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4 french hens
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by 4 french hens » 12 Aug 2008, 21:56
Been picking tomatoes today, first 6 weighed 4lbs!
Ok I know they were the beef variety but these didn't have hooves on!
Mike
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Nellie
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by Nellie » 13 Aug 2008, 21:22
You're so fortunate being further south, and therefore able to grow decent sized beef tomatoes. Mine end up on the puny side.
Still, got loads of cherry tomatoes, both orange and red ones, so I'm happy.
4 french hens
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by 4 french hens » 14 Aug 2008, 16:39
Ni Nellie,
my cherry toms were a waste of time, both red and yellow, only had about 2 doz' of 6 plants.
Mike
Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.
chickentina
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by chickentina » 14 Aug 2008, 21:30
Hi i have had quite a few orange cherry toms but still waiting for the bigger ones to ripen..only have green ones at the mo...we need more sun and less rain!
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by Meanqueen » 14 Aug 2008, 22:14
My tomatoes are really struggling at the moment, :cry: not enough sun, :cry: like last year. When they eventually come I am hoping they last till December, like last year
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by Willow » 20 Aug 2008, 13:28
I've go a load of green tomatoes waiting desperately for some sunshine!!! (arn't we all?)
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by wendy » 20 Aug 2008, 16:27
Don't grow tomatoes, I don't like them. But my word am I inundated with Plums !!!
I have two trees and they have gone bananas.
Wendy
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by taff » 20 Aug 2008, 21:48
wendy wrote: But my word am I inundated with Plums !!! I have two trees and they have gone bananas. Wendy
There'll be a few alchemists who'd be very interested in your trees, how did you do it?
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by wendy » 20 Aug 2008, 23:07
Dunno, they just growed and growed ???
kdoc
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by kdoc » 21 Aug 2008, 08:40
Having no luck with my tomatoes indoors or out.Plenty of flowers but not turning into toms.
Even took a leaf out of my grandads book and tapped the canes really hard,still no luck!
Karen
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by 4 french hens » 23 Aug 2008, 16:09
Me & my big mouth. Looked at the tom's last night, all ok. 7am today 10 plants at deaths door due to blight. Now in possesion of 2 large carrier bags of green tom's to ripen/make chutney of. The blighted blighters were immediatly uprooted for burning. :cry:
Mike
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by stace » 23 Aug 2008, 17:28
awwwww what a shame
Good for chutney though!
stace
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