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Tomatillo trailblazer seeks similar to share experience
I found this interesting-looking packet of seeds back in early spring and
decided to give them a go in my newly-acquired greenhouse. Treat like tomatoes, it said, so I have, and they have rewarded me by growing into tall leggy plants with an amazing propensity to make flowers and an equally amazing propensity to fail to set any fruit. I fear I may have left them too long in pots, albeit generous-sized ones, before transplanting them into the ground in the greenhouse, and that this may account for their legginess. On the other hand, they may be inherently leggy anyway - never having grown them, or indeed even heard of them before, I have no way of knowing. But what about their so far complete inability to convert flower to fruit? Andy -- spargeatbtinternetdotcom FWIW(NVM),IMO(NVH)... |
Tomatillo trailblazer seeks similar to share experience
"Andy Spragg" wrote in message .. . I found this interesting-looking packet of seeds back in early spring and decided to give them a go in my newly-acquired greenhouse. Treat like tomatoes, it said, so I have, and they have rewarded me by growing into tall leggy plants with an amazing propensity to make flowers and an equally amazing propensity to fail to set any fruit. I fear I may have left them too long in pots, albeit generous-sized ones, before transplanting them into the ground in the greenhouse, and that this may account for their legginess. On the other hand, they may be inherently leggy anyway - never having grown them, or indeed even heard of them before, I have no way of knowing. But what about their so far complete inability to convert flower to fruit? Andy I grew them many years ago and removed them after they started breaking the green house glass, and no I saw no fruit! -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cultivars |
Tomatillo trailblazer seeks similar to share experience
On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:56:22 +0100, Charlie Pridham wrote:
"Andy Spragg" wrote in message .. . I found this interesting-looking packet of seeds back in early spring and decided to give them a go in my newly-acquired greenhouse. Treat like tomatoes, it said, so I have, and they have rewarded me by growing into tall leggy plants with an amazing propensity to make flowers and an equally amazing propensity to fail to set any fruit. I fear I may have left them too long in pots, albeit generous-sized ones, before transplanting them into the ground in the greenhouse, and that this may account for their legginess. On the other hand, they may be inherently leggy anyway - never having grown them, or indeed even heard of them before, I have no way of knowing. But what about their so far complete inability to convert flower to fruit? Andy I grew them many years ago and removed them after they started breaking the green house glass, and no I saw no fruit! But did you see lots of flowers? Andy -- spargeatbtinternetdotcom We must be fearless We must have fearlessness We must not be fearlessnessless We must not have fearlessnesslessness We must be fearlessnesslessnessless |
Tomatillo trailblazer seeks similar to share experience
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:22 +0100 (BST), Steve Harris wrote:
In article , (Andy Spragg) wrote: But what about their so far complete inability to convert flower to fruit? I've grown them outdoors and they fruit fine - although not until September. I wonder if they are not getting pollinated in your greenhouse? Another thing that stops them fruiting is too much nitrogen fertiliser. Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/ I don't know - other things seem to be, unless they are selfing. I did a bit more homework after I posted this and I found that the fruit is supposed to be enclosed in a paper lantern thing - like Physalis. I've been getting plenty of the lantern things but they've all been falling off ... Andy -- spargeatbtinternetdotcom We must be fearless We must have fearlessness We must not be fearlessnessless We must not have fearlessnesslessness We must be fearlessnesslessnessless |
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