tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post5796728306832900125..comments2023-07-07T10:58:26.789+01:00Comments on The Good Life: Comparing The TomatoesJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-6697630720542573342013-10-03T19:54:26.396+01:002013-10-03T19:54:26.396+01:00It's the first year that I've gone all out...It's the first year that I've gone all out to grow tomatoes outdoors and I'm really pleased with how they've done. There's so many diffferent tomato varieties that I enjoy trying something different each year, though I think I've already settled on what I'm growing next year.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-21743955813716898542013-10-03T19:03:27.758+01:002013-10-03T19:03:27.758+01:00Hi Jo! It's really interesting to read about y...Hi Jo! It's really interesting to read about your tomatoes. I only grow indoors but the plot next to me had tons outside and they've not really done very well. You obviously have the magic touch with your outdoor crops! I really enjoy growing tomatoes but stick to just the one variety usually as I save the seeds. I tried some others this year and was really disappointed and will also have to get my seeds from my mum again this year in case mine got cross pollinated! I'm glad you've had such a good harvest :)Anna Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03919869821280585077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-5929754809692208502013-09-18T09:57:05.800+01:002013-09-18T09:57:05.800+01:00The greenhouse could be in a sunnier position but ...The greenhouse could be in a sunnier position but it's never held back my plants before. I'm sharing my tomato harvest with my mum and dad. My dad used to grow his own but they don't have a garden anymore and they'd miss the home grown taste if I didn't supply them. I'm also freezing some for winter use.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-55869676352448007602013-09-18T09:54:31.135+01:002013-09-18T09:54:31.135+01:00Thank you. I'm enjoying them while they last.Thank you. I'm enjoying them while they last.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-8211183163095294742013-09-17T21:40:08.847+01:002013-09-17T21:40:08.847+01:00Interesting to read about the differences between ...Interesting to read about the differences between your greenhouse and outdoor toms Jo. Is your greenhouse in a shady space? You have certainly got a wonderful harvest. How are you using then all up?Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-77547123764063682912013-09-17T14:32:24.523+01:002013-09-17T14:32:24.523+01:00great tomatoes!!!great tomatoes!!!Reginas Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263131368566323993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-88983924996271607622013-09-17T08:55:43.490+01:002013-09-17T08:55:43.490+01:00I've had masses of fruit on the outdoor plants...I've had masses of fruit on the outdoor plants, my greenhouse ones have grown spindly and produced less fruit but I'll grow both ways again next year, you just never know from one year to the next how they'll perform.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-11071115466327069492013-09-17T08:53:20.449+01:002013-09-17T08:53:20.449+01:00I'm really pleased with my experiments in outd...I'm really pleased with my experiments in outdoor growing and I'll definitely grow more outdoors next year. I like to have a few different varieties on the go, there's just so many to choose from.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-20146763516777376822013-09-16T22:03:00.233+01:002013-09-16T22:03:00.233+01:00My outdoor tomatoes (Suncherry) have grown a lot o...My outdoor tomatoes (Suncherry) have grown a lot of leaves, but less in the way of fruit. In the greenhouse they've been spindly but a much better crop. The outdoor ones though, they have gone on longer. The greenhouse is now almost spent. <br />Next year I will do both again, I think. Swings and roundabouts. rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-13058590736080281702013-09-16T21:18:48.777+01:002013-09-16T21:18:48.777+01:00Great harvest Jo and I'm encouraged to grow mo...Great harvest Jo and I'm encouraged to grow more outdoors next year and more varieties as I only grew Sungold this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-14792465116327207022013-09-16T21:08:58.256+01:002013-09-16T21:08:58.256+01:00I'm pleased with the tomato varieties I've...I'm pleased with the tomato varieties I've grown this year, they've all done well. I've had an ok harvest from my runners this year but a few more wouldn't go amiss. I love hunkering down in bad weather, though there's usually somewhere I have to go, it's like being a taxi service with two teenagers in the house.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-78448077045960122852013-09-16T21:02:37.492+01:002013-09-16T21:02:37.492+01:00You do have some rather splendid looking tomatoes ...You do have some rather splendid looking tomatoes there.<br />My runners are still growing but like yours were very slow starters. We have wet and wild conditions here, but it's lovely if you're wrapped up warm and don't have to go anywhere.xxxxSnowbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572555410663928295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-81440200472372945482013-09-16T20:55:52.914+01:002013-09-16T20:55:52.914+01:00I usually use my San Marzanos for cooking, they...I usually use my San Marzanos for cooking, they're delicious on a cooked breakfast. I've grown Tigerella in the past, they're a reliable tomato and have a great taste, they're one of my favourites. I enjoy growing a few different varieties, if one doesn't do so well, there's always a back up.