Hopeless tomatoes

Hi everyone,

was at the allotment with my daughter the other day and a fellow allotment-eer stopped by and gave us a lil tom to try - and OMG! they were amazeballs! The smallest sweetest little toms ever! And my daughter (who doesn't like tomatoes) hasn't stopped going on about them!

SO - I've bought a mini green house, bought the seeds and daughter has planted, so what I want to know is.... will we get toms or are we too late?!  I guess we can only try, but I'd hate for her to be disappointed, packet said to sow april to may - I think.....

Thanks xxx

thanks  but my daughter has suddenly become a tomato snob and will only eat floridity    fingers crossed they do something 

You could try asking your neighbour if they would let you have any pinched out side shoots. These root easily in a jar of water in the shade and may give you a head start.

Crumbs - they sound good and have saved the name to try it out next year! Suttons say they are high in lycopene (hence the Latin name of Solanum lycopersicum) which is supposed to help protect against certain cancers as it is an anti-oxidant, plus it can be found naturally in various human organs. Apparently, the chef, Raymond Blanc, set up a tomato-tasting panel in 2007 and it was the top of the list!

Crumbs - they sound good and have saved the name to try it out next year!

You won't regret that decision GG. I've got Floridity cherry plums this year more out of a chance meeting, have been harvesting them for 10 days and I have to say they're the best tasting cherry toms I've ever tasted. They're sweet, with almost a crunchy skin ( not chewy). They've started producing quicker than anything else ( 62 days is quoted somewhere ! so maybe a late June sowing might just get a crop ), and the crop looks as if it will be profuse, to say the least. A long cropping season under glass as well apparently.

The only drawback is they're F1 and they're not cheap. The F1 thing really is a dead end in many ways as far as saving seed is concerned. Tozer seeds in the UK are the producers.

Been and Queued have some on sale, there's even an odd tomato or two on the plants.

Only £9.98 each, but they come in a big pot.

No, didn't buy any, I went in for a new handle for the loo, which was cheaper and better value than the tomato plants!

 

I've got Floridity cherry plums this year more out of a chance meeting, have been harvesting them for 10 days and I have to say they're the best tasting cherry toms I've ever tasted. They're sweet, with almost a crunchy skin ( not chewy). They've started producing quicker than anything else ( 62 days is quoted somewhere ! so maybe a late June sowing might just get a crop ), and the crop looks as if it will be profuse, to say the least. A long cropping season under glass as well apparently.

The only drawback is they're F1 and they're not cheap. The F1 thing really is a dead end in many ways as far as saving seed is concerned. Tozer seeds in the UK are the producers.

I'll be trying them next year. But I was surprised at the prices I've seen quoted for ten seeds. Every supplier over three pounds, one nearly four.

Thanks, DD.