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Message 1.Â
Posted by seonag1 (U14476426) on Sunday, 22nd May 2011
Watched GW on Fri and MD had something like 60+ tomato plants is it just me or is that a wee bit OTT. I only have two well grown and another couple that are a bit smaller. I don't remember my father growing any more than 6 -or maybe 8, so I just wonderd what how many other people are growing.
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Message 2
Posted by Tia_Maria (U14433260) on Sunday, 22nd May 2011
ALMOST I HAVE 42
five types alisa craig, alicante. money maker,
gardeners delight, cherry??
I'm planting blind would welcome your feed back too
i'm betting on feed them well -
Message 3
Posted by Sarcass (U14832525) on Sunday, 22nd May 2011
I have 8 shirley's, around 20 hanging 100's and 1000's - although I do actually have around 40 spare as over sowed them
and I also have around 6 unknown tall toms. In amongst my tumblers which I bought from DT Brown I seem to have a few odd bods. I sowed the seeds as instructed and they are certainly different to the others so I have decided to see what happens with those and potted them up. At present they are in greenhouse as unsure where they would be happiest lol -
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Posted by jamie01 (U14066574) on Sunday, 22nd May 2011
I have about 20, some Shirley F1, Alicante, Marmande and Roma. I don't know where they'll all go when they reach full size as I have 15 Aubergines and 5 Chillis- 2 Cayenne, 2 Apache and 1 Scotch Bonnet all competing for space in my 8' x 6' greenhouse.
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Message 5
Posted by sparklepinksunflower (U10977805) on Monday, 23rd May 2011
I always like a few varieties of toms but it gets difficult.
I olny planted 5 or 6 seeds of each vairity - gardeners delight, Scottish yellow, golden nugget, red cherry, tamina, super marmande, tigerella, expecting to loose a few along the way, only lost 2 so far.............
Anyone coming for a visit leaves with some plants -
Message 6
Posted by martingodliman (U13761957) on Monday, 23rd May 2011
I devote a whole raised bed two or three varieties (ten plants) out of three 10' x 4' beds plus four 100s & 1000s plants in pots.
Tomatoes are so versatile a veg in the kitchen and can be stored in so many ways as well.......
.........and there is something extra satisfying in growing them, the look of them, the colour etc.......more than a cabbage say
I hope I don't get blight
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Message 7
Posted by 7magpies (U8108459) on Monday, 23rd May 2011
I always sow more than I actually raise into adult plants. I usually end up with about 10, maybe 12, tomato plants at the most, which gives me as many tomatoes as we can cope with. I don't know what Monty and Mrs Monty are planning to do with the fruits of 60 or 70 plants, it gives me a headache just thinking about it. It's not like they don't grow anything else, so presumably they're also coping with huge quantities of other fruit and veg all summer and autumn long. You can only eat so much produce, and all the rest has to be processed somehow in order to store it (cleaning, chopping, peeling, blanching, cooking, preserving).
Or maybe they delegate some of the work to staff, which is not an option most of us have. -
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Posted by martingodliman (U13761957) on Monday, 23rd May 2011
I always sow more than I actually raise into adult plants. I usually end up with about 10, maybe 12, tomato plants at the most, which gives me as many tomatoes as we can cope with. I don't know what Monty and Mrs Monty are planning to do with the fruits of 60 or 70 plants, it gives me a headache just thinking about it. It's not like they don't grow anything else, so presumably they're also coping with huge quantities of other fruit and veg all summer and autumn long. You can only eat so much produce, and all the rest has to be processed somehow in order to store it (cleaning, chopping, peeling, blanching, cooking, preserving).
Or maybe they delegate some of the work to staff, which is not an option most of us have. Staff !!!!.... now your talking 7magpies, just what I need. -
Message 9
Posted by feelin_blue (U1930180) on Monday, 23rd May 2011
Hiya
I have grown three varieties from seed - Roma, Gardeners Delight and Tamina, as well as 3 Bulls Heart which I was given.
I have already planted about 8 of each of my ones in my plot, and need to make some room for the 3 Bulls Heart.
Last year I grew 3 each of Roma, G.Delight and another funny shaped one in 3 growbags, but they kept getting so dry I thought I would try them in the ground.
They look nice strong sturdy plants this year so I am hopeful of getting enough to process and store again this year. Last year there was enough for plenty of tomato chutney and tomato jelly! Nice! -
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Message 11
Posted by BM4444 (U14639033) on Tuesday, 24th May 2011
Many years ago (1970's) when I first started growing tomatoes, in my father's greenhouse and our unlounge I grew a few of the normal varieties at the time
Big Boy
Alicante
Craigella
Tigerella
Golden Sunrise
Moneymaker
the Amateur
Sweet 100
The sweet 100 turned out to be the most popular .. my late Uncle when he visited would pluck off the cherry tomatoes and pop in his mouth all the time.
I had to look up the T&M website for a list of names to remember them all.
I think the variety Shirley, which I am growing this year was just coming out when I left home -
Message 12
Posted by cooperbean (U13920738) on Tuesday, 24th May 2011
What's the T&M Website?
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Message 14
Posted by sparklepinksunflower (U10977805) on Tuesday, 24th May 2011
What's the T&M Website?Â
Beware Cooperbean - this gets dangerous!!!! Addictive and expensive (but very very nice!!) -
Message 15
Posted by Engineer (U3135859) on Tuesday, 24th May 2011
Like others here, I'm growing a lot! However, I have had trouble with leaf-spot when cramming too many in the greenhouse. Doing this leads to high humidity and toms like low humidity. It all depends on the weather really - a hot summer, excellent ventilation (crucial) and all is usually well. I also have about 20 plants in pots which are put wherever there is a spare sunny spot, so even in a bad year (eg when blight strikes), there are always enough survivors to ensure the freezer gets full of sauce-base for the Winter!
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Message 16
Posted by Lokelani (U8896212) on Wednesday, 25th May 2011
I only have a small greenhouse & find they often don't do so well outside unless we have a very sunny summer.
So I have one gardener's delight which will soon go out in a plastic pot cover, 2 maskotka in baskets (worryingly long stem for a container one!) & in the greenhouse one more of the last, plus a tumbling tom.
I hope they will be enough for the two of us, I don't have a big freezer though, so it's more for as many as we can cook with or eat while they're still growing. -
Message 17
Posted by CathB45 (U14851973) on Wednesday, 25th May 2011
I grow lots and bottle them either as sauce, passatta or whole tomamtoes and they last me all year.
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Message 18
Posted by cooperbean (U13920738) on Thursday, 26th May 2011
What's the T&M Website? Thomson & MorganÂ
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Message 19
Posted by koala_girl (U12702629) on Thursday, 26th May 2011
I grow mine in pots on the patio. Usually a mixture of gardeners delight & sweet olive but this year I am growing some alicante as well (free seeds with Lakeland catalogue). This year it is 7 GD, 6 SO and 4 alicante. My GD have flowers already, which is earlier than usual.
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