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Posted by ozmantis VIC Aust (allan.richard.m@edumail.vic.gov.au) on Thu, Sep 8, 05 at 3:23
Below are nearly the last of my winter greenhouse crop of toms. They are Simpsons Summer Palace and they were yummy in my roll for lunch.
The winter experiment worked with Russian Reds and SSP ripening fruit through winter. Only sorry I had just one plant of each, although this will be fixed next winter.
Cheers Mantis |
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Looking good Richard. Nice to hear a winter grown tommy tastes good. Gives me encouragement to do the same next winter.
By the way, is your hothouse vented in winter? Mine has largish vents that mean that inside and outside night time temps are pretty much the same. I'm tempted to close them up over winter but am concerned that ventilation is as important as warmth. |
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| Great work, Professor Mantis. Best you start on those oranges by the fridge door. Is SSP a hybrid or what? Why did you choose this one? Best, :Grub |
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| I'm afraid my glasshouse is too cold over winter even with the propagator arked(sic) up. |
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Hi again
Ray - My greenhouse is handmade by me so it has plenty of gaps and ventilation year round. It has louvers around it that I open in summer. In winter I close it up as much as I can and stuff rags and things in the larger gaps. You should be able to close the vents and jam something in them to hold them open just a bit eh. Grub - Rosco posted a pic of them last season I think on one of Micheals post threads on the US forum. As you probably know Micheal concentrates a lot on dwarf types for his greenhouse. Roscos pic showed a massive truss of toms and I was hooked, again :-) They are a small plant but they load up with 1 to 2 oz very tasty fruit. I am not growing any cherries this year, only Russian Reds and SSP for salad type toms. I reckon they are tastier than any cherry I have tried. Oh, and they are OP so if you want some seed I have just yesterday saved seed from them. Lomatia where in Vic are you. I was amazed at how the Russian Reds kept on ripening fruit up until I pulled it about a month ago. We didnt have a very cold winter here which may have helped a lot. If you are in Melbourne you should have no problems with them as you dont get frosts eh. The plants only have to survive the nights and then the greenhouse should get up to 20 deg at least if the day is partialy sunny. I have tried over wintering larger type indeterminates but with very limited success.
Its all fun eh.
Cheers Mantis |
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| They're great looking ssp's mantis, and it's good to see someone else with artist's thumbs. |
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LOL Adam, the only artist in me is a Bu**Sh** artist. Im handy at making pine furniture but thats about where it stops.
Thanks for the compliment but
Mantis |
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| Mantis, my glasshouse is in Melbourne but doesn't get sun all day particularly in winter. |
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| I am amazed at your crop, Mantis. My unheated greenhouse was only able to keep several tomato plants and cuttings alive over winter (its main purpose, really). I had 1 Anna Russian bearing fruