2013 Tomato Growing

A lovely haul there Armandii.

 

Still got loads left after turning most into pasta sauce.



Also still got loads to pick.

 

Here's the last of mine....a mix of Better Boy,Alicante,small Beefmasters and Tumbler F1 on the right

 

Scrungee and Loli.....looking good there. I'm jealous, my toms finished two weeks ago, not one left!

 

Well done, all those maters look soooo good!

 

Harvested the last of mine the other day Overall, I've been very pleased with my crop this year, especially the outdoor ones. I'm pretty sure the shelter I put up gave the outdoor ones gave a level of protection when we had that cold spell during late May/early June. In the past they have been very slow to get going, but this time the growth was relatively unchecked
I'm not sure if I'll be in a position to grow anything next year as I'm looking to move house, we'll see.

Cheers...Freddy

 

After all that hard work you've put in on that wonderful garden of yours Freddy.

 

Yes, well done Freddy

 

Lets just say, I'm not happy here...

Yes, I have worked hard here, but it's all for nought if I can't enjoy it.

 

If that's the case, then don't do as others do and paste pics of somewhere you don't want to live (+ giving details of problem neighbours, etc.) or they'll pick it up on a search engine

 

It better to be happy and think of the fun you'll have with a new garden and the challenge of making it your own.

 

Today, I made some of your chutney with the last 3 lbs of my big tomatoes Nick. I substituted a Pancha Phoran seed mix for the fried seeds at the beginning of your recipe, added a couple of finely chopped fresh red chillie peppers and some chillie flakes. It simmered for ages and ages 'cos I didn't want it to burn. It finally reduced down into these 2 jars; very concentrated but so very Bangladeshi. I'm gonna love putting some of this in my minced beef or lamb and rice this Winter,

Jenny

 

I've still got some outdoors tomatoes cropping [1] - what a season! The only 2 varieties left standing are Sungold and Ferline, although they are now showing signs of blight and cold nights.

Despite a delay in getting off to a start, the Ferlines have performed incredibly well and I'll be growing them again next year, but giving them a bit more TLC early on to get them off to a better start.

I've got a 3°C forecast for around dawn on saturday morning so I'll be picking every last tomato whether outdoors or in poly tunnels (which also have all but finished) on Friday.


[1] I've still got container grown Red Robins cropping, so they'll go into an unheated greenhouse to see how much longer they'll go on producing. This was one of the reasons I grew them.