Its about time.. tomatoewise that is

Ive been growing tomatoes since i had a greenhouse put at the top of my back garden.
all the times ive grown them they've all behaved well for me and went ripe when i wanted them.

But this year they've taken absoulutley ages to turn.

So i cut a number of fairly good sized ones off and put them on top of a seed module tray to go red, i also tried putting bananas under the plants in the border to.

The ones on the trays eventualy went red and the banana method has started to work aswell and have now got some real nice toms to put in sandwiches and spagbols

Have you all had the same problem or is it just were i live. also, how have you all got on with your toms this year then. heres some pics...

 

Mine did ripen in early July but the plants were bought-in ones from a reputable nursery instead of starting them off myself. I won't do that again. My G. Delight were a dismal failure unlike other years, but I had great success with Vanessa - lovely tomato taste and my OH made a stonking chutney from them. We eat very little in salads as they were rather thick-skinned this year. I wonder if it was the rather hot spell early on that did it?

The varieties i grew this year were shirley and alisa craig. Well with the shirley i had them given to me of someone when they were about 6-7inchs tall and planted them in the
greenhouse border, not sure if thats got anything to do with it though as my
alisa craig i grew from seed seemed slighty quicker to ripen but not much.

Taste wise though the shirleys taste nice but have a thick skin on them.

havent tried the alisa craig yet so im hoping they wont be the same        

Mine are all outside and today I picked the first ripe ones!     About a month later than last years bad summer.    Gardeners Delight are the ones that are turning.  The italians arent even thinking about it.