[Growster...]

I know we've all been talking about these, and I've been through every post (I think), about them, but I received two free plants from Dobies - thank you, and have got them into big pots in the greenhouse now.

But are they grafted plants, (they look different, with a leaf protruding sideways at the base), and are they F1? I can't find anything elsewhere, but I'm sure someone knows somewhere...

(One of the comments elsewhere said that a weak solution of milk can help prevent blight, which is new to me...)!

[mumofstig]

They look like cuttings to me, Growster - if they're the free plants.

It is F1 according to this.....
http://www.hortweek.com/suttons-defends-claims-blight-resistant-tomato/retail/article/1336697 - so you'd have to keep a small plant raised from a cutting  (or a cut down plant from this year) alive on a window ledge - ready for cuttings next year, if you didn't fancy buying plants or seeds next year.


Milk for blight - I don't think so  it works for mildew, on courgettes though 

[Growster...]

Ah, thank you Mum!

That would be a challenge, keeping a cut down plant for next year too - have you ever tried doing it?

We do keep chillis for the next year, and they go great guns!

[Mrs Bee]

That is an interesting article Mum.  It looks as if they may not turn out to be completely blight resistant.

We have one plant in the back garden where we got blight last  year.
We also have one on the plot surrounded by several other variety of tomato plants to see what will happen.

I will be interesting to see what they taste like too.

[Lardman]

I will be interesting to see what they taste like too.

I'm still sceptical too, the other blight resistant varieties I've tried have all gone down with blight within a week or so of the normal ones and tasted far worse too.

But are they grafted plants, (they look different, with a leaf protruding sideways at the base)

Mine are from Sutton.

... and are they F1? I can't find anything elsewhere, but I'm sure someone knows somewhere...

Even if they weren't do you think they'd advertise them as not? There's a big difference in price and if you look closely at some suppliers you can find varieties listed as F1 at some and OP at others.  Grow them out - save the seeds, run some trials and see if they're stable on generation 2.

[Growster...]

That was going to be my next post, Larders. We're trying fifteen Sungold reverts this year, to see what happens, as there has to be 'something' worth having!

Next year we'll do the same for Crimson Crush - if we like them!

[Mrs Bee]

That is a good idea, didn't think about doing that but I will give it a go.

That is if the Crimson crush taste any good.

[pdblake]

That's if the crimson crush survive. Mine aren't looking all that good to be honest. They looked a bit sickly when they arrived.

[Growster...]

Here's a pic of one of the plants from Dobies.

I can't actually see where it's going to go from here at the moment, there's no sign of side-shoots or a leading stem anywhere...

[AnneB]

Mine were from Dobies and I agree with Mum, definitely cuttings.  No sign of a graft or seed leaves.   They look a bit taller than Growster's, but haven't grown much, if at all, in the week since they were potted up.   Will wait and see.

[Goosegirl]

You've probably seen this Growster but thought I would post the link.
http://www.gardenfocused.co.uk/vegetable/tomato-outdoor/variety-crimson-crush.php
Not sure if it's just the seeds though.

[BabbyAnn]

but haven't grown much, if at all, in the week since they were potted up.   Will wait and see.

I was beginning to think mine weren't doing so well - after I'd potted on, I put them in the cold frame.  To be fair, the weather has been so-so - cold at night, just the occasional warm sunny day but hardly enough to get enthusiastic about.  I had a peek at the plants last night when battening down for today's wet weather, and there is definitely new growth with lovely dark green leaves coming on, so all we really need is for the day and night temperatures to shift up a few degrees to get going and they'll be fine.

[Growster...]

Thanks all, that's encouraging!

I suppose if they're cuttings, and F1 or not, there should be some seed for collection for next year!

I was half-thinking that if they were grafted, then perhaps the seed would revert to whatever a parent was.

It's all very gratifying to know that new ideas are in the offing!

[jaydig]

Just received my free plants from Suttons/Dobies today.  Three really healthy plants about 12-15" tall with the first trusses of flowers on them.  Potted them on and left them to recover in the greenhouse until tomorrow, when they can go outside during the day to harden them off.  Really pleased with these as the first batch of my own seed grown tomatoes gave up the ghost.

[Willow_Warren]

I think mine were delivered yesterday, but I need to go and rescue them from the sorting office 

Hannah