[dawnj]

hi all..... when my tomatoes plants are establised can they be planted out in raised beds or are they better off in the greenhouse?

[peterjf]

i prefere greenhouse toms in 10" pots with the bottom of the pots cut out , i feed them every wednasday and water every saturday

[Sue32]

As a newbie - are there any easy and tasty tom varieties you can recommend  that I can plant in the beds - I don't have greenhouse or cold frame.

[Haz]

Hi,

I grow my tomatoes from seeds every year.  I start inside (my conservatory, not heated) till they are 15-20cm then I put them out side in beds leaving 30-40 cm between them.  Actually, I have put some out yesterday.  I have done extremely well the past few years.  Took some pics and I'll try to post them, if I know how .

Hazem

[shaun]

depends on the summer we have

[DD.]

I think it a little early for putting tomatoes outside, I'll be waiting another 6 weeks. The ground temp here last night fell to -0.6C. That would have seen any off.

Over the last few years I've gown outside the varieties I would have grown inside. They'e all done well - until blight struck. Alicanate, Harbinger, Alisa Craig, Shirley, Gardener's Delight to name but a few.

I'm trying 5 different other ones this year, one of which is "Tamina" which is supposed to have an excellent flavour es[especially when grown outdoors. I cannot speak from personal experience on  this one.

[paintedlady]

When we get scorching hot summers and heatwaves, the outside tomato excels.  When it is a wet miserable summer, the blight gets to them (more readily than potatoes in my case)    Like DD, I've had 2 bad years so I have resorted to buying a greenhouse AND aiming to grow outdoor varieties outside as well, especially those with a supposed shorter growing period - I might just get some nice ripened ones before the blight hits them this time ( did I just say?)