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Ripe toms
First three decided to go red. Lots on there but slow to turn.
Outside under the veranda in a huge pot -- Mike The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rneba.org.uk Luxury Self Catering on the Isle of Wight? www.shanklinmanormews.co.uk |
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'Mike' wrote:
First three decided to go red. Lots on there but slow to turn. We have just harvested a third time from our Tom plants Our first ONES were about a fortnight ago then about a kilo a week ago then another 2kilos today. There are still lots and lots and... of toms that look like they will ripen of, but there are still some flowers and little tiny toms that unless they get a wriggle on wont have time to ripen before the season is over. We have 12 tom plants all together in pots with no bottom that are sitting on a trough (water from the bottom feed from the top style) the two plants that seem to be doing the best (growing the fastest most 'fruit' etc) are two we got from his school fayre (sic). The tom plants are interspersed with Marigolds as apparently the Marigolds give of a gas/odour/substance that repels white fly. |
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"soup" wrote in message ... 'Mike' wrote: First three decided to go red. Lots on there but slow to turn. We have just harvested a third time from our Tom plants Our first ONES were about a fortnight ago then about a kilo a week ago then another 2kilos today. There are still lots and lots and... of toms that look like they will ripen of, but there are still some flowers and little tiny toms that unless they get a wriggle on wont have time to ripen before the season is over. We have 12 tom plants all together in pots with no bottom that are sitting on a trough (water from the bottom feed from the top style) the two plants that seem to be doing the best (growing the fastest most 'fruit' etc) are two we got from his school fayre (sic). The tom plants are interspersed with Marigolds as apparently the Marigolds give of a gas/odour/substance that repels white fly. Now that is interesting, the problem is i shall forget to do that in future!(:-( Alan |
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"'Mike'" wrote in message ... First three decided to go red. Lots on there but slow to turn. Outside under the veranda in a huge pot -- Mike whilst over on the other side of the world, as we head out of winter, I noticed my first volunteer tomato plant today growing in my polytunnel. rob |
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George.com wrote:
whilst over on the other side of the world, as we head out of winter, I noticed my first volunteer tomato plant today growing in my polytunnel. rob And on the other side of the pond, I've been picking toms, early girl and tiny toms (which are not all that tiny) for a few weeks) after a hot spell here in SW Idaho. That's in the NW BTW. -- signature goes here |
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Can anyone tell me why my tomatoes are going brown instead of ripening?
Any advice as to the cure? Roy. -- Roy Bailey West Berkshire. |
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On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:50:29 +0100, Roy Bailey
wrote: Can anyone tell me why my tomatoes are going brown instead of ripening? Any advice as to the cure? Roy. Likely to be blight. No cure. Don't compost, burn, along with all plant residue. Do stems and leaves have brown patches too? Pam in Bristol |
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