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  • Toms still hanging on............

    As the title suggests, my toms are still hanging on even though we've had a couple of heavy frosts. Some of my chilli's haven't even fruited yet though so I don't think there's much chance for them.
    All plants were looking a bit dejected so I fired up the wood burner to cheer them up.

    Cheered me up if nowt else!
    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

    Diversify & prosper



  • #2
    Yup, still got toms here too. Inside and out.

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    • #3
      I stripped mine yesterday , needed some green toms for something . However my chillies and peppers are still looking good and ripening daily .....
      S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
      a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

      You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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      • #4
        And chillis, peppers, cucumbers and the pea shoots will be starting to be harvested soon - and got onions, potato onions, elephant garlics, lettuces, chinese cabbages, spring onions etc all waiting in the wings...all in the greenhouse.
        Last edited by zazen999; 13-10-2012, 09:36 PM.

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        • #5
          I've just moved my christmas spuds and fig tree into the at home gh .......but I'm trying to figure out where to put stuff while I smoke bomb it........
          S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
          a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

          You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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          • #6
            I picked everything with a bit of colour on it yesterday and left the green ones. They are destined to become chutney

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            • #7
              I've just thrown a load of rotten & ripe tomatoes away today... Give up on them as I'm the only one who eats them. There is only so much sauce I can make!!

              Chilli plants are next... The freezer is full of them and there are plenty more on the plants that need picking.
              Choccy


              My favourite animal is steak...

              Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

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              • #8
                So there I was ..in the gh at the lottie picking chillies and suddenly spotted ........tomatoes Self seeded cost. f in amongst the chillies and peppers and is a very healthy looking plant which has fruit ripening on it . Sneaky ........
                S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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                • #9
                  Stripped mine yesterday, all green. The healthiest are tucked up cosily in a deep drawer. I had to throw as many away which was a big disappointment. Loads of chillies in the greenhouse and luckily all healthy. Emptying the pots this week and if I can get hold of some cardboard they'll be the beginning of another bed. Even less grass to mow in the spring
                  Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                  • #10
                    Plenty of green toms in the Botrytis afflicted GH - stripped out the worst plants, stripped the leaves off most of the remaining plants and hoping that they'll ripen without rotting - under close scrutiny!
                    In the other GH, I have some late started Yellow Stuffers and Transparent tom plants, flowering, but no fruit. Wonder how long I can keep them growing into winter?

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                    • #11
                      Mine are still going too both indoors and out....The Totem ones outside still ripening, so I will leave them be for now.....

                      VC....Keep an close eye on the Yellow Stuffer as they were the only ones (thankfully) of mine affected by Blossom End rot despite being in the same gh as many other varities
                      Last edited by Tripmeup; 15-10-2012, 09:33 AM.
                      I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....


                      ...utterly nutterly
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                      • #12
                        Thanks TMU. At the mo its just flowers so I'll be skipping up and down with joy if there is any sign of a tomato!

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                          Thanks TMU. At the mo its just flowers so I'll be skipping up and down with joy if there is any sign of a tomato!


                          Not sure I'll bother with them again next year as they are (as the name suggests) more suited to stufffing than just grabbing off the plant and eating
                          Last edited by Tripmeup; 15-10-2012, 11:30 AM.
                          I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....


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                          • #14
                            Mine are probably about a month behind normal. Still loads of green ones on the plants but am leaving them insitu for as along as possible (fingers crossed the polytunnel will provide them a bit of protection. Still have loads of green tomato chutney from last year and really wanted them for pasatta but not sure that would be very nice out of green ones..........

                            Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                            Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Tripmeup View Post
                              Not sure I'll bother with them again next year as they are (as the name suggests) more suited to stufffing than just grabbing off the plant and eating
                              I thought that was Stuffing?

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