The tomatoes that we planted ages ago have been growing slowly, but surely in our makeshift greenhouse at the back of the garden. It’s not hugely warm in there, but at night it protects the plants from the colder temperatures and the evil beasties that emerge.
I’ve planted:
Gardeners’ Delight - a staple which should have no problem producing lots of flavoursome juicy toms. We were really quite unimpressed with the Tumbling Tom variety grown last summer which produced very little, and of which the Mrs. didn’t like the texture.
Oregon Spring - an early tomato developed in the US that is meant to produce lots of large, relatively seedless fruits. It should begin fruiting 65 days after transplanting which will be about the 10th of July if my maths is right, which is the Mrs.’ birthday! That’ll be a nice present!
The plants in the kitchen are twice the size due to the warmer conditions and will need to be hardened off in the greenhouse before they are planted out in grow bags. I’m going to plant some in between where the beans will go too, to use the space…that’ll be interesting!
I’m reluctant to move them though, i think they look quite nice sat on the top shelf.
Right i’m off to pester BT about our intermittent internet…there may not be a post for a few days!
Tags: gardeners' delight, oregon spring, tomatoes, vegmonkey
May 9th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Those plants look nice now (v nice by the way!)…….. but wait a few months and they will be taking over your house! Just planted mine out in my new greenhouse with a sunken bed (how sad that I am soooo happy about that!), and when I planted them (2 gardeners delight and 2 from the real seed co…cannot remember name!) everytime I touched them, oh, the smell of fresh tomatoes. Yum!
Have a fab weekend! Sun……….yey! Cat x
May 10th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I wish I had a greenhouse.
I wouldn’t mind if the only tomatoes in there were Gardeners Delight (as long as there were lots of them).
I’d stand in there on hot, summer’s days and eat my way through them.
Esther Montgomery
ESTHER IN THE GARDEN
May 12th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Those look lovely. I’ve never heard of Gardener’s Delight, which is funny since you’d think it would be supremely common, wouldn’t you? Maybe it’s a US/UK divide? At any rate, I’m jealous of your tomatoes’ size–mine are tiny but it’s just about time to plant them, so I’m having to decide whether to wait for them to grow more while protected or just stick ‘em in the ground and see what happens.
May 15th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
The tomatoes will be shooting up once you place them in the garden. They look good.
May 21st, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Hi Cat - i completely understand the happiness…one of mine even has flowers on it!
Esther - would you believe i don’t even like tomatoes raw, only in things, but the Mrs. would eat them everyday if she could.
Jenny - Stick em in…a few at least maybe, and see what happens. I can send you some gardeners delight for next year if you want.
Curtis - cheers!