Not a single ripe tom this year

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

I hate to say it but i have had abs bsolutely loads.I sowed the seeds on Feb. 6th. My greenhouse is down under a south west facing wall and it is a real suntrap. My outdoor ones in containers have done quite well as they are sheltered under the same wall as well but the ones in the open garden are slow. The only ripe one there is Black Cherry.ż

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I don't know what I've done right this year but I have loads in my tomato jungle.

I think this year early sowing has paid off, in a good year the later plants will probably catch up but now this year, I sowed like you in February, probably more luck than judgement but im glad I did.

They are coming along slowly but surely

I hate to sound smug..........well actually only a bit, but that's only because you all get it so right when I'm getting it wrong, but we have a GLUT of tomatoes. I've made pasta sauce and soup already because we can't keep up. Chilli dipping sauce next week. First toms picked 10th July - Maskotka in baskets (greenhouse), now picking Alicante, super roma, sweet baby, cherry cascade (useless.so tiny),, san marzano and beefmaster (huge, had one stuffed for supper - between us).

"Show Off's!"

[Penellype]

Finally a touch of red on one of my Sweet Aperitif. These have absolutely tiny fruit, and I'm hoping they live up to their billing, because otherwise I will not be growing any more. The plants are pathetic and the one I tried to grow in the greenhouse refused to set fruit at all.

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

I had about half a dozen fully ripe "Sungold" yesterday which never made it further than my gob!

But at long last today, thinking the worm is finally turning!









To be honest, like most others have said, the Max/Min therm as been showing high's of 35 in the day and as low as 6.5 at night, no wonder the poor "Beggers" are confused!

[Potstubsdustbins]

#47.

I grow Sweet Aperitif, very prolific, pretty much like Sungold but not quite as sweet.

I run mine in the GH to five trusses and expect 20 plus fruit per truss.

[Penellype]

#47.

I grow Sweet Aperitif, very prolific, pretty much like Sungold but not quite as sweet.

I run mine in the GH to five trusses and expect 20 plus fruit per truss.

Interesting - do they have slightly strange looking leaves which tend to curl up a bit round the edges? Mine are all like that - not the healthy downward curl of the whole leaf that indicates strong growth. The fruit on mine are small to tiny - much smaller than Sungold. Is that normal?

[skeggijon]

Have to admit we've had loads of tomatoes so far - picked 3 kilos yesterday and another kilo today, which are all destined for tomato and chilli jam.

[Jay22]

Not a one so far! In fact not many green ones either!

[Potstubsdustbins]

#50.

Yes the leaves do seem to curl upwards, even the new leaves near the top of the plant.

Pic will give you an idea of size.

One thing I have noticed is the trusses have a tendency to divide, last year I had a truss that came from the main stem and then divided into to five further trusses, this year I have cut the extras off and just left the one truss at each station.

[Penellype]

#50.

Yes the leaves do seem to curl upwards, even the new leaves near the top of the plant.

Pic will give you an idea of size.

One thing I have noticed is the trusses have a tendency to divide, last year I had a truss that came from the main stem and then divided into to five further trusses, this year I have cut the extras off and just left the one truss at each station.

Thanks - reassuring to see that it is not just my plants that look odd. Your fruits are definitely a lot bigger than mine though. I have some double trusses, but most are single, and the tomatoes towards the ends of them are the size of small peas, with the ones at the stem end about marble sized. I know they are cherry tomatoes but I was hoping they would be a bit bigger than this.

[Potstubsdustbins]

^^^^^^^^^ I have some small fruit like you say near the end of the truss but most are as above.

[bario1]

One thing I have noticed is the trusses have a tendency to divide

I've noticed this with my Sungold this year. Last year the trusses were all single stems, but this year some have divided, with about 20 fruits on each of up to 5 branches! I've just left them be...

[Scoot]

18th August and still no ripe Tomatoes for me.

[SusieG]

Do my eyes deceive me?

Woohoo! A tom on the turn, most definitely turning pink today ....

[Jungle Jane]

Don't give up yet! I remember last September when they went back to school it was really hot summer weather. A lot warmer than today.

[jackarmy]

Had the odd one or two but tumbling toms have been a massive dissapointment, im usually munching them all through the summer, had about half a dozen so far