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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: James on October 31, 2006, 17:05

Title: Outdoor tomatoes - still
Post by: James on October 31, 2006, 17:05

I've still got a couple of outdoor tomato plants that continue to grow merrily.  Anybody else?  (Except Olive View...)

Title: Outdoor tomatoes - still
Post by: greenie on October 31, 2006, 17:35

:shock: No way, where do you live?!! I kept mine alive until a couple weeks ago and picked all the fruit, only to realise after a few days they were all blistered (?) at the tops from being exposed to the varying temps we've been having and had begun rotting on the vines.  :cry:

Title: Outdoor tomatoes - still
Post by: jennyb on October 31, 2006, 17:53

ours came out 10 days ago as they were going mouldy and yucky.....

are you getting some strange heat wave that the rest of us aren't??!!

Title: Outdoor tomatoes - still
Post by: John on October 31, 2006, 19:54

There's still a few greenhouse ones going on our site but no outdoors ones at all.

Title: Outdoor tomatoes - still
Post by: Aidy on November 01, 2006, 09:46

My Moneymakers are just about still going but with frost forcast tonight I think that will be it, but I cant remember the outside ones lasting this long. Must be this global warming!

Title: Outdoor tomatoes - still
Post by: James on November 01, 2006, 18:18

Just in London.  Only one plant left now - under the elder tree, a load of chutney made this week.

Title: Outdoor tomatoes - still
Post by: Oliveview on November 06, 2006, 08:05

Sorry James I have no tomatoes growing!!! :(  Sons housemate had loads still on his plants in the garden in Exeter 3 weeks ago, not sure about now though.

Title: Outdoor tomatoes - still
Post by: mum of 3 on November 06, 2006, 08:45

a few folk on our site have some toms still outdoors but seing as weve had some frost in the last week i cant see them lasting any longer.we had the last of ours weeks ago ,i really begrudge buying them now though. :lol:

Title: Outdoor tomatoes - still
Post by: James on November 06, 2006, 20:19

I refuse to buy tomatoes between late November and June.

I also cannot bear the sight of one...  Or at least, not of the horrid supermarket tasteless ones.  They're still hanging in there on that last plant, and still ripening.  T&M's tumbling Gartenperle is the breed.

Title: Outdoor tomatoes - still
Post by: mum of 3 on November 06, 2006, 21:51

its our first year and we were rather tentative and underplanted.planning on having a load next year though.will try to freeze some as well. :D

Title: Outdoor tomatoes - still
Post by: Annie on November 07, 2006, 10:11

We just have a few ripening in the greenhouse and may yet try Muntjacs green tom reciepe.The freezer is now bursting with this years produce and we have enough roast toms to keep us going well into the new year.

Title: Outdoor tomatoes - still
Post by: Aidy on November 07, 2006, 11:18

Mine are now in the big tomato heaven in the sky, had a frost the other night which just about finished them off. Roll on Spring

Title: Outdoor tomatoes - still
Post by: ytyynycefn on November 07, 2006, 18:14

My Alicante tomatoes are in growbags - the ones on the allotment are knackered, but I have one bag against a south facing wall of the hovel which is still going strong.  Finally, after all the non-ripening.....