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Post by Eli on Apr 14, 2023 15:20:33 GMT
I bought another two tomatoes today - now what were they ? I'll have to tell you tomorrow, I've put them in the shelter down the garden and it's raining now so I won't go and look until it stops.
I want Roma but couldn't find it in the garden centre today so I'm hoping they'll have one in Carmarthen when I go next week.
I've also got a cucumber and two peppers, red and yellow.
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Post by balc2 on Apr 15, 2023 18:53:53 GMT
I found a self-sown tomato seedling in a pot inside the mini-greenhouse this afternoon! How it got there I've no idea! Anyway I took it out of the pot it was sharing with a Pelargonium cutting & put it in a pot of its own. It only has seed leaves at present but by next weekend it will probably have its first set of true leaves.
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Post by Eli on Apr 20, 2023 2:55:04 GMT
I bought a tomato called Rapunzel. It has cerry-size fruits but it is not one for outside.
I've been looking for a Roma plant but can't find any. I'll keep trying 
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Post by balc2 on Apr 20, 2023 16:18:16 GMT
I bought a tomato called Rapunzel. It has cerry-size fruits but it is not one for outside.
I've been looking for a Roma plant but can't find any. I'll keep trying I had a look online & it seems you've got yourself a lovely tomato! Seem it can produce up to 40 small toms per truss! Let us know how you get on with them.
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Post by Eli on Apr 21, 2023 9:01:51 GMT
I'll do that balc2 , I bought it because being small cherry-size tomatoes I thought it would grow outside. It said nothing on the label.
However after looking it up on line I see it is best grown in a greenhouse, and since my greenhouse is full of cacti (which always have priority  ) I shall have to find room in one of my perspex shelters for it.
I'll let you know ...
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Post by Cherry on Apr 21, 2023 10:05:32 GMT
I have to buy my tomatoes now as I have no greenhouse here. I ordered 3 Gardeners Delight and they arrived fitting in an envelope. I could have sowed seeds on the window ledge. Anyway, they have been potted on twice and are successful so far. I hope they will be ok outside. Last year the tomatoes were good outside, and they were varieties I had never heard of and all that was left in the garden centre.
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Post by balc2 on Apr 29, 2023 15:26:14 GMT
My self-sown tomato seed is still looking good even after a week of lower than average temps. I can't say the same for the seedlings from the seeds I sowed on 21st March.  i'd be too embarrassed to upload a picture of them!  As we had such cold & winter weather last week I brought them back into the kitchen but they look very sorry for themselves! I'm wondering if perhaps sowing a few seeds now if they would catch up? I remember one year I took part in a tomato growing trail. I sent in my application, which was accepted, but didn't receive the actual seeds till the middle of May! However I did sow 3 seeds & got 100% germination. The went on to produce some tomatoes & they were a big beef type of tomato which I had never grow before. I've always preferred to salad size ones or cherry type, so I was pleased really! The seeds that were left over I sowed the following year & got 100% germination rate I think & some nice big tomatoes that summer. So I think I will sow a few seeds - as insurance really in case the March sown ones don't do well! |
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Post by seaburn on Apr 29, 2023 18:57:57 GMT
I am sure seeds now will soon catch up. It is still only April.
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Post by ladybird on Apr 30, 2023 6:50:59 GMT
I potted up a lot of my tomatoes but they are in the cold greenhouse area with no bottom heat and haven't grown very much . I might put a few back in the propagator but space is limited and there are more flower seedling to prick out ... i think i might need another greenhouse.
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Post by balc2 on Apr 30, 2023 14:01:20 GMT
I am sure seeds now will soon catch up. It is still only April. Only for one more day! 
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Post by balc2 on May 19, 2023 5:34:47 GMT
The self-sown tomato seedling which I potted up a couple of weeks ago is looking very strong and sturdy, 100% better than any of the seeds I sowed on March 21st in the propagator in the kitchen! I almost wish I'd waited longer to sow them & had done it on the balcony!
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Post by Eli on May 19, 2023 6:44:41 GMT
I've planted four 'outdoor' tomatoes - three in a Belfast sink and one in a pot.
I only bought three but there were two plants in one of the pots
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Post by balc2 on May 19, 2023 19:24:02 GMT
You got good value for your money there. Eli! |
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Post by balc2 on May 19, 2023 19:34:19 GMT
I've finally repotted the 'Gardeners Delight' tomato seedling that have been "languishing" in the kitchen for weeks!I put them in deep yoghurt pots that I had been saving for a long time precisely for the tomato seedlings! I buried half the length of the stems in the compost hoping they will root & become sturdier plants that I can plant out in some growbags next month.
I've just noticed that I don't have a more recent photo of the self-sown tomato seedling on the balcony so I shall have to remedy that tomorrow! It's so much healthier & sturdy than the ones I sowed in the heated propagator back on 21st March! Perhaps next year I'll wait perhaps a month more before sowing them. I haven't gained anything by sowing them back then! Just the opposite in fact! I'm sure the self-sown plant will grow better all summer & give me more fruit than all the others! Time will tell! At least I seem to have chosen a good moment to do this as it seems that all next week the temps are going to be higher than we have had is some time!
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Post by balc2 on May 19, 2023 19:35:56 GMT
I've just realised - the self-sown tomato is in the photo above! See if you can spot which one it is! |
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) I shall have to find room in one of my perspex shelters for it.
i'd be too embarrassed to upload a picture of them! 
As we had such cold & winter weather last week I brought them back into the kitchen but they look very sorry for themselves! I'm wondering if perhaps sowing a few seeds now if they would catch up? 
