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chairmanphil

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Oxfordshire
Re: this years tomatoes
« Reply #45 on: April 14, 2012, 09:27:36 pm »
had a bit of a prune today and spaced them out a bit better. could do with the frosts going away so i can get them in the greenhouse!
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chairmanphil

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Oxfordshire
Re: this years tomatoes
« Reply #46 on: April 14, 2012, 09:35:32 pm »
deepinthewoods is having photo hell so he wanted me to upload this shot of his first tomato babies!

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deepinthewoods

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Re: this years tomatoes
« Reply #47 on: April 14, 2012, 10:17:11 pm »
thank you chairmanphil, this one was sown (not by me!) in early february, its a moneymaker i think and is in a 15lt bucket, and just about to set its first truss. its been potted up 3 times from the 3'' into a 5'' and then into the bucket about 2 weeks ago, the best tip i can offer for tomatoes is get them into the biggest pot you have, as soon as they are about 5inch tall or on 2 sets of true leaves. i think its something to do with the tap root having an uninterupted travel from the start. if the taproot goes deep the plant just takes off. the aim is to promote the growth of nodes cos thats where the truss develops from, i think the taproot growth and the nodes are related, making the plant concentrate mainly on root growth from the start, seems to encourages the plant to branch and grow densely rather than leggy.
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Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Durham
Re: this years tomatoes
« Reply #48 on: April 14, 2012, 10:35:32 pm »
I'm so behind. Only have 4 plants in at mo. just planted another 4 hopefully not too late to ripen fruits.
All photos on this thread put my pidddly things to shame  ::)
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deepinthewoods

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Re: this years tomatoes
« Reply #49 on: April 14, 2012, 11:09:27 pm »
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chairmanphil

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Oxfordshire
Re: this years tomatoes
« Reply #50 on: April 14, 2012, 11:11:07 pm »
makes sense when you see that eh?
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deepinthewoods

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Re: this years tomatoes
« Reply #51 on: April 14, 2012, 11:20:10 pm »
yup. im trying the same thing with my courgettes for the first time this year, they got leggy cos i forgot them for a few days so theyve gone into some 10'' deep pots(like the ones young roses come in), so about 6'' of stem is buried, 1 has died of the 6 but the rest are thriving. i should think a leggy cucumber could be saved this way too.
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Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Durham
Re: this years tomatoes
« Reply #52 on: April 14, 2012, 11:32:59 pm »
]This is really interesting, just looked at the clip.
Not so much this year but usually plant early indoors to give plants longer growing season to mature. Sometimes they get leggy and need extra support and don't thrive as they should.
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Mel

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Re: this years tomatoes
« Reply #53 on: April 17, 2012, 10:26:53 pm »
I have had two come up this week,golly I am behind though they would have been ruined outside,we had a sharp frost two days ago and it murdered a tray of morning glory and quite a few runner beans.I may have to cheat this year and buy some plants just to catch up though I only have the one greenhouse ready at the moment :-\
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Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
    • Telford
Re: this years tomatoes
« Reply #54 on: April 18, 2012, 12:03:23 am »
I was running out of space in the house so put about twelve tomato plants in the greenhouse on Saturday.  Hope the nights stay relatively mild.
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sabrina

  • Joined Nov 2008
Re: this years tomatoes
« Reply #55 on: April 18, 2012, 08:48:59 pm »
We are still far too cold, I buy plants so that I do not get carried away with far too many seeds.
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chairmanphil

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Oxfordshire
Re: this years tomatoes
« Reply #56 on: April 19, 2012, 07:05:52 pm »
so i planted some up today, up to the leaves as suggested but completely forgot to take a photo so i will do some more tomorrow and get it on film for your delectation. they sure seem to look a little small but if it makes more tomatoes then it is good practice.  :thumbsup:
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chairmanphil

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Oxfordshire
Re: this years tomatoes
« Reply #57 on: April 20, 2012, 02:46:48 pm »
been at it all morning, got some great photos to show the work but got to go and deliver some gluten free bread and baba ganosh to the deli so will have to wait till later. they look much better and far less leggy.  :thumbsup:
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chairmanphil

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Oxfordshire
Re: this years tomatoes
« Reply #58 on: April 21, 2012, 12:01:09 am »










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chairmanphil

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Oxfordshire
Re: this years tomatoes
« Reply #59 on: April 21, 2012, 12:02:32 am »
next year i am going to do it all differently just like this year!  :D
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