[mike0001]

wippee we now have little green balls

sad I know but its my first year 

[Steveharford]

Blimey mike that is early. You in the uk? What variety are they as I have various supposedly early ones and am only just getting flowers on some of them.

[mumofstig]

wippee we now have little green balls

Me too, on the plant that's lived on the bedroom windowledge since January 

[mike0001]

corby in northants

approx. 30 miles from Leicester

on living room window since jan, moved into conservatory like room in april

they are gardners delight nothing fancy approx. 90 pence from wilkos







as it is my first year I am chuffed to get this far

[Steveharford]

Well done. You obviously have the touch. The early warmth of the conservatory would have helped. I have a couple of gardeners delight which I kept in the in the propogator as long as I could but then they had to contend with an unheated polytunnel along with my other varieties. They do seem to be ahead of the others though at the moment, including Latah which is meant to be ultra early. Desperate for some warmer weather though. It was less than 10 degs in there when I just looked !

[mike0001]

I was due something good steve... had a few disasters as well 

all a big learning curve your first year

[Steveharford]

Keep it up mate. You never stop learning. And there will always be disasters. E.g. How come I've only had one solitary marrow germinate?......I mean, who can't grow marrows? !!!
Oh, and that was in a propogator!

[gremlin]

......I mean, who can't grow marrows? !!! Oh, and that was in a propogator! 

Your marrow seeds been talking to my pumpkin seeds then ??

[Steveharford]

Probably. They are related :-)

[Totty]

Are the toms planted in the pots they will grow on in? All mine are still in 5 inch pots in the HG waiting to go in the unheated greenhouse, have been pinching the flowers out for a while so they concentrate on getting rooted and growing on when the nighttime temps allow me to plant them out, rather than use all the energy in fruiting.

Totty

[mike0001]

these are now in buckets with holes drilled in the bottom

not done much  to them, mos game me some advice taking out roots growing in the armpit and I also broke off stems from between the arms if that makes sense

just started to feed now with soluble feed

[Steveharford]

Yes mine are all in their final positions and growing well. I've never considered pinching off the flowers to hold them back, that's a new one on me. I just let them flower if they want, then keep them well fed and the plant carries on growing and throwing off more trusses of flowers. Just watch they don't get pot bound if they stay in them too long.