So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #225 on: June 16, 2012, 10:04 »
The Gartenperle that I sowed on 12th Jan have their first flowers on  ;)

and now the fruits are ripening  :D
 

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #226 on: June 16, 2012, 11:18 »
The Gartenperle that I sowed on 12th Jan have their first flowers on  ;)

and now the fruits are ripening  :D

They look great! Mine are not at that stage yet :(... But hopefully soon :)...
Well done!

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #227 on: June 16, 2012, 12:20 »
Nor mine, they look lovely Mum!  :)

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #228 on: June 16, 2012, 14:13 »
Well done MOS, my cherry has loads of flowers but only one fruit showing red.

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #229 on: June 16, 2012, 18:14 »
You have done well, MOS. Today I detected the slightest hint of a colour change in some of my tomatoes. They have started to lose the white/green colouring and are more greeny  looking.

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #230 on: June 18, 2012, 19:19 »
I have my first 'orangey' tomato :D... No idea what it is as the labels got lost along the way  :ohmy:...

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« Reply #231 on: June 19, 2012, 17:20 »
Have picked 3 sungold now. First on saturday. They were the early sown ones. The later sown  ones have caught up a little growth wise but not truss or fruit wise. My thinkin is that the early ones are putting more energy into fruit now. The later ones are happy growing up at the mo.

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« Reply #232 on: July 05, 2012, 09:32 »
I picked my first ripe tomato yesterday. The greenhouse was unheated except for 3 nights in April, and the tomatoes did not go out until the unusually warm days of March. I think it is worth it. It gives me something to do instead of sowing other seeds too early.

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #233 on: October 13, 2012, 00:19 »
Hi I was wondering what was the final results of planting early and if it was an adventure worth pursuing next year?

Reading most of the posts its seems that some people got off to a flying start, but then this thread seems to of become abandoned for some reason?   :unsure:
If at first you don't succeed, try a different method.

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #234 on: October 13, 2012, 11:59 »
Mine were very successful, sown in January, but need more care than later sowings.
I shall be doing the same again next year, all being well.
I used seed from bought supermarket tomatoes, and found that few of them split this year. The only ones that did split were the russian black cherry tomatoes from bought seed...but that's another story.

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #235 on: October 13, 2012, 12:23 »
Hi I was wondering what was the final results of planting early and if it was an adventure worth pursuing next year?

Reading most of the posts its seems that some people got off to a flying start, but then this thread seems to of become abandoned for some reason?   :unsure:
The experiment was whether sowing tomatoes early in the season produces an early crop.....

Those that had early ripening fruits have replied on the thread - their results were good.

One has to suppose that the people who didn't post results were less successful  :dry:


Each of us will have made up our own minds whaether to do the same, or not, next year ;)

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #236 on: October 13, 2012, 14:29 »
I am came to the conclusion that sowing early did not make one scrap of difference to my tomatoes  because the later ones that I sowed caught up and then I lost most of them to blight anyway but should have a green house next year which might make a difference  :D
some people are like slinkys......they're really good for nothing, but they still bring a smile to your face as you push them down the stairs!!

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #237 on: October 13, 2012, 14:32 »
I see thank you for the replies.

mumofstig I was wondering if there was also a benefit in the volume of tomatoes cropped with the early starters over those started at recommended times.

Its something I will try next year myself. I have a nice Red Pear Heirloom which I collected seed and brought back from France. So far I have not had much success, the plants take off with a flying start but it seems the fruits need longer to ripen. So it seems obvious to me that this variety would benefit from an early start.

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #238 on: October 13, 2012, 14:39 »
mumofstig I was wondering if there was also a benefit in the volume of tomatoes cropped with the early starters over those started at recommended times.

I don't know, we were only aiming for early ripening............

Good luck with your red pears next year  :)

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #239 on: October 13, 2012, 14:52 »
Thanks mumofstig, I will keep a log of what I do and post up my results compared to the last two years. Will be interesting to see what happens.



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