green lurchers 16,369 Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Toms are full on we can’t eat em quick enough now first tom potatoe soup of the year is done eggs n toms for brekki , and tom dishes for tea 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,044 Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 On 28/07/2018 at 21:23, forest of dean redneck said: Well mines finished split up with wife moved to Dorset , allotment and greenhouse will just be neglected and it will wither and die. sorry to hear hope things work out for you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,044 Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 My toms have thick skins and I was cursing the variety what ever the hell they are. But google tells me it is the heat and they do that to protect the fruit. So next year now I in the no I put up some shade. All ways a learning day as long as I bloody remember next year lol 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,190 Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 44 minutes ago, terryd said: sorry to hear hope things work out for you Yeah it will , just a shame as it was getting near when I could start getting reward for my effort always the way 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 5,963 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 These things haven't been picked since thursday. That's a size 10 trainer next to them 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,036 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Sure makes you hungry doesn't it. Jok. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 You all seem to be doing well despite the weather doing it's best to defeat us, my season started well, but due to work load I lost a lot of stuff, it just got burnt or dried out before I could get back from work to water round. But some things seem to have done well. Lost most of the stuff grown in pots bar one tom plant and a few withered herbs. Stuff that is doing well. Golden Delicious Apples doing ok. The last tom plant planted after the others burnt, don't know if it will amount to much, but we will see. Herbs in pots got a little bit burnt, but should make it back by Autumn, maybe. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Eating pears are doing fine, thought the wasps would have raped these due to the hot dry weather. Rubarb has done really well, thought this would struggle with the lack of rain. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Good old eating apples are doing great to, so the Winter tarts and crumbles are safe for the moment. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Apricots are swelling up, so the jam pan might get a work out. Plums seem to be a little behind, but there's still plenty of time to make good. Strawb troughs dried out a little, big strawbs didn't do so well, but the Alpine Strawbs did ok, not a big harvest, but I only bought them to see how they went, 99p for 50 seeds and soil, seed tray, and closhe, so had to give them a whirl. Gooseberries did well, but I left them to the Blackbirds since they were stuggling, so no pix as they ate the lot. So some success and some failures. Sorry about the split post, but I can't seem to get all the pix up on one post. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
green lurchers 16,369 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 23 hours ago, terryd said: My toms have thick skins and I was cursing the variety what ever the hell they are. But google tells me it is the heat and they do that to protect the fruit. So next year now I in the no I put up some shade. All ways a learning day as long as I bloody remember next year lol Might be too much sunshine hours are yours in green house ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,044 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 (edited) 23 minutes ago, green lurchers said: Might be too much sunshine hours are yours in green house ? yea they did great last year and was expecting the same. But cooking in there this year even with door open. But they needed some shade i think. Will sort that next year. Not even a glass one just polycarbonate Edited July 31, 2018 by terryd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,190 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 My parents whitewashed the glass on their greenhouse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,044 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 That's a thought I was just going to drape scaffold net over it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
green lurchers 16,369 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Mine normally get 6 hr sun not in green house this yr those in the full sun were tough skinned the sungolds only get 7 hr sun they and the black cherry toms are ace 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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