My reply was intended for people growing tomatoes in the UK not southern Europe and I maintain from my 50 years experience of Tomato growing that what I wrote is correct.
I have never seen sunburned Toms in all those years even when occasionally we get a warm summer at this year.
Have to say i surprised by how poor many of monties tomatoes looked on GW on friday. Looks like it was either filmed a long time ago, or the experiment has produced very poor plants. I've had fruit ripening on mine for about 6 weeks now, many of monties in the little pots didn't even seem to have flowered yet. Will be interesting to see if he manages to get anything off them, I know the experiment was about flavour but if he gets 1 trus of amazing flavour tomatoes per plant, it wouldn't be much good for most of us who don't have room for dozens of plants.
I've had a few black cherries off mine so far, they were the first to set, and stronger growing it seems than the gardeners delight or tigarella. Have to say they tasted fantastic.
Andy I tend to agree with you - they didn't look too great did they? I felt quite pleased with mine after seeing that! That sounds like a good variety you've got Andy. Would you recommend it? The cherry and small plum types are what I like. Did you grow from seed?
As Italo said re the sun, I was quite concerned about some of my toms in that really hot spell as the temperature in the growhouse was so high and my back garden is a real sun trap. Because I'm out all morning it's not always been easy to judge just how 'open' to leave the doors.Was regretting taking quite so much foliage off the biggest plant! It has survived though - just one or two fruits looked a bit the worse for wear.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Up here the problem is temperature as we go through August. It gets quite autumnal here -you can feel the change in the air in early August - and temps overnight can fall below 10/12 degrees quite quickly, so any toms not already ripening need the cover of a greenhouse or it would be chutney making time instead of eating nice red tomatoes!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Look at this lot, kilos but not a ripe one yet. These are cristal that I grew from seed as recommended on Gardeners world last year. cant wait to taste them.
I regularly remove all tangled and long branching foliage as well as all foliage below the first truss has worked for me In the past.
My tomatoes are the best ever (3 years of trying) and I was away at the start of the heatwave worrying if they would all be dead when I got back. But NO! - even the ones outside the small growhouse have survived and flourished. I took off all unnecessary foliage so the goodness went straight to the flowers-cum-fruits and pinched out the tops. I did practically drown them before I went away though.......
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My reply was intended for people growing tomatoes in the UK not southern Europe and I maintain from my 50 years experience of Tomato growing that what I wrote is correct.
I have never seen sunburned Toms in all those years even when occasionally we get a warm summer at this year.
Have to say i surprised by how poor many of monties tomatoes looked on GW on friday. Looks like it was either filmed a long time ago, or the experiment has produced very poor plants. I've had fruit ripening on mine for about 6 weeks now, many of monties in the little pots didn't even seem to have flowered yet. Will be interesting to see if he manages to get anything off them, I know the experiment was about flavour but if he gets 1 trus of amazing flavour tomatoes per plant, it wouldn't be much good for most of us who don't have room for dozens of plants.
I've had a few black cherries off mine so far, they were the first to set, and stronger growing it seems than the gardeners delight or tigarella. Have to say they tasted fantastic.
Ate my first ripe one today Yayy!! still waiting for the rest to ripen.
I take off the bottom leaves up to the lowest truss of fruit, seems to work and I like the idea that their is air circulation.
Andy I tend to agree with you - they didn't look too great did they? I felt quite pleased with mine after seeing that! That sounds like a good variety you've got Andy. Would you recommend it? The cherry and small plum types are what I like. Did you grow from seed?
As Italo said re the sun, I was quite concerned about some of my toms in that really hot spell as the temperature in the growhouse was so high and my back garden is a real sun trap. Because I'm out all morning it's not always been easy to judge just how 'open' to leave the doors.Was regretting taking quite so much foliage off the biggest plant! It has survived though - just one or two fruits looked a bit the worse for wear.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The many leaves on my tomato plants was the problem I just posted - then I read the above! You had already answered my question. Thanks, everyone.
Up here the problem is temperature as we go through August. It gets quite autumnal here -you can feel the change in the air in early August - and temps overnight can fall below 10/12 degrees quite quickly, so any toms not already ripening need the cover of a greenhouse or it would be chutney making time instead of eating nice red tomatoes!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Look at this lot, kilos but not a ripe one yet. These are cristal that I grew from seed as recommended on Gardeners world last year. cant wait to taste them.
I regularly remove all tangled and long branching foliage as well as all foliage below the first truss has worked for me In the past.
regards Peter.
Peter those look terrific...and so beautifully neat. There are some very tidy male gardeners on this forum!!
I didn't mean that in the modern sense that 'tidy' means....
Although maybe that's the case too!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Correct bigolob and Peter12.
My tomatoes are the best ever (3 years of trying) and I was away at the start of the heatwave worrying if they would all be dead when I got back. But NO! - even the ones outside the small growhouse have survived and flourished. I took off all unnecessary foliage so the goodness went straight to the flowers-cum-fruits and pinched out the tops. I did practically drown them before I went away though.......