On the windowsill are ten seedlings of Thompson & Morgan
Gartenperle bush tomatoes - about three inches high - and I have a month
in which to decide what to do with them.

There is no greenhouse and so they've got to go outdoors one way or
another. Or perhaps I could keep a couple on a windowsill?

Before, when I've grown a bush variety there has been a lot of trouble
with rotting fruits - and I'm wondering about the best way to avoid
that.

How about a long hump of earth, covered with fleece, and then plant
through crosses cut in the fleece, with slug pellets under the fleece?

Or are there better ways?
--
Chris

Chris wrote:
There is no greenhouse and so they've got to go outdoors one way or
another. Or perhaps I could keep a couple on a windowsill?

Before, when I've grown a bush variety there has been a lot of
trouble
with rotting fruits - and I'm wondering about the best way to avoid
that.

How about a long hump of earth, covered with fleece, and then plant
through crosses cut in the fleece, with slug pellets under the
fleece?

Or are there better ways?
--
Chris


Bush varieties tend to be outdoor types so can go out after the last
frost - check the packet. Even if they arent tomatoes will often do
outside from mid-may so long as they are in a sheltered sunny spot and
dont get too waterlogged.
If by rotting fruit you mean blossom end rot then i think this is to do
with the watering routine - if they are steadily watered and fed
blossom end rot should not trouble you. (By steadily i mean twice a day
on the hot summer days)
I dont understand why you would need fleece unless its for weed control
- if so fair enough.
And why slug pellets? Slugs dont like tomatoes. Not in my part of the
country they dont anyway. (Except for yellow ones maybe - i lost a few
of the lower toms on my sungella plants last year. But they were so
prolific it was hardly worth putting poison down for)
sarah

Hi Chris
Garden Pearl has been around for many years now and is a very tasty little
tomato. I grow them in pots so a growbag, or a hump in the garden sounds
good.
I've never had any problems with fruits rotting, they have always been a
good little tomato to grow. They turn white before they turn red which may
be why they are called parden pearl.
Regards Ann H.
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On the windowsill are ten seedlings of Thompson & Morgan
Gartenperle bush tomatoes - about three inches high - and I have a month
in which to decide what to do with them.

There is no greenhouse and so they've got to go outdoors one way or
another. Or perhaps I could keep a couple on a windowsill?

Before, when I've grown a bush variety there has been a lot of trouble
with rotting fruits - and I'm wondering about the best way to avoid
that.

How about a long hump of earth, covered with fleece, and then plant
through crosses cut in the fleece, with slug pellets under the fleece?

Or are there better ways?
--
Chris