How green was my tomato plant

[randynewmanscat]

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MBIFO

The South Coast 500 (tomato plants)

55 kg harvested today - and this is still early in the season..

It gets a bit relentless after a while

Mudsticks do you ever struggle with high relative humidity conditions within the tunnel when the plants have grown fully?

 

[mudsticks]

Mudsticks do you ever struggle with high relative humidity conditions within the tunnel when the plants have grown fully?

Yup.. I cant work in there, after nine or before six, on days like these.

But sometimes I'll even up the humidity with overhead misting to counteract red spider mte, and encourage pollination..

Could hire it out as a sauna, with an all you can eat tomato buffet thrown in .

 

[accountantpete]

Still very green.

These were given to me by a neighbour - I think they are for making tomato paste or sauces.

 

[figbat]

A few years ago we had a large crop of tomatoes growing outside that simply did not ripen before the season turned. We harvested them anyway and I made a fantastic green tomato and pear chutney.

 

[Notafettler]

A couple of Shirley's excellent salad Tom's
A yellow stuffer no Tom's ready yet
And 2 Marconi's the same (sweet peppers)
A couple of late planted beefsteak and a another sweet pepper not visible
A cucumber plants producing almost exactly when need one.

8 tumbling Tom's. Excellent condition tons green toms

12 more tumbling Tom's producing a small amount so far.
The tumbling Tom's are mainly dehydrated put in jars with rosemary thyme garlic and some have hot peppers added. Then various oils added. Olive oil, Best British rapeseed oil and few with avocado oil. Then they go in a cupboard for a year or more. Guess what people get for Christmas birthdays etc?
Oil is good for frying etc

 

[mudsticks]

Still very green.

These were given to me by a neighbour - I think they are for making tomato paste or sauces.

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They could be plums for paste,
Or possibly couer di beu.

Italian ox hearts which are a very tasty. slicing salad tomato..
They ripen almost pinkish rather than classic tomato red.

Those, on toast with marmite and basil are a fantastico summertime snack..

Try putting a very ripe banana near your green toms.. The ethelene gas given off will often get them going .

Then once they get going the ripening toms encourage the others in the same way

 

[mudsticks]

Mmn tomatoes on toast..
What a treat


Italian lovelies

 

[mudsticks]

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A couple of Shirley's excellent salad Tom's
A yellow stuffer no Tom's ready yet
And 2 Marconi's the same (sweet peppers)
A couple of late planted beefsteak and a another sweet pepper not visible
A cucumber plants producing almost exactly when need one.

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8 tumbling Tom's. Excellent condition tons green toms

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12 more tumbling Tom's producing a small amount so far.
The tumbling Tom's are mainly dehydrated put in jars with rosemary thyme garlic and some have hot peppers added. Then various oils added. Olive oil, Best British rapeseed oil and few with avocado oil. Then they go in a cupboard for a year or more. Guess what people get for Christmas birthdays etc?
Oil is good for frying etc

Looks very sorted and productive

A couple of drizzly days this week meant we could get into the cuc / pepper/ aubergine tunnel, to do some weeding.

It doesn't often look this neat so I had to record the moment.

One of my trainees is growing acocha this year, a bit like a cucumber, but tastes more like a green pepper when cooked, the leaves look just like hemp

Must take pictures of them too.

 

[Rezillo]

We grew these last year after being given some by a friend:

https://www.thompson-morgan.com/p/tomato-black-russian-heritage/319TM

The nicest tomatoes we've ever eaten. This year, we had a large planter full of seedlings of this variety that were wiped out overnight by slugs

 

[biggs682]

Just picked our first mixture of tomatoes

 

[randynewmanscat]

I declare the good tomato drought to be over.

 

[mudsticks]

I declare the good tomato drought to be over.
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I concur..

Could be verging on a glut by next week

 

[swee'pea99]

Wow!

 

[PeteXXX]

Here's one truss of my Crimson Crush. I'm having one with my salad this evening 🥗

 

[Notafettler]

I concur..

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Could be verging on a glut by next week

Easy to deal with

Coop (robbers) best quality British rapeseed oil. Garlic, Rosemary and Thyme.
And of course dehydrated tomatoes (tumbling toms).
I will probably get 15 of that size jar possibly more, from18 decent plants.
Have to put in cupboard for at least a year.