One of my rhododendrons has just bloomed for the second time this year! It
only has two small blooms, admittedly, but it is blooming.

To top it all, one of my primroses has flowered this week.

Just wanted to tell someone!

John

On 9/9/07 22:04, in article , "John
Vanini" wrote:

One of my rhododendrons has just bloomed for the second time this year! It
only has two small blooms, admittedly, but it is blooming.

To top it all, one of my primroses has flowered this week.

Just wanted to tell someone!

John

It's a weird year for such things!

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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

"John Vanini" wrote in message
...
One of my rhododendrons has just bloomed for the second time this year! It
only has two small blooms, admittedly, but it is blooming.

To top it all, one of my primroses has flowered this week.

Just wanted to tell someone!

I know you meant 'somebody', but anyway - how exciting! I visited a local
farm yesterday and their apple trees were full of apples...but one tree was
also full of apple blossoms. The tulip tree around the corner from our
house has seed pods on it, but is also flowering for the second time this
year. It's exciting but scary, I think.

someone

You're right, I wanted to tell somebody but he didn't answer. I knew,
however, that someone would answer and you did!

I only hope that with all these plants doing things twice, I don't get two
birthdays this year - at my age I can't afford another one!

Regards to someone (mentioning no names),

John

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"someone" wrote in message
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"John Vanini" wrote in message
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I know you meant 'somebody', but anyway - how exciting! I visited a local
farm yesterday and their apple trees were full of apples...but one tree
was also full of apple blossoms. The tulip tree around the corner from
our house has seed pods on it, but is also flowering for the second time
this year. It's exciting but scary, I think.

someone

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

One of my rhododendrons has just bloomed for the second time this
year! It only has two small blooms, admittedly, but it is blooming.

To top it all, one of my primroses has flowered this week.

Just wanted to tell someone!

Glad you did. I thought there was something wrong with mine!

First time I've seen it happen.

And I'm going to be majoring on tomatoes for the next two months by the
looks of it.

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
...
In reply to John Vanini ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

One of my rhododendrons has just bloomed for the second time this
year! It only has two small blooms, admittedly, but it is blooming.

To top it all, one of my primroses has flowered this week.

Just wanted to tell someone!

Glad you did. I thought there was something wrong with mine!

First time I've seen it happen.

And I'm going to be majoring on tomatoes for the next two months by the
looks of it.

I'm afraid that the vast majority of my tomato plants caught blight so that
I had very few tomatoes to eat.

Today, I bought a packet of Legend tomato seeds and a packet of Ferline both
Thompson & Margan and both supposed to be blight tolerant. I suspect that
next year no one will get blight and I needn't have bothered!

John

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

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
...
In reply to John Vanini ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

One of my rhododendrons has just bloomed for the second time this
year! It only has two small blooms, admittedly, but it is blooming.

To top it all, one of my primroses has flowered this week.

Just wanted to tell someone!

Glad you did. I thought there was something wrong with mine!

First time I've seen it happen.

And I'm going to be majoring on tomatoes for the next two months by
the looks of it.

I'm afraid that the vast majority of my tomato plants caught blight
so that I had very few tomatoes to eat.

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.

Very good grilled or oven-baked especially. And they actually *smell* of
tomato, for the first time in years.

On 10 Sep, 15:26, "Uncle Marvo"
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.

Very good grilled or oven-baked especially. And they actually *smell* of
tomato, for the first time in years.

Stop it!! You make me so hungry. Our toms have looked so bad - the
patience left that I had sadly didn't save them from their fate - all
went onto the compost. I needed the place for a huge grass I had
divided. I'm now eating my neighbours tomatoes ... which like yours
have started to ripen and I made a ratatouille on Saturday (with
barbecued sardines in the back garden). My god ... nothing could have
prepared me for such a treat ;o)

I will keep all my toms on my veranda next year. There's very little
point trying outside again, whatever anybody say. I'm in Manchester,
and that's that.

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!

David.

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.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On 10 Sep, 16:05, Sacha wrote:
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.

Do you mean beefheart?

On 10/9/07 16:29, in article
, "
wrote:

On 10 Sep, 16:05, Sacha wrote:
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.

Do you mean beefheart?


No, beefsteak tomatoes. The really enormous ones.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On 10 Sep, 16:41, Sacha wrote:
No, beefsteak tomatoes. The really enormous ones.

Sorry, just had a brain gap. I never tried them nor ate actually.
Unless they were inside an American burger without me knowing.

On 10/9/07 16:48, in article
, "
wrote:

On 10 Sep, 16:41, Sacha wrote:
No, beefsteak tomatoes. The really enormous ones.

Sorry, just had a brain gap. I never tried them nor ate actually.
Unless they were inside an American burger without me knowing.


I think Beefheart is a particular variety of heritage tomato and is heart
shaped.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

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.....
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'