So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #180 on: March 28, 2012, 17:56 »
Old age!

As long as the upper ones are OK there's no problem.

Next time they get potted on, you'd bury them anyway.
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #181 on: March 28, 2012, 20:51 »
Nothin wrong with them at all!

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #182 on: March 29, 2012, 10:41 »
My tomatoes. The ones at the end are in their night attire. I know it is a lot of fussing about, but getting the biggest, earliest, etc is all part of the fun of gardening.
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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #183 on: March 29, 2012, 10:52 »
Thank you DD and Totty :)
I am glad I only have 4 from the January sowing as I can see how space could be limited in keeping them indoors until May ;)

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #184 on: March 29, 2012, 20:50 »
Have now potted up 10 of the very early plants into 10inch tubes on growbags. Looking good thus far. Nightime temps not great though at the moment. Forecast for the coming week not to special either................ :(

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #185 on: March 31, 2012, 15:18 »
I have dug out my greenhouse heater from under all the compost bags, seed trays, netting, and general junk that collects in greenhouses...well mine anyway(..you might be a tidy person.)
I don't want to use it as it is too expensive, but I will if they threaten too hard a frost.
It helps if it gets warm in the daytime, but if it is only 5° in the day and below freezing at night it is too much of a threat. I am still wrapping them up in newspaper as that helps a lot.

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #186 on: April 02, 2012, 10:57 »
Moved a lot of the tomato plants to the heated greenhouse.

The ones that I sowed on 26th February have caught up with the 1st Januray sown ones and in fact look sturdier plants.

This is an experiment that I won't be repeating!

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #187 on: April 05, 2012, 09:32 »
The later sown ones have now overtaken the early ones!

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #188 on: April 05, 2012, 10:32 »
My 1 end Jan Shirley's Pixie  :)
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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #189 on: April 09, 2012, 17:28 »
The later sown ones have now overtaken the early ones!

I shall remember this next year  :)
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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #190 on: April 09, 2012, 17:31 »
I've planted out some of the later sown ones in the greenhouse, rather than the experimental ones - they are far better plants.

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #191 on: April 09, 2012, 17:32 »
I've planted out some of the later sown ones in the greenhouse, rather than the experimental ones - they are far better plants.

Compost bin is enriched then?

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #192 on: April 09, 2012, 17:34 »
They're still sitting there, I don't like throwing plants away, but the others really are better!

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #193 on: April 09, 2012, 17:35 »
So who will you give them to?

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Re: So what to do ??- The Great Tomato Experiment
« Reply #194 on: April 09, 2012, 17:39 »
Give?  :ohmy: :lol:


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