I have sown tomato seeds today. Hope it's not too late. Last year, I had blight; so was reluctant to grow them this year, but gave up resisting. Fingers crossed for a blight free season.
Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth
I haven't sown mine yet, but will do it this week in all probability. So many peple got caught out last year with cold wet April and May. As always its not sowing and germinating, but having warm enough space to move them into after that's the real problem.
big red cherry has been around a long time. by a long time mean before 1899. san marzano it great all around tomato for salads,sauce, paste and jarring for sandwiches I go with brandywine pink.
I've only just sown mine. They stay undercover anyway, but as @Allotment Boy says, it's having the space undercover once they're growing on individually, that matters. They can't go out until temps and conditions are suitable, so there's plenty of time if sowing now @Eustace, and yours would probably have caught up with mine in a week or two, so it's no problem
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My dear old dad will be turning in his grave. 3 pkt of seed at £4.49 each 2with 12 seeds, 1 with 10. I have only sown 1/2 of them in each case, they had better all germinate! Hoping the rest remain viable till next year. This blight resistant lark is a racket☹
As always its not sowing and germinating, but having warm enough space to move them into after that's the real problem.
This is true, which is why I never sow until about 1 March. Mine are now at the stage where I move them out to the cold frame in the mornings and bring them back to the house in the late afternoon; it's tedious but it works for me. They will move to the unheated greenhouse at night usually in late April.
Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
Sowed Sweet Aperitif and Sweet Million far to early and they've been really 'lazy' in growing. Think I'll have another go with them, I just need 2/3 plants each.
It's another story with Honeycomb, the seeds germinated in days and they've already overtaken the first two varieties.
I've got quite a few lessons to learn before next year.
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mean before 1899.
san marzano it great all around tomato for
salads,sauce, paste and jarring
for sandwiches I go with brandywine pink.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
what to keep?
Nimbus
Principe Borghese
Tigrella
Bloody butcher
I have room for 10 in the greenhouse and several more outside.
What to keep?
Decisions...
It's another story with Honeycomb, the seeds germinated in days and they've already overtaken the first two varieties.
I've got quite a few lessons to learn before next year.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.