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Post by stormy on Feb 28, 2007 20:47:28 GMT
i have to admit that we have only just planted the seeds, ok so im late, i was late last year. with the warm weather we still had toms in october. in the old days when we grew everything, we would plant around 100 or so seeds, to fill both our green houses, of course in those day you could sell them to the local shop without having any problems. we also sold them to our local pub. we tend to use our tomatos to make soup with. i cant stand bought tomatos, they have no taste, like everything homegrown they have that yummy taste that you jusy cant get in shop bought. our tomatos are kept in side on our kitchen window till they are big enough to prick off. Ok in the old days they would be in the green house, but in those days the green house was heated by a small wood burning stove. that was also handy for raising dough, lol. we use good old fashioned compost and cow manue dug into the green house, with straw on the top to keep the mosture in. You wont find any grow bags in there. after they are big enough, they go straight into the soil, with just a small stick to support them, after that we tie them up with string. once a month they are feed, but apart from watering they tend to be left to their own.
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Post by Starchild on Feb 28, 2007 21:06:08 GMT
I feed mine banana skins!
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Post by stormy on Feb 28, 2007 21:21:22 GMT
really?. i may try that, due to the fact dave brings them down for the chickens.
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Post by mickster on Feb 28, 2007 21:45:32 GMT
I'm a bit further North, so about a month behind you lot. I buy the plants, normally money maker alicante or ailsa craig. I also get a few giant beefsteak tomato plants and grow them in individual large pots. The rest go into gro bags in the greenhouse. I cant eat tomatos myself, but Sue loves em and says they taste better than shop bought ones. I do the same as Stormy and string them up once they are big enough. Then I spend my days swearing at them every time I find I've missed picking off a side shoot that's grown two foot long right at the back. ;D Dammit. Just reminded myself to replace two panes of glass that the gales had so thoughtfully managed to smash. ;D Mick.
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Post by stormy on Feb 28, 2007 21:48:25 GMT
oh yeah i forgot to mention side roots, i hate that job, which is why i possibley forgot. mick come down and do ours as well, our green house is about 50 years old and getting a bit, well naff. its got odd panes, clear plastic and putty holding it together. lol
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Post by Starchild on Mar 1, 2007 9:51:23 GMT
Banana skins at the foot of plants will lure aphids away and add a dose of potassium. A teaspoon of milk powder added to the soil when planting your tomato plants will ensure an even ripening of fruit. When the first truss of flowers open, add a heaped teaspoon of sulphate of potash to ensure good red colouring and fruit set.
(tips off a New Zealander)
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Post by tnt on Mar 27, 2007 10:51:12 GMT
I planted some tomato seeds in some pots on my window sill - currently I appear to have 4 health looking (not very good at gardening so not really sure) seedlings growing up
And there is also something that looks like a weed (we used soil from the garden as we didn't have any compost) but Tim keeps saying it's not a weed! We shall see - if I think it's affecting the other plants then it will be coming out of the pot and going onto the rayburn
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euripides
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Post by euripides on Apr 30, 2007 8:32:00 GMT
I missed tomatoes this year, the gardening bug bit too late. She said I could plant some if I was keen and wanted to hothouse them (Autumn here in Oz) but I figured given as my horticultural skills are limited, I'd better stick to something safe. But I love tomatoes. I could make a small hothouse but the weather is so unpredicatble at the moment - they'd be scorching some days. So I don't know.
How do you remember to do stuff like putting on the potash? Do you keep a gardening diary?
Euri
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