KMA
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LOL been thinking along the same lines, make up some veg cages clad with insect mesh, then line round the inside with garlic, onions and shallots.
Tomatoes
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KMA
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Ripening nicely now (last of the BUFs have been picked) and keeping well ahead of consumption at the moment although, I reckon some of the later ones won't. I'll be making yet more Tomato and basil soup today.
As soon as the toms finish its onto refurbishing the greenhouse.
As soon as the toms finish its onto refurbishing the greenhouse.
Chasingmytail
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Im still getting loads of toms - but sungolds which as hopeless for cooking. Def go for more plum variety next year.
KMA
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Just making the latest batch of tomato and basil, think I need a bigger soup pot 
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Will definitely grow Moneymaker as a big tom next year, might put one Ailsa Craig in just for fun, just need to see what minis are out there. I also need to be more brutal cutting back early on next year
.Will definitely grow Moneymaker as a big tom next year, might put one Ailsa Craig in just for fun, just need to see what minis are out there. I also need to be more brutal cutting back early on next year
KMA
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Quite a hard frost this morning so lifted everything. Got 2.5kg of to turn into green chutney.
KMA
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First use of my electric propagator, just put in this years tomato seeds.
4x Moneymaker
3x Ailsa
3x Golden Pearl
be interesting to see how they go
4x Moneymaker
3x Ailsa
3x Golden Pearl
be interesting to see how they go
KMA
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All the toms are up through except one of the moneymaker, the Golden Pearl seem to be particularly vigorous. I've only got room in my greenhouse for a max of 6 plants so will give the others to my son when they're big enough.
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KMA
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Yeah, it was my best variety last year, dropped Shirley of my list.
Old McDonald
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Why? The three varieties you grew last year should, as I posted then, have all given you the same sized fruit. Was there a difference? I was thinking of trying Shirley (an F1) because the OP varieties never grow true to type in the seed I have imported from vrious sources in the UK, and the flavour, Moneynaker in particular, tells me they are not what they are supposed to be.
Anybody care to swap half a dozen Shirley seeds for something else interesting? Cannot guarantee to find what you want but will try.
Chasingmytail
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Agree Moneymaker wasnt the tastiest and Ive gone for heritage varieties this year. I grew far too many cherry last year which meant we had to eat them quickly over the plum which I wanted to store. I grew Shirley which was successful but in summer I want more plums for freezing and cherry for salads.
From Tamar seeds I have:
San Marzano (Plum for storing)
Yellow Subarmine (large eating)
Gardeners Delight (cherry)
Clementine (small)
think theres another one somewhere
From Tamar seeds I have:
San Marzano (Plum for storing)
Yellow Subarmine (large eating)
Gardeners Delight (cherry)
Clementine (small)
think theres another one somewhere
Old McDonald
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Chasingmytail, I am pleased someone else has found the same as me regarding the taste of Moneymaker. I suppose it is almost impossible to retain exactly the same flavour in things that are OP over 60 years.
I like San Marzano, and found it was less affected by BER than Roma, and with a smaller seed cavity so there is more flesh. Concentrated tomato pulp is so cheap here that we find it cheaper, as well as easier, to just buy that instead of producing our own. Plenty of other work to keep us occupied.
I should have mentioned in my earlier post that I have Asparagus seed from a mixed lot of Mary and Martha Washington plus Connover's Colossal. No doubt there will be some variation in the end product. I also have seed saved from a Sweet Onion I grew on (no variety name) but can be eaten raw. I only want two Shirley plants so 6 seeds should be enough for me. I can be very generous with the asparagus and onion seed.
I like San Marzano, and found it was less affected by BER than Roma, and with a smaller seed cavity so there is more flesh. Concentrated tomato pulp is so cheap here that we find it cheaper, as well as easier, to just buy that instead of producing our own. Plenty of other work to keep us occupied.
I should have mentioned in my earlier post that I have Asparagus seed from a mixed lot of Mary and Martha Washington plus Connover's Colossal. No doubt there will be some variation in the end product. I also have seed saved from a Sweet Onion I grew on (no variety name) but can be eaten raw. I only want two Shirley plants so 6 seeds should be enough for me. I can be very generous with the asparagus and onion seed.
KMA
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Everyone's taste is different
I found
Shirley yield was very disappointing, flavour was nothing special
Moneymaker was good yield and I liked the flavour
Ailsa, decent yield and large some weird shapes very nice taste
Golden Pearl is cos Nell likes cherry size tomatoes and they're a bit different.
Seedlings are growing nicely and have slowed growing up and are currently putting on more leaf am heading over to my son's this afternoon with a load of chippings and logs from the hedge return load of sheep sh!t
He's hitching up his old plough to do one of his little paddocks (half an acre) for veg will put a cage over as much as we have old scaffolding poles for.
I found
Shirley yield was very disappointing, flavour was nothing special
Moneymaker was good yield and I liked the flavour
Ailsa, decent yield and large some weird shapes very nice taste
Golden Pearl is cos Nell likes cherry size tomatoes and they're a bit different.
Seedlings are growing nicely and have slowed growing up and are currently putting on more leaf am heading over to my son's this afternoon with a load of chippings and logs from the hedge return load of sheep sh!t
He's hitching up his old plough to do one of his little paddocks (half an acre) for veg will put a cage over as much as we have old scaffolding poles for.