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Posted by sally50 Perth Australia (My Page) on Sat, Feb 26, 05 at 1:17
| I am in Perth in a frost free area (near beach) and I am wondering whether I can plant some new tomato plants now or is it too late really? The nurseries are still selling punnets but that doesn't necessarily mean much does it!
My old bushes are getting lots of new growth too - will they fruit again? Many thanks. |
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| Sally, take a look at the "Reviving tomatoes" thread just below this one. I am starting new seedlings at the moment for my greenhouse (unheated, at the moment). Its worth a try for sure. |
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| For the old bushes, it depends on what type they are. Indeterminates for sure will try to set more fruit. |
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| I have a lot of ressurections in my patch. The Purple calabash, Burpees Quarter Century and another one are full of fruit again. |
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| Good for you Adam. I am trying a few but leaf desease seems to be killing the idea off. I sprayed with a copper fungicide today (first time for the season) to try to get them up and running. Apart from that I have cuttings and new seedlings on the way in the GH. Russian Red cutting is flowering and looking good. |
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| I've got Anna Russian back from the fungal dead with plenty of flowers and a couple of very nice fruit on the way. Ditto Marianna's Peace, Jaune Flammée and Golden Queen. Most remarkable of all is the B'wine OTV that's been in the ground since last August. It's reborn with a heap of flowers. The worst stretch of fungal disease in my memory seems to have passed. The humidity must be dropping. |
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| Glad to hear that things are picking up again in Sydney! Hope you'll have a great Autumn crop. :) I've still got tons of green tomatoes on the plants. I don't think they'll all be able to ripen up before the cold weather hits. But I'm not complaining, I've had a pretty good run considering this summer was the coldest since 2002. The only regret so far - I should have bagged the very first flowers of the plants. I might not be able to save as many seeds as I would have liked. |
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| Hmmm, Spatz I'm not familiar with SA seasons but if it's anything like here I don't think summer is over with yet. March can often be the hottest month of all. We have a bit of mild weather (like now) and I start planting because it looks like autumn has arrived and then bang! we get the sting in the tail... Amanda |
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| Spatz, you should still bag for seeds you want to save. The fruit doesn't have to be ripe for seed-saving purposes. As long as it has (at least) turned from dark green to light green. |
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