Rhododendron in bloom again!
 

In reply to Sacha ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

On 10/9/07 16:01, in article ,
"David (Normandy)" wrote:

I had a few which looked a bit blighty so I lobbed them off. The
rest seem unaffected. They are very good this year, they're
trailing tomatoes so I just bunged them in bags and pots and let
them get on with it. I am going to look like a tomato by the end of
the crop.


We lost the lot to blight. Not a single tomato this year, trailing or
upright!

We grew only Jersey Sunrise this year. The outdoor ones got a bit of
blight and didn't do terribly well but the indoor ones have cropped
pretty well and are still producing. I'd like to know which people
think are the best beefsteak types.

I've only ever had decent ones in the south of Spain. No idea what variety
they are but they're all over the markets there.

Ask me who threw the seed packet away for the tomatoes I had this year?

All I can tell is that mine went in VERY late, grew like Topsy in a little
lean-to plastic greenhouse (12.99, Robert Dyas), then went outside in pots
(12") for a couple of months, then went into gro-bags (the cheapest ones)
when I needed the 12" pots for something else. They got flooded for about
two months of the time, then roasted in the sun. Tomorite as directed, and
they're on the automatic plant watering system.

I guess I'm just lucky, cos I haven't got any idea (as regular readers will
know), and I've got the best, tastiest, an most prolific tomatoes I've ever
had.

Tomatoes in bloom
 

In reply to Sacha ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

On 11/9/07 11:44, in article , "Uncle
Marvo" wrote:

snip

I've only ever had decent ones in the south of Spain. No idea what
variety they are but they're all over the markets there.

Ask me who threw the seed packet away for the tomatoes I had this
year?

Trawl Google and see if any names look familiar!

All I can tell is that mine went in VERY late, grew like Topsy in a
little lean-to plastic greenhouse (12.99, Robert Dyas), then went
outside in pots (12") for a couple of months, then went into
gro-bags (the cheapest ones) when I needed the 12" pots for
something else. They got flooded for about two months of the time,
then roasted in the sun. Tomorite as directed, and they're on the
automatic plant watering system.

I guess I'm just lucky, cos I haven't got any idea (as regular
readers will know), and I've got the best, tastiest, an most
prolific tomatoes I've ever had.



There is *definitely* no justice.....

I can put some in the post if you like. I can't remember whether they were
free with the Times or whether I bought them. I know they were "hanging"
ones. Some I put in those bags you hang up, but they died, so I replaced
them with geraniums and stuff.

I will endeavour to find what they were by next spring. They are various
sized as well, so that doesn't help.

Tomatoes in bloom
 

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:37:38 +0100, "Uncle Marvo"
wrote:

In reply to Sacha ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

On 11/9/07 11:44, in article , "Uncle
Marvo" wrote:

snip

I've only ever had decent ones in the south of Spain. No idea what
variety they are but they're all over the markets there.

Ask me who threw the seed packet away for the tomatoes I had this
year?

Trawl Google and see if any names look familiar!

All I can tell is that mine went in VERY late, grew like Topsy in a
little lean-to plastic greenhouse (12.99, Robert Dyas), then went
outside in pots (12") for a couple of months, then went into
gro-bags (the cheapest ones) when I needed the 12" pots for
something else. They got flooded for about two months of the time,
then roasted in the sun. Tomorite as directed, and they're on the
automatic plant watering system.

I guess I'm just lucky, cos I haven't got any idea (as regular
readers will know), and I've got the best, tastiest, an most
prolific tomatoes I've ever had.



There is *definitely* no justice.....

I can put some in the post if you like. I can't remember whether they were
free with the Times or whether I bought them. I know they were "hanging"
ones. Some I put in those bags you hang up, but they died, so I replaced
them with geraniums and stuff.

I will endeavour to find what they were by next spring. They are various
sized as well, so that doesn't help.

Save some seed for next year? It may have at least some of the
characteristics of its parent. Or have you already noshed the lot!?


--
Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

Tomatoes (was Rhododendron in bloom again!)
 

In reply to Sacha ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

On 11/9/07 11:44, in article , "Uncle
Marvo" wrote:

snip


Ask me who threw the seed packet away for the tomatoes I had this
year?

Trawl Google and see if any names look familiar!

I have Googled. I *think* they were Tumbler F1, that's exactly what they
look like. I can't find a picture of the packet though. I think there were
probably either 12 or 20 seeds in the pack, and I think I ended up with 8
very good ones, the rest either killed by my experiments or eaten by slugs
early on.

I still can't eat all of them. I think some green tomato chutney is coming
on :-)