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2014 Tomato Growing

Discussion in 'Edible Gardening' started by JWK, Nov 9, 2013.

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  1. Lolimac

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    Just googled that one Loofah haven't heard of it before...looks nice:dbgrtmb:
     
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    hi everyone. is there anybody out there that has grown the tomato variety hildares? i'd like to find out more about it. regards nijinski
     
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    I think the Hildares Wins was a favourite of the Army... :whistle:
     
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      My varieties, just sown, are:
      Malinowy Henryka
      Black cherry
      Mrs Maxwells pink beefsteak
      and an unknown plum variety
       
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        Thats a new one to me too.:blue thumb:
         
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        • Lolimac

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          Sown a few Gardeners delight for starters:thumbsup:
           
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            Having a year off GD, replacing with the black cherry. Hopefully I won;t regret that decision!
             
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            hi. i'll be growing gardener's delight , garden pearl and hildares. hope that last one is a nice one. regards nijinski
             
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              A good swap in my opinion, i never have been able to understand why everyone loves GD :scratch:!
              I think black cherry are great. Each to their own i guess :ccheers:
               
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                I'm also going to grow Chocolate Cherry...(not sown yet) wonder if there's much difference between those and Black Cherry:dunno:
                 
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                  Hiya,
                  I have just got, for 'free', my first greenhouse:dancy:! I am thinking about growing gardeners delight, moneymaker, beefsteak and an Italian variety that i grew outside once a few years ago and it did okay, but didn't ripen, so going to try in the greenhouse. Any hints or tips for growing tomatoes in a greenhouse, complete novice at this. I'll be using growbags this time round.:biggrin:
                   
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                    Hi Pixie, tomatoes will do well in growbags, the main thing is to keep them well watered, they could need watering twice a day at the peak of summer. The main reason they need so much water is that the growbags are not very deep hence restricting root growth. In the past I've had better success in emptying the contents of growbags into large pots or buckets with holes drilled.. One growbag to fill two buckets. That way you give the plant a lot more root space. Some people cut the growbag in half and stand them upright, to form a makeshift container. If you're on hand to water then you will be OK. Buy the bigger growbags and only plant two tomatoes per bag rather than three and they will do better.

                    For the greenhouse I would sow the seed in mid-march, keep the seedlings indoors and pot on a couple of times on the kitchen windowsill or somewhere light. You don't want leggy weak plants. Aim to plant in an unheated greenhouse after the last frost date, I guess that's mid-may for Northumberland.
                     
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                      Have you grown Moneymaker before and liked it?

                      I (and I don't think I'm alone!) think it has no flavour :( Every year it is very popular in the shops, but I don't understand why - can't be that many New Gardeners out there trying it just for the name each year :scratch:

                      I think growbags are hard - to get the watering right. If you have a soil border in your greenhouse (rather than a slab or solid floor) then I think growing in the soil is best - only have to water every 2 or 3 days ... rather than up to 3 times a day if container grown.

                      You might want to give some thought to supporting the crop. My greenhouse is strong, so I have cropping wires suspended from the greenhouse structure, and then strings from those wires that are twirled around the plants as they grow.

                      Keep the greenhouse at Min=10C once the Tomato plants are in there, otherwise they will "stall". Delay putting the plants in the greenhouse if you cannot maintain those temperatures (or very close to them :) )
                       
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                        Thought of something else. How big is the greenhouse, and how many vents do you have? Small greenhouses (less than about 10' x 8') are harder to keep cool in summer.
                         
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                          Free greenhouse? Get in! :) Lots of fun to be had.
                          If I was rebuilding mine I'd make sure I went for a soil floor, MUCH better option
                           
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