage. I found this tip in an old archive decades old. Apparently it's supposed to improve flavour... but I don't know whether it worked cos I didn't have a comparison. It didn't do any harm though. PP. |
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15-08-2006, 09:03 PM
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kenty;-) wrote:
I am growing a mixed selection of tomatoes in a greenhouse ie costaluto,gardeners delight,sungold and others.They all seem to taste very similar.what determines the taste? Cheers Keith I think what you feed them on has a bearing on the flavour. Me, I use liquid seaweed extract and get excellent results The soil is also organic. Varieties : Shirley ( for the Plucky Little Woman), and ugly misshapen overweight Brandywine for me. Believe me, after Brandywine all the rest are just termayders. |
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