Tomato loss: a support thread

[JennieAtkinson]

Originally Posted by nlhodge

Does anyone know what you can do with green tomato's other than throwing them in the bin?????

No!!! Don't throw them in the bin. Make a batch of Earthbabes Green Tomato Chutney. Well all did last year and it was fantastic.

Special Green Tomato Chutney

[Paulottie]

Welcome to the Vine. You might make chutney....or perhaps fry them if the film title is to be believed. The ones that are fully developed will ripen in the drawer anyway.

[Flummery]

Chutney - it's gorgeous. Or try ripening them indoors, in the presence of a ripe banana.

[number 1 suspect]

This little plant in a 3 inch pot got left behind and has done better than most of the rest of my crop. Its bee a rubbish year. I usuall have enough Tom to make Passata do some sun dried in the dehydrator make plenty of chutney and have plenty to eat. This year will rate a score of -5 out of 100. Rubbish!

Mind you I reckon I could be on to something with mini potted Toms for next year

[leona]

i potted on some side shoots from 2 varieties of tom quite early on in the summer obviously before blight was even a thought. they are all doing really well. i have them in a different greenhouse to my blighted plants but have what appears to be a blighty pepper next to them and blighted toms just outside the door. i sprayed them with bordeaux mixture when the toms outside got it and so far (fingers crossed) they are completely clean!

[ratglass]

Hi

Well looking at all the posts hear I have been very lucky. I grew Tigerella, golden sunrise, lidi, and black cherry this year all outside expect for 2 black cherry plants in the green house. I was hit by blight early but decided to spray straight away with bordeaux mixture. My hubby takes the mick cause I check the plants every day but I think this has what has given me a good crop. I continued to spray at the recommended intervals and cut off any infected leaves. I have more tomaotes that I know what to do with so have been able to give them to friends and family who were badly hit by blight. I don't like to spray but decided I couldn't stand to lose the lot. I'd do the same next year but fingers crossed next uear will be like 2006.

[andrewo]

My black cherries have done nothing, my tigerella are just starting out - very late! My yellows have done well but mine have been knocked back by the cold and wet. I try not to keep all my toms together, planting them far apart to prevent blight, if they are in rows they will quickly run through them and I avoid planting them near potatos or in the same earth the year after I've had a crop of potatos in.

Now, spraying, as far as I know bordeaux mix is classed as organic. Many growers assume organic growing means no spraying - this is wrong, I recently spent time on an organic farm and they did use sprays but organic sprays rather than chemicals. It's also about getting a balance between the amount you have on the plot, place certain crops together close and you will create mini havens for disease and pests.