Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[Old Speckled Hen]

I'd love to know what varieties you are growing and how they are doing?

 

I planted some Red Cherry in the greenhouse and they have been very disappointing, spindly and weak whereas the Plum, Bambino Plum, Shirley and the Marmande have lots of flowers and are looking good.

I have a few Sungold dotted about inside the greenhouse and out and they all seem a bit pale and wan even though they are being fed. It's a pity because they are my fave tomato.

Gartenperle are a new variety for me and they are going bonkers with loads of flowers.

[C&T]

I also have Marmande, and while mine are a bit behind yours, they are looking good and the first flowers are appearing.

 

I am also growing Golden Queen, and Big Boy which are also looking good, strong and healthy (touch wood!).

 

Then in the hanging basket is a tumbling variety, that I cannot remember the name of but while the seed packet SAYS it is tumbling, it is doing a great job of going up, but it is covered in flower and I am hoping for lots of cherry tomatoes!

[Cinnamon]

I grown Sungold every year as they crop well for me & are full of flavour & very sweet.

 

I also have Moneymaker this year, plus a baby plum & a large plum too

Plua a couple of tumblers in pots, which are looking great.

 

All of mine are in flower now & my Sungolds have little baby toms on them already

 

I did some black skinned ones last year,but we didn't like the taste very much.

I would love to try the stripey ones next year, because they look fun

[Old Speckled Hen]

I grown Sungold every year as they crop well for me & are full of flavour & very sweet.

 

 

I would love to try the stripey ones next year, because they look fun

 

I grew some Tigerella and they were quite sweet.

When I lived in London Suburbia I used to put the Sungold willy nilly in the borders and they were just exceptional; absolute bliss to wander in the garden of an afternoon picking and eating sun-warmed Sungold.

 

I think we get too much rain here and I will have to restrict myself to greenhouse toms in the future.

[Matthew]

im growing Tumbling Tom in hanging baskets

 

pomadora italian variety along wth the old favourites

Gardener's delight

Moneymaker

Marmande

[Christian]

Several gardener's delight plants as they always do well and are small and sweet, ideal for cooking.

 

Have given up with beef type toms as they never seem to do well in my garden

[Mrs Frugal]

We're growing 2 blight resistant varieties this year after losing most of our crop of Moneymaker last year! One is called Ferline and the other is Legend. We're also growing Sungold as they are just delicious and I treat them like sweets!! We've had great success with Gardener's Delight and Tumbling Tom in the past but as we're wanting the tomatoes for bottling and processing into pasta sauces and soups, we are going for larger varieties this year.

[craftyhunnypie]

I've got ..

Gardeners delight - not too tall yet

Money maker - loads of flowers on those

Minibell - also in flower - one could do with going in a bigger tub.

Tumbling Toms - doing really well in my hanging baskets.

 

Hoping for a bumper crop of toms - I love tomatoes.

 

Emma.x

[Milly]

I have got Sungold and Black Cherry. After a couple of disastrous years - too much rain and not enough sun I'm hoping for a better summer this year!

 

Milly

[chickencam]

We have 4 Tumbler plants in hanging baskets 2 outdoors and 2 in the greenhouse which have nearly ripe tomatoes on them. You get so many tasty tomatoes from tumbler from a very small space and they are really early too.

 

We also have a couple of Big Boys for grilling

 

Alicante, Tigrella and Moneymaker.

[redhotchick]

I've got 4 x Gardener's Delight, and 2 x 100s & 1000s in 9" pots, 3 x Yellow Pear in grow ags with the plastic bits with the water reservoir and 2 x something else ( will check)*

 

I usually have no luck with tomatoes but I'm really trying to look after them this year. I potted them on and put them in the greenhouse last Sunday.

Some of the plants have flowers the size of dots. They are all a bit small still yet.

I've tied them on to canes. I've noticed that the Yellow Pear have been more prone to greenfly than the others. I am keeping an eye on this.

 

*edited to say it is Breakfast Tomato, a large plum type.

Edited June 10, 2009 by Guest

[Snowy]

Mine are all in the greenhouse this year - I have tigerella, marmande, yellow pearl, outdoor girl, gardeners delight and a few others that I can't remember the names of! I'm feeding them once a week and most of them are just beginning to get flowers!

[Tara.F]

green grape

black plum

costoluto genovest

neves azurian

suersweet irish GD

gold medal

ivory egg

blondkopfchen

purple ukraine

yellow brandywine

odessa

russian yellow

 

They are all outside up at my allotment, a couple of plants of each variety

[Snowy]

green grape

black plum

costoluto genovest

neves azurian

suersweet irish GD

gold medal

ivory egg

blondkopfchen

purple ukraine

yellow brandywine

odessa

russian yellow

 

They are all outside up at my allotment, a couple of plants of each variety

Wow that sounds like a colourful selection! I chose mine for colour variety but didn't see all that choice!

[Tara.F]

well remind me later in the year.....if blight doesn't get me I'll be glad to send you a selection of seeds for next year

 

(which is exactly how I got such a big selection )

[Old Speckled Hen]

green grape

black plum

costoluto genovest

neves azurian

suersweet irish GD

gold medal

ivory egg

blondkopfchen

purple ukraine

yellow brandywine

odessa

russian yellow

 

They are all outside up at my allotment, a couple of plants of each variety

Sound wonderful I wish I had the space

You must let us all know how they do and more importantly how they taste.

[Cinnamon]

green grape

black plum

costoluto genovest

neves azurian

suersweet irish GD

gold medal

ivory egg

blondkopfchen

purple ukraine

yellow brandywine

odessa

russian yellow

 

They are all outside up at my allotment, a couple of plants of each variety

 

Crikey, never even heard of some of those.

 

I think we will need piccys when they are in fruit

[Snowy]

Just googled some of those - they look fab!

[Valkyrie]

Ours are Sungold, Red Cherry (Gardeners World freebie), Moneymaker, Tigerella, Salt Spring Sunrise, Hillbilly,and another one that I forget. We have all our Sungolds in the greenhouse because that's where they do best. All the rest of the toms are outside, some in pots and some in the veg plot. The Salt Springs are in hanging baskets because they are a bush variety. One of each variety is also in the greenhouse just as a precaution against blight outside - at least some will be protected and any side shoots can be potted on to replace outdoor losses.

 

Edited to add - your plants might need some Epsom Salts if they are getting pale leaves. Do they have brown spots? If so, they are short of magnesium, hence the dose of salts.