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The Blessing of a new Allotment

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  • NewleafNewleaf Posts: 14
    When I transplanted my toms I did take the advice of Alan Titchmarsh who says to bury then up to their armpits so they don't get too leggy. Fingers crossed! I'm using a type called Moneymaker - ever heard of it?
  • Sandra 2Sandra 2 Posts: 31

    I've heard Gardener's Delight is the one to go for - but as I say I'm using blight resistant Ferline F1 - no idea what it will taste like. 

    Bury 'em up to their armpits, eh. Good thinking. 

  • moneymaker is a good one newleaf..well established..and burying them is really successful if they have gone leggy

  • Sandra 2Sandra 2 Posts: 31

    Rosie Plum - how small do they have to be to benefit from being buried? Mine are about three inches high now, but most of that's 'leg'. I'd like to repot with most of the stem under soil - would you say that would help at this stage? 

  • NewleafNewleaf Posts: 14
    Thank you Rosie - I can almost taste them already! I hope that burying them will be successful as it's what I've done! the droopy leaves they had earlier today are now much more perky and with any luck they won't rot!
  • Hi! !Guys!!  My tomatoes on the kitchen windowsill are doing fine! got Gardeners delight! Cherry Tom!! Lovely taste!! Money Maker! Medium sized! n San Marzano! Plum! Type, which is a first for me!! See how we go!! n Sandra! Unfortuanatly for me I will be going away this weekend to sort my ol man's caravan! He sadly passed our way a few weeks back!! But on a plus note! my friend is gunna take over the allotment for this weekend n do me some fencing!! Bless him!!! 

  • Oh! Sandra!! Got sidetracked!! Once they start growing there true leaf is a good time!! 

  • How to Kill slugs..... Well, I use CHICKENS, yes, they eat slugs anad snails and bugs and anything else that crawls, wriggles, slimes but the chickens will also eat your plants, so make sure they are covered up before you let the chickens run riot on your garden or allotment.

  • lynda dlynda d Posts: 17

    hello everybody i am just asking about my cherry toms i am growing sweet baby for my hanging basket now today i read that i can not plant out untill they flower or i will only have green leaves no fruit so now i dont no which way to go can anybody advise me please  thanks

  • Hi elsie123! You've not got a problem planting em in ya basket's, but I would advice you leave your basket's inside a greenhouse or somewhere frost free until all fear of frost as passed! I generally begin to harden off my outdoor tomato's in early May! n plant out late May beginning of June weather depending!! Nothing better than a sun warmed tomato picked from the plant in eaten straight away! Good luck with em!! 

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