Given that outdoor varieties of tomatoes are more prone to the dreaded blight, I would grow varieties that offer some blight resistance......'Ferline' is very good in this respect.
However, the end result depends what kind of summer we get.
I had the free gw sungolds last year, all outside, and had so many it was hard to keep up with them. This year I'm doing 8 different varieties, again all outside as I want to extend the season. At the mo they are all tiny and growing on in the greenhouse.
hi fellow gardeners guess i will be needing your help this year.
i used to be able to bounce all my garden question off my mum but we sadly lost her in October.
i have taken over her allotment we are digging it all over and letting it rest this year i hope to green manure it asap.
now my tomato question is
i have completely cleared a long polycarbonate shed and planted 60 tomato plants already doing really well the Roma is coming into flower i know when to feed but as i don't get any flying insects in the poly shed do i have to tickle them my self with my trusty paint brush or will they sort themselves out.
my other tomato in the poly shed is gardeners delight
its a bit of a panic planting as i felt the need to grow something this year.
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Yellow Stuffer and Tigerella have both done well outdoors.
Last year when we had some very hot spells, the ones outside did as well as the ones in the greenhouse.
Given that outdoor varieties of tomatoes are more prone to the dreaded blight, I would grow varieties that offer some blight resistance......'Ferline' is very good in this respect.
However, the end result depends what kind of summer we get.
I have found that Sungold don't seem to get blight as much as some varieties.
I had the free gw sungolds last year, all outside, and had so many it was hard to keep up with them. This year I'm doing 8 different varieties, again all outside as I want to extend the season. At the mo they are all tiny and growing on in the greenhouse.
hi fellow gardeners guess i will be needing your help this year.
i used to be able to bounce all my garden question off my mum but we sadly lost her in October.
i have taken over her allotment we are digging it all over and letting it rest this year i hope to green manure it asap.
now my tomato question is
i have completely cleared a long polycarbonate shed and planted 60 tomato plants already doing really well the Roma is coming into flower i know when to feed but as i don't get any flying insects in the poly shed do i have to tickle them my self with my trusty paint brush or will they sort themselves out.
my other tomato in the poly shed is gardeners delight
its a bit of a panic planting as i felt the need to grow something this year.
cheers all
Won't hurt to give the flowers a flick with your fingers or a brush with your hand as you go past to help their self-pollination process along.
Tgerrella is a good outdoors tomato too