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Tomatoes going wrong - again!
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I made wooden garden plant labels from the slats in an old louver door. I cut them in half and dipped them in bright orange paint. I stick one where ever I need to remember something is planted/needs watering/protection, etc
Far many years I ran a charity plant stall and asked people to drop pots an trays by my gate. They still do 20 years later and I don't even live there anymore!
^^^sorry off topic
I don't normally bother with tomatoes outside but this year I've grown 'Outdoor Girl' which is supposed to be blight resistant, the leaves look more like potatoes. I was given the packet of seed. I planted them outside today.Love living in a village in the country side0 -
in_my_wellies said:I don't normally bother with tomatoes outside but this year I've grown 'Outdoor Girl' which is supposed to be drought resistant, the leaves look more like potatoes. I was given the packet of seed. I planted them outside today.Flash back in time there, my Granddad grew the same variety, outside, before blight was even a problem, or maybe it was but I was in short trousers then possibly something I was not aware ofI grew them for a bit but they somehow seem to have lost the oomph my granddad's hadPS, I tried wooden plant labels, waste of space they had rotted & become illegible after the first winter, now I re use the plastic labels
Eight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens2 -
Farway said:in_my_wellies said:I don't normally bother with tomatoes outside but this year I've grown 'Outdoor Girl' which is supposed to be drought resistant, the leaves look more like potatoes. I was given the packet of seed. I planted them outside today.Flash back in time there, my Granddad grew the same variety, outside, before blight was even a problem, or maybe it was but I was in short trousers then possibly something I was not aware ofI grew them for a bit but they somehow seem to have lost the oomph my granddad's hadPS, I tried wooden plant labels, waste of space they had rotted & become illegible after the first winter, now I re use the plastic labels
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Silvertabby said:Farway said:in_my_wellies said:I don't normally bother with tomatoes outside but this year I've grown 'Outdoor Girl' which is supposed to be drought resistant, the leaves look more like potatoes. I was given the packet of seed. I planted them outside today.Flash back in time there, my Granddad grew the same variety, outside, before blight was even a problem, or maybe it was but I was in short trousers then possibly something I was not aware ofI grew them for a bit but they somehow seem to have lost the oomph my granddad's hadPS, I tried wooden plant labels, waste of space they had rotted & become illegible after the first winter, now I re use the plastic labels1
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MoneySeeker1 said:Silvertabby said:Farway said:in_my_wellies said:I don't normally bother with tomatoes outside but this year I've grown 'Outdoor Girl' which is supposed to be drought resistant, the leaves look more like potatoes. I was given the packet of seed. I planted them outside today.Flash back in time there, my Granddad grew the same variety, outside, before blight was even a problem, or maybe it was but I was in short trousers then possibly something I was not aware ofI grew them for a bit but they somehow seem to have lost the oomph my granddad's hadPS, I tried wooden plant labels, waste of space they had rotted & become illegible after the first winter, now I re use the plastic labelsI know what you are referring to, but as it happens it was the milkman's horse's poo, we were sent out with bucket & shovel to collect itIt was pig poo on the gooseberries
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Silvertabby said:Farway said:in_my_wellies said:I don't normally bother with tomatoes outside but this year I've grown 'Outdoor Girl' which is supposed to be drought resistant, the leaves look more like potatoes. I was given the packet of seed. I planted them outside today.Flash back in time there, my Granddad grew the same variety, outside, before blight was even a problem, or maybe it was but I was in short trousers then possibly something I was not aware ofI grew them for a bit but they somehow seem to have lost the oomph my granddad's hadPS, I tried wooden plant labels, waste of space they had rotted & become illegible after the first winter, now I re use the plastic labels2
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I have plenty of well-rotted stable manure, but by the time it's turned into lovely crumbly stuff, I think whatever it had in it has probably mostly leached away. I use it as a soil conditioner and much of the real 'oomph' for my toms and peppers is supplied via fermented comfrey leaves. Of course they stink even worse than some of the other things mentioned, which just proves they must be good!
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Mine are outside, I bring them in if the temp' is predicted to me less that 7°C. They are just beginning to flower!Now not a gainfully employed bassist.1
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Davesnave said:I have plenty of well-rotted stable manure, but by the time it's turned into lovely crumbly stuff, I think whatever it had in it has probably mostly leached away. I use it as a soil conditioner and much of the real 'oomph' for my toms and peppers is supplied via fermented comfrey leaves. Of course they stink even worse than some of the other things mentioned, which just proves they must be good!1
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greenbee said:Davesnave said:I have plenty of well-rotted stable manure, but by the time it's turned into lovely crumbly stuff, I think whatever it had in it has probably mostly leached away. I use it as a soil conditioner and much of the real 'oomph' for my toms and peppers is supplied via fermented comfrey leaves. Of course they stink even worse than some of the other things mentioned, which just proves they must be good!
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