TOMATO GROWING THREAD 2020

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  1. JWK

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    Sown today:
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    Cocktail Crush (blight resistant) - First time for me
    Floridity
    Gardener's Delight 2005 strain
    Gardener's Delight 2012 strain
    Golden Sunrise
    Honey Moon (blight resistant) - First time for me
    Magic Mountain (blight resistant)
    New Girl
    Oh Happy Days (blight resistant)
    Suncherry
    Sungold
     
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      I sowed on 29 February:
      Orange Paruche - tasty and small
      Golden Sunrise -mid size yellow and tasty which yielded well last year
      Costoluta Fiorintino - Big Italian variety, very pretty
      Rosella - small black variety
      Gardeners Delight - Mr Fothergills new packet - thought I’d give it a go.

      No Black Russian this year. I know I’ve advocated it in the past. It’s tasty but the yield is rubbish.
       
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        Today sown ...

        Ailsa craig,Alicante and my all time favorite ..Beefmasters..cor I can't wait for a tomato sandwich :wub2:
         
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          I'll get the seed sown when I can find where Carol has hidden all my pots!

          Compost indoors and warmed up, propagator ready to go, I do need some more "Big Boy" seed though.
           
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            Floridity and sungold 2 of my favourite, have you tried Roma, a slightly larger plum tom has a great flavour, which I prefer to San mozano.
             
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              My tomato seed was sown a week ago and now I have Ailsa Craig, Sun Gold, Golden Sunrise, Wellington, San Marzano, Black Russian and Monte Carlo all germinated.
               
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                Gardeners Delight and Sungold will go in this week, I tried Orange Paruche but didn't think much of it. Might give Floridity as it seems popular here.:smile:
                 
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                  Sown today.

                  Peach Blow Suttons
                  Ailsa Craig
                  First in Field
                  Amateur
                  Britains' Breakfast
                  Harbinger
                  Golden Sunrise
                  Tangella
                  St Pierre

                  and for a friend

                  Essex Wonder
                  Outdoor Girl
                  Cavendish
                  Red Alert
                  Yellow Perfection
                  Stonors Exhibition

                  Fingers crossed:fingers crossed:
                   
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                    Definitely worth trying Floridity, it came top in the RHS taste test. It's also Mrs JWK's favourite, I like it too it's not as sweet as Sungold instead having a lovely firm texture and proper tangy flavour.
                     
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                      11 out of 12 of my varieties have germinated within 4 days. All under grow lamps now.
                       
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                        A shot in the dark perhaps but trying to track some seeds for these two old varieties.
                        Clibrans Victory, aka Victory, grew these many years ago but lost track of the seeds.
                        Blaby Special, just interesting history.
                        If any members has a couple of seeds for these to spare I'd be most grateful and will of course pay for postage.
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                          Sowed some Floridity seeds yesterday, came from Premier Seeds, pack said 10, there were 28 seeds in it.:blue thumb: Kept half for next year.:smile:
                           
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                            Sown mid January.
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                            Next to the jade plant is Gigantomo from collected seed. On the right is Morrisons "grape" and, new for this year, is Piccolo in the foreground.

                            I've also got Tumbling Tom on another windowsill.
                             
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                              I've always grown my Toms in pots in the Greenhouse but this year seen as my compost is running low I'm going to prep one of the borders in the GH,It'll be interesting so see the difference.
                               
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                                @lolimac it will be worth using rootgrow. Last year I experimented growing grafted tomato plants alongside a non-grafted normal plant. Both were treated with rootgrow and there was very little difference. this was in soil in my greenhouse border that had tomatoes grown in it the previous year.

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