Tomato Growing 2025

I picked all my tomatoes a couple of weeks ago as they weren't doing much on the plants and the temps had dropped. Last few ripening indoors now and the green ones will be used to make curry sauce to go in the freezer.

 

Anyone else curled up by the fire, plotting next year's tomato sowings?

 

Still working my way through the last of mine. Very pleased with how they've ripened since all these were picked green. Last year the final pickings were affected by blight and just rotted.

 

@Escarpment very envious - I've just got 1 Sungold left to eat ( which I found having obviously dropped it earlier when picking ).
I've been lucky in that no blight for a couple of years now.

 

same but for my tv with my cat

one of the merrygolds caught what looks like late blight, so i cut it down and harvested the greens. the other 2 are still okay and still enplumpenising some remaining toms.

 

Love that word "emplumpenising" ! @Adam I

 

Good luck with that Mr tomato plant that has survived two frosts

 

That's hardcore. If you like the variety, it could be worth overwintering a cutting. I'm overwintering Not Chocolate Drop as cuttings, because I think it's a cross and I don't want to lose that exceptional flavour.

 

I too am having a think about next season. Looking for suggestions for growing tomatoes in hanging baskets in the greenhouse?
Have grown Garden Pearl and Tumbling Toms in the past. Tumbling toms grew enormous and were dreadful. Garden Pearl is better behaved but don’t think much of the flavour. I grow about 30 tomato plants in the greenhouse borders but just like to utilise the space and grow toms in baskets too.
Looking for good flavour rather than yield. I live in Scotland so unless next season is similar to this last one where it was boiling hot!, maybe a small growing cherry that will accept it not being roasting. Thanks

 

Consulting my spreadsheet, I have just a few trailing/tumbling types. I'm stuck in bed with the flu, but will have to stagger downstairs for a hot drink at some point, so will have a look in my seed stash to see what's actually there.

 

100 and 1000 (Hundreds and Thousands) is another trailing variety. But the bigger the pot, the better. Planted in a barrel is the best. I grew it for a couple of seasons. Abundance of tiny tomatoes of a classic taste. Didn't like picking them, too much work And then with other varieties we didn't eat them honestly in the end.

My list for the next year is ready long ago, all the seeds received.

 

Garden Pearl is on my list for growing in pot on the patio.

 

Okay, I have five here:

Lizzano F1. Blight resistant. Dated sow by 2023. You're welcome to the last four seeds.

Tumbling Monster. Selection from Tumbling Tom. Absolutely massive producer of sweet, punchy, tiny red cherries.

Cherry Falls. Got them in a swap and haven't tried them.

Maskotka. Red cherry. A bush with a trailing tendency. Excellent.

Shimofuri Not. Cascading. Large, pink cherry. Variegated foliage. Looks great. "Not" because the fruits are the wrong shape to be the true Shimofuri. Got it as a freebie with an order. Have a peek here: Shimofuri - NOT Cascading Tomato

 

Garden Pearl is good from the point of view it rarely grows higher than about 8 inches before branching. The small cherry tomatoes are more pink than red, hence the name. Comes true from seed. Find it lacks flavour, could be my taste buds!

 

Hope you are feeling better! Will have a look at your suggestions but don’t want anything which grows big like Tumbling Tom. Great if you have the space but for in the hanging baskets I don’t. Each year I promise myself not to grow quite so much in my 8x 20 greenhouse and every year without fail I end up hardly being able to move in it as “ oh might as well plant all the toms/ cucs/ sweetcorn that have germinated”.