Pot and No pot companions
I can't see any difference at all yet....

And that's three weeks, they must have rooted by now.

It's all rather cosy in the lean-to greenhouse. I'm trusting Dolly and the Cherokees are behaving themselves....
If next year's seeds don't hold true, I'll know something's been going on...

old brooks seemed to be doing so well, until it decided to do this of its own accord...
It's gone and produced three flower branches and no apex shoot....

Just been checking the raised beds PH and across all three we have values ranging from 5.5 to 6.5. Variations are within beds as well as across.

I Wonder if I should give old brooks a burst of nitrogen ?

I guess it's the French dwarfing method that is in another thread, that is my only hope, but first I need a sucker to appear.

Bit of a tidy-up today, trimming branches below fruit clusters

@Amateurinawe, how large overall is your garden area?

@PlainJane each bed is 10 foot by 3 foot and three of them are dedicated to tomatoes and a fourth is for asparagus. This is out front.

The back garden is flowers, shrubs and a couple of trees and a lean-to greenhouse.

Even if I had a bigger space, I think I'd still fill it up.....

Amateurinawe wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 6:53 am @PlainJane each bed is 10 foot by 3 foot and three of them are dedicated to tomatoes and a fourth is for asparagus. This is out front.

The back garden is flowers, shrubs and a couple of trees and a lean-to greenhouse.

Even if I had a bigger space, I think I'd still fill it up.....

Filling spaces has never been a challenge for anyone I reckon I find myself randomly shoving in plants in areas of the garden they really shouldn't be..>! If they survive then bargain....! If not then I blame the kids......

This is a Rosa de barbastro. I am told that it is one of the tastiest in the world (where have I heard that before). It is a pink beefsteak.

If you zoom in, and look really close.....
..you'll see my name written all over it !

(Thanks @nico)

Fred Limbaugh followed by garotte bicolour..

Hope the weather continues to be kind...

Amateurinawe wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:31 am This is a Rosa de barbastro. I am told that it is one of the tastiest in the world (where have I heard that before). It is a pink beefsteak.

If you zoom in, and look really close.....



..you'll see my name written all over it !

(Thanks @nico)

Please let us know just how good this one really is. I tend to like pink fruit with green shoulders and this one does. If it is that popular I wonder why it is not available on this side of the pond.

@MissS if it does come good, I will certainly report back on it.

Hello dolly!
And this is venus, but they are red and I thought they should be yellow ?
And I am liking the look of fishlake oxheart

It looks like the black Russian x Fred Limbaugh have taken, the fred limbaugh x Tasmanian chocolate and the smfl x Tasmanian chocolate have also crossed.

I might try a few more but then I have limited space for future growouts so need to be careful not to do too many.

And confession time, I put too much strain on one of my experiment plants in the adventitious root experiment and the top was lopped off in the slight wind we had. So we wait to see what the plant wants to do about that....

The "look dad no head" plant has decided to turn a fruit branch into a leaf more part way so hoping to train this up to give it a new growth head.

On dear, here comes a heatwave. The watering regime needs to be good.

We're not getting it anywhere near as hot as you, up here. Might have to invest in some greenhouse shading if the trend for hotter temperatures is to continue, blossom drop is hugely disappointing.

@rossomendblot my greenhouse is really only a lean-to but it is jammed packed though. I have a small fan inside blowing all the hot air around blossom drop not a major issue yet but with sustained temperatures and long sunshine days a close eye is needed.

I am having to do two trips around the garden each day with my toothbrush as the fruits are not setting as reliably as I would like, I guess it nightime temps still low. Setting is good but each non-fertilisation is a non-tomato. The multifloras are a bit of a concern and a time eater. They seem very slow to fruit and pollen production is low.

What is behind the blossom drop ?

Blossom drop is due to lack of pollination, which in a greenhouse during summer is probably due to high temperatures (over 29°C) and low humidity changing the way the pollen behaves. I've started misting my pepper plants because it's a problem in low humidity with them too. Your lean-to being very full would increase the humidity I imagine. I don't pack plants too close together in the greenhouse these days because botrytis can be big problem later in the year.

I think today's heat softened things up a bit and a bit of a disaster as a few fruit stems bent under the weight of the tomatoes. Luckily the biggest ones are closer to the main stem. I need to be using my plastic "S" shaped supports a lot more.

These will ripen off vine, but they will grow no more......
Ho hum..