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Posted by Spatzbear SA Aust (My Page) on Thu, Jul 28, 05 at 21:11
| I've got an unheated greenhouse which I use mainly for overwintering frost-tender plants. Nothing fancy, just a tent-like structure which keeps the frost out.
I've got chillies and capsicum plants in pots in there. This will give me a bit of a head start on these plants as our season usually is a bit too short for them to ripen up by the first frost.
I took quite a few cuttings of tomatoes in autumn and they are doing well. A bit too well, maybe. As some of them are now starting to flower. What shall I do? It's still a bit early, I think. Shall I nip off the flowers? Or let them do their thing and see what happens?
This is the first winter that I've got tomato cuttings in pots. I just wanted to see what happens. I am really surprised how well they are doing.
Any advice more than welcome. :) |
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RE: Greenhouse, tomatoes, flowering, etc.
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| Ciao Spatz. Is it going to be warm enough in there - and will there be enough sun - for the toms to develop in any meaningful way? |
tomatoes?...by the way.
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- Posted by flowr NSW Aust (My Page) on
Fri, Jul 29, 05 at 19:16
| Hey Spatz- I am remembering your picture from last year with the basket of late season goodies. I was blown away! Are you offerring seeds? I got some from Petrina last year and as I'm a person without soil of my own- you know, you're not just giving them to me- I give seedlings to my friends and relatives all over Sydney. I'm looking for the really great tasting ones this year and perhaps some early and late season planters? |
RE: Greenhouse, tomatoes, flowering, etc.
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| Finbar, good questions. I'm not sure it'll be warm enough consistently in the greenhouse. They will develop - but very, very slowly. I've just picked an Anna Russian which took until now to develop on the plant. I'm surprised it did develop at all and it ripened up. I'm sure it won't have that much taste, but will find out today or tomorrow. So, I guess I'll let them flower if they like. :) Flowr, I posted a list of tomato seeds on this forum a while ago. I think DerbyTas started the thread. Have a look if you find a tomato or two that you'd like to have seeds of and send me an email. |
RE: Greenhouse, tomatoes, flowering, etc.
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| hey, spatz, sounds like a real dilemma. If they're flowering, wouldn't they know what time it is?. Do they have growing logic or something?. |
RE: Greenhouse, tomatoes, flowering, etc.
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| Adam, you'd think they know what time of the year it is, wouldn't you. Anyway, they were just an experiment so I'll let them grow as they like. See what happens. :) And the taste of the Anna Russian? BLAH! Exactly the same as store bought ones. Will not eat the next ones but save seeds. :) |
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