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Post by Cherry on Jun 16, 2013 16:47:29 GMT
Did anyone read Bob Flowerdew's idea of growing tomatoes with, perhaps one sideshoot trained up the same way? He thinks we should be doing this to get more tomatoes and not having to stop them at the top. I can see his idea and quite like it as I have done this with a peculiar tomato last year, and one this year which looked right for this treatment. I don't think I would do it with all types of tomato.
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Post by sweetpea on Jun 16, 2013 16:59:24 GMT
I have done this with tommytoes cherry but can't recall which variety I used. There is a limit on how many tomatoes one can use and anyway in a g'house you could train a plant up the side and along the roof and down the other side fruiting all the way.
Have also used the technique on sweetpeas. Called 'Double cordon'. its a fairly common thing with fruit trees too.
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Post by Cherry on Jun 17, 2013 7:57:41 GMT
Sweetpea, I use all my tomatoes and even buy the local ones given to the church for their suppers and sales. I make them into a sauce with chilli and onions which is used to top pasta lunches and to add to soups, etc.
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Post by Rosie on Jun 17, 2013 15:02:01 GMT
Sweetpea, I use all my tomatoes and even buy the local ones given to the church for their suppers and sales. I make them into a sauce with chilli and onions which is used to top pasta lunches and to add to soups, etc. I do exactly the same Cherry, can't have enough of them, plus remember eating them straight off the plant  |
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Post by Cherry on Jun 17, 2013 18:12:31 GMT
I can't wait for the tomatoes to ripen and they look really good too.
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Post by sweetpea on Jun 19, 2013 19:03:24 GMT
Today 19th June  |
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Post by Rosie on Jun 20, 2013 9:22:33 GMT
Oo they look good Sweetpea  |
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 11, 2013 19:09:29 GMT
Remember to nip out the side shoots on the toms ML, I usually nip out the growing tip once 4 or 5 trusses have set.
I read this with a sinking heart Rosie, sounds like stopping dahlias and I'm having nightmares over that! Too many things to remember. |
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Post by Rosie on Jul 12, 2013 11:52:54 GMT
Is it a cordon type that has gone bushy? I would still nip out some side shoots, post a pic if you can ML |
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 15, 2013 6:03:24 GMT
Is it a cordon type that has gone bushy? I would still nip out some side shoots, post a pic if you can ML |
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 15, 2013 10:10:37 GMT
Two toms planted note upturned pop bottle in middle to facillitate watering/feeding Canes alongside for tying in later  |
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Post by steve on Jul 15, 2013 11:38:59 GMT
That's exactly what some people do, in fact t5here are some tops that screw in to where the bottle top was and they are like a green spike with holes in, you fill with water tip it upside down in to the pot or bag where it slowly releases its water and its more or less what you have already done  |
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 20, 2013 19:49:40 GMT
Is it a cordon type that has gone bushy? I would still nip out some side shoots, post a pic if you can ML
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Post by Cherry on Jul 23, 2013 11:33:19 GMT
I am trying some with Bob Flowerdew's method, i.e. to leave another flowering branch and keep two going up, and some with a single stem. At present I am liking Bob F's method because then they are not having to be stopped at the top and I am getting more tomatoes. I will probably do both next year too. Moonlight, I think you may have left it too late to use the single stake or cordon method of growing, and I would take out some of those extra shoots. See what others think about it. I am not an expert as I have only been growing tomatoes since starting this forum (well, the one before). Is anyone picking tomatoes yet? |
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Post by steve on Jul 23, 2013 16:23:39 GMT
Sungold was the first to ripen for me, a very sweet tomato
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