I have a new greenhouse which I am itching to get started in - I love the small tomatoes but also I am going to try some different and new ones to me. I am going to try san marzano and green sausage as well plus a yellow one i think but don't know which one.
Gridgardner - are you based in the UK then as you seem to start really early?
HANGING BASKET TOMATOES- Surely this is the way forward for someone with limited space?!? I started mine mid Feb from seed in the conservatory. They have now germinated and been transplanted to individual pots. They are now developing their first set of tom leaves and are a couple of centimeters tall!
As this is the first time that I have tried hanging basket tomatoes does anyone have any top tips to follow?
I am so glad that I am not the only person that feels like an obsessive gardener...
I planted my tomato seeds 4 weeks ago. I now have plants that are 8-10 inches tall and doing really well on my window sill. they may have to into large pots soon as it is still too cold to go outside. Oh well they look really strong so I should get a good crop
This is the first time I have grown both greenhouse and hanging basket tomatoes in an electric prop. At what height do I transplant and put them in a cold greenhouse or in the conservatory
Marvin I tried sowing some mid feb little early I know but I paid the price. most of them were leggy with only the cotyledons (seed leaves) so after that i invested in a heated propagator and a circular fluorescent and started again so now they have 3/4 true leaves but I'm also not taking any chances the answer to your question is when the first flowers on the first truss has developed for your greenhouse but you should be ok in your conservatory if it's heated just remember to put the prop lid on at night this your semi hardening them off through the day. if you want to post me back and I'll show you photo's of some of mine at the mo.
I grow Marmande (large Spanish natural shape, not Supermarket perfectly round & tasteless toms) these are real tomatoes, I grow them in a 14inch hanging basket sitting high in the greenhouse on a bucket of water. Side shoot in the normal way & cut some leaves off for best results. Feed... stewed horse muck. Fill a barrel with horse muck add water drain it off to mix with the watering. Result, HUGE Toms. Growembig.
Aged 75. Just retired. Gardening again after 30 yrars. Trying to grow tomatoes with two healthy looking plants. Unsure what to remove. Leaves or shoots from stem. Can you advise. Regards.
Can you tell me why my husbands tomatoes that he grows in the greenhouse why the skins are tough is it lack of water many thanks janet williams kington
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Gridgardner - are you based in the UK then as you seem to start really early?
As this is the first time that I have tried hanging basket tomatoes does anyone have any top tips to follow?
I am so glad that I am not the only person that feels like an obsessive gardener...
Growembig.