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-1593076376450072062013-09-16T20:53:18.560+01:002013-09-16T20:53:18.560+01:00I can't imagine a growing season without tomat...I can't imagine a growing season without tomatoes, they're my most favourite thing to grow.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-38401737086689877812013-09-16T20:51:46.989+01:002013-09-16T20:51:46.989+01:00I've grown Ferline before but I don't reme...I've grown Ferline before but I don't remember the tomatoes being quite so large as they are this year. I've got plenty of San Marzanos on the plants, but they're slow to ripen, the slowest of them all actually. Totem have been great this year, I wouldn't say they're the best tasting, but they're pretty good and I've had a huge harvest.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-67941800035927244322013-09-16T20:25:39.564+01:002013-09-16T20:25:39.564+01:00As you might guess, my husband grows a lot of San ...As you might guess, my husband grows a lot of San Marzano for bottling and for tomato sauce for pasta dishes.They are planted in individual pots in the covered yard and we've bottled quite a few now and more to come. I'm looking forward to the ripe first-time-grown Tigerella variety as they have produced the most fruit on one plant. Again they are in a pot, but this time against a brick wall in the garden. We also have cherry tomatoes that have done well and we grow these for eating fresh in a salad. Then we have Moneymaker growing in the ground in the greenhouse. They haven't ripened yet. You have a lovely box of different varieties there. Linda Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634839688042592781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-28928425999703918532013-09-16T19:31:06.788+01:002013-09-16T19:31:06.788+01:00Your tomatoes look beautiful. How I wish I'd g...Your tomatoes look beautiful. How I wish I'd grown some this year.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263430746482725687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-58605324296702235422013-09-16T19:29:43.436+01:002013-09-16T19:29:43.436+01:00I'm interested to hear that you have tried Fer...I'm interested to hear that you have tried Ferline. I have grown them for several years now, and have found them to be pretty reliable. The individual fruits are very big this year, and there are plenty of them, although I find them slow to develop. Their blight resistance has not been put the test this year though, thankfully. San Marzano hasn't done so well for me, and probably won't be on my list for next year. Based on what you have said here, I might try Totem though.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-81211499242777994442013-09-16T17:05:16.852+01:002013-09-16T17:05:16.852+01:00It would have been a different story had I relied ...It would have been a different story had I relied on the greenhouse tomatoes this year. I would have liked the beans to continue producing a little while longer, but I don't think it's to be. I'm hoping that I might get something off the French beans. The weather has definitely changed this weekend.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-37380447579640612782013-09-16T16:51:56.977+01:002013-09-16T16:51:56.977+01:00Well done, most impressive. My runner beans have ...Well done, most impressive. My runner beans have just about done as well. Definitely feeling autumnal here the past couple of days. Flighty xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-7101832280050896252013-09-16T16:15:11.093+01:002013-09-16T16:15:11.093+01:00The plot next to ours is full of potatoes every ye...The plot next to ours is full of potatoes every year, they don't grow anything else other than a few onions, yet I've never seen blight strike them. It must help that it's only a small site, six plots in all.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-26955361032620724592013-09-16T16:12:57.878+01:002013-09-16T16:12:57.878+01:00This is one day's pickings, I'm getting a ...This is one day's pickings, I'm getting a similar amount every couple of days with odd ones in between.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-77203399467935048192013-09-16T16:06:28.935+01:002013-09-16T16:06:28.935+01:00In the garden they definitely have a better chance...In the garden they definitely have a better chance of avoiding blight. We never suffered the effects of blight until our site became fully populated. When we gardened amid a sea of weeds we had no problem. I guess there was no blight corridor provided by neighbouring plots plants.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-59609642739661766162013-09-16T15:26:47.516+01:002013-09-16T15:26:47.516+01:00What a lovely display of tommies! What a lovely display of tommies! Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05252983027018111307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184901344095001216.post-25910640119428590552013-09-16T13:37:09.674+01:002013-09-16T13:37:09.674+01:00Totem have done so well, I'd definitely recomm...Totem have done so well, I'd definitely recommend them. I've already got another packet of seed ready to grow myself next year. There's such a difference between all the varieties, it's fun trying new ones.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.com