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Well, it's mid September and we need something to occupy our minds over the coming winter.
Last year, I overwintered some tomato plants; and the one that survived just happened to be Piglet Willie's French Black - it has produced a lovely bounty this year and I am hoping to try this again both at home and at one of my schools.
So, the technique is:
Look at your most healthy heavily cropping plants; and take some cuttings from them.
Pop them into modules around about now, and let them recover. [They flop for a week, then stand up and carry on growing]
Slow down the watering and when late autumn comes, take the strongest few indoors, and grow them on in a cool [not too warm] position.
Then, pot them on around February time, and grow them on next year.
I'm just off to do some now - and will post my final choices later.
Last year, I overwintered some tomato plants; and the one that survived just happened to be Piglet Willie's French Black - it has produced a lovely bounty this year and I am hoping to try this again both at home and at one of my schools.
So, the technique is:
Look at your most healthy heavily cropping plants; and take some cuttings from them.
Pop them into modules around about now, and let them recover. [They flop for a week, then stand up and carry on growing]
Slow down the watering and when late autumn comes, take the strongest few indoors, and grow them on in a cool [not too warm] position.
Then, pot them on around February time, and grow them on next year.
I'm just off to do some now - and will post my final choices later.
I'll have a look on Monday (when I was planning to compost them anyway) and see if there's still any healthy bits. Not too hopeful, but I'll follow everyone else's with interest 
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