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Posted by ozmantis VIC Aust (My Page) on Thu, Feb 23, 06 at 5:16
I am still picking my Nepal X Tommy Toe, Citron Compacts and Russian Reds. Enough for fresh eating at the moment. Grubs Green is coming on slowly and I should have some fruit in a week or so.
NxTT is a beast. Easily as prolific as Tommy Toe.
Got a new crop sown in the greenhouse but I dont know if I will get any fruit from them before winter shutdown.
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I've potted up some of my extra seedlings and bunged them in the glasshouse so we'll wait and see. At Marysville they're just coming in. I'll check this W/E. Should really be ready for March 4th. (I hope)
In Melbourne, some have slowed down, some have been disasters and some like Black Russian, JF, BC are still going strong. Still a bowl of fruit every couple of days.
(The drier's going 24/7) |
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- Posted by warped Uralla, NSW (My Page) on
Thu, Feb 23, 06 at 17:38
| I have a Roma variety i bunged in a pot cause i only just moved and was a bit late to start heaps and picked 3 toms the other day with 5 fruit orso left (i shoulda had it in a bigger pot :P) and i had this scraggly little plant in a pot at the shop which i took home and now it has a bit of fruit, :P im waiting for next season to branch out |
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| I have to pick a heap of tomatoes today. There aren't many green ones left on the plants. But I just might (fingers crossed) have a tomato left for Marysville. |
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| Still picking Quick Pick, La Casa di Apulio, Black Russian and Arcadia. Have jettisoned the Stupice which are still producing lousy tasting tomatoes and the Tigerella turnes out not to be what is claims - some unknown orange beefsteak type so its been outed. I'd appreciate a favour from you guys. On Saturday there is a particular cosmic pattern that I suspect will affect tomatoes, anything else growing on vines like pumpkins and vines in general. It's to do with the calcium and silica rerlationship in stem strength. The pattern last until Tuesday and if you could find a few minutes to let me know if there are any observable changes in your plants over the coming week I'd really appreciate it. Have fun in Vic - we get the final go ahead on Monday for the Child care centre so it will be all systems go if the builders, plumbers, carpark makers butchers, bakers and candlestick makers all copoerate. Short of a miracle it looks like its going to be impossible to make it. So have fun - the birght shiny star rising just after dusk is Mercury..... |
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| I will keep an eye on the pumkins and tommys for you. If the pumkins slow down, something is wrong as they are booming along. |
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| Yes, mine are too - so I'm keen to watch this particular combination of influences which theoretically will affect stem viability and possibly bring on mould. Thanks Mantis. |
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| In respect of tomatoes, I have oodles. But EB or foliage dieback in starting to take hold. A few plants have stopped growing and some are past their peak, but others in the Autumn patch and slow patch and frisky teenagers setting fruit. My best season ever, mainly because of no fruitfly :)))))) Or grubs or anything untoward. I think I am getting a handle on things. Sauce making next :) Planting out late is great. |
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| Bugger! 20mm of rain in the last few hours and the tomatoes split like mad! Not happy!! :( |
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| Thanks for the heads-up. Rain forecast tomorrow PM. I'll pick all that I can :) Had an inordinate number of splitters this year despite no rain. Resigned to the fact it must be the humidity. |
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| > 2 inches of rain in about 30 minutes at Marysville on Saturday afternoon. Absolutely torrential! No splitting as yet but have managed to return the driveway that shifted onto the road back to where it belongs. Have to do something about the drainage. Thank God it was this w/e and not next!!! |
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