Nearing the end of the tomato harvest, we have picked, bottled, sauced, dried, chutneyed and frozen just over 100 lb of beautiful tomatoes from 33 plants, just a few left to riped and we can take the plants up, a great result here in Mindya, Bulgaria,
Maris Piper disintegrate too easily. If you need to boil, watch over them and remove from the heat just as soon as a knife does not meet with any resistance. Best used for chips. I like Wilja or Marfona for boiling/mash and King Edwards for chips and roast.
I'm afraid I too got the tomato blight. Seven lovely plants ruined. Such a shame, as they were growing wonderfully outside, with many good sized fruit. It all happened very quickly. I was gutted, as I had raised these plants from babies.
I too suffered from blight on my tomatoes, had great success with onions, peas, beetroot, new potatoes and salads though, also my sweetcorn is growing well still obviously doesnt mind the rain !
Can anyone advise please we are looking to transfer to a larger unmaintained plot on our allotment site but have 3 X 2 yr old fruit trees and 3 x 1yr that will need to be moved sometime before January 2010 after the new plot is prepared to take them. What is the best way of doing this and when.
jackie i am only new to allotment gardening the two years i have been growing beetroot i grow it on the rotation that has just got fertelisers on it i hope that helps
I have had tomato blight for the last 3 yeras in my garden, I have tried grow bags, but same result, I have been told by a friend that I must stop growing tomatoes for 7 years is this true, or what can I do to get a crop?
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