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Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,968	Tomatoes 2015 Aug 5, 2015 5:55:13 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Aug 5, 2015 5:55:13 GMT There are greenflies in the corner of the greenhouse. Do I just buy a sticky mat? There are no birds to catch on it because the cat has a bed in there.

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Tomatoes 2015 Aug 5, 2015 19:33:58 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Aug 5, 2015 19:33:58 GMT Yes, hang a few yellow fly traps Jen. Next year plant Tagetes amongst the tomatoes.

Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,968	Tomatoes 2015 Aug 5, 2015 20:21:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Aug 5, 2015 20:21:47 GMT Sorry, whiteflies, not greenflies. Anyway, they are much better today, because I took quite a few leaves off them and let more wind in the greenhouse. I will still get the traps.

Cat Top Member Until you try you will never know... Posts: 1,002	Tomatoes 2015 Aug 5, 2015 20:28:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cat on Aug 5, 2015 20:28:57 GMT Marigolds help for future reference I've had none now I plant near my toms

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,912	Tomatoes 2015 Aug 10, 2015 20:58:02 GMT grindle, peony, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Aug 10, 2015 20:58:02 GMT I picked a bowl of various tomatoes from the greenhouse tonight & made a tomato tart served with home grown Lady Christl potatoes & broccoli ( shop bought!)

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Tomatoes 2015 Aug 11, 2015 6:22:36 GMT

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Post by Cherry on Aug 11, 2015 6:22:36 GMT

My outdoor Sweet Alert have been really prolific this year. I am finding no difference between the grafted and the 99p tomatoes when comparing with the same variety. I am using Shirley for the test. In fact, I have picked a few from the ordinary plant and none yet from the grafted. The number look the same. I will save some money next year.

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,745	Tomatoes 2015 Aug 11, 2015 6:34:55 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Aug 11, 2015 6:34:55 GMT didn't Beechgrove do a similar test last year Cherry I have a feeling their results were pretty much the same Lovely bowl of tomatoes SueA I'm still waiting for most of mine to ripen
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Tomatoes 2015 Aug 11, 2015 7:36:15 GMT

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Post by SueA on Aug 11, 2015 7:36:15 GMT

I've still got a lot of green toms. grindle , most of mine are cherry types as they always seem to be the tastiest to me, blight has crept in through the open greenhouse door though so I've been picking off any leaves showing signs as soon as I've noticed & the plants are holding up quite well.
I tried grafted toms. a few years ago Cherry & didn't find them any better than seed grown or bought in seedling plants & they are very expensive.

Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,968	Tomatoes 2015 Aug 11, 2015 8:27:14 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Aug 11, 2015 8:27:14 GMT I did not see that one grindle and SueA thanks for the comments. I think that is quite conclusive evidence.

roofgardener Top Member PLanting Chillis Posts: 2,378	Tomatoes 2015 Aug 11, 2015 9:50:59 GMT daitheplant likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by roofgardener on Aug 11, 2015 9:50:59 GMT I'd forgotten about this thread. Hey... .Cherry.... do you grow Cherry Tomatoes by any chance ?

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Tomatoes 2015 Aug 11, 2015 11:41:27 GMT Cat likes this

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Post by Cherry on Aug 11, 2015 11:41:27 GMT

Oh no roofgardener! You are so not funny.

I don't like cherries at all. When I joined I knew so little about computers and forums that I used my favourite flower as my password and the cherry as the user name. I got them back to front. Cherries were an important crop in the orchard when I was young. The first ones had to be out for Melbourne Cup Day.

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Tomatoes 2015 Aug 11, 2015 12:19:57 GMT SueA likes this

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Aug 10, 2015 20:58:02 GMT SueA said:

I picked a bowl of various tomatoes from the greenhouse tonight & made a tomato tart served with home grown Lady Christl potatoes & broccoli ( shop bought!)

Lovely Tomatoes Sue

I have also found no difference in the crop between grafted plants or ones grown from seed.

I love my greenhouses!

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Tomatoes 2015 Aug 11, 2015 19:11:15 GMT

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Post by SueA on Aug 11, 2015 19:11:15 GMT

I was inspired by your photo of your bowl of tomatoes esther!

Were some of yours beefsteaks, I bought a small plant which was labelled beefsteak but the fruits don't look very big or beefy yet & are still green, may have been mislabelled but I think it only cost me 50p so can't complain!

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dianthus Top Member From the Garden of England Posts: 2,053	Tomatoes 2015 Aug 11, 2015 19:29:13 GMT SueA likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dianthus on Aug 11, 2015 19:29:13 GMT Lovely tomatoes SueA

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Tomatoes 2015 Aug 11, 2015 19:41:46 GMT

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Post by dianthus on Aug 11, 2015 19:41:46 GMT

I am so jealous of everyone's tomato news..... mine are still only 6" tall in that were in that rubbish compost.

The two Sweet Aperatif that I replanted into some new compost, are just producing their second truss of flowers. I'll be lucky to get a kilo of toms, instead of my usual 20Kg+

Some years don't go to plan, do they?

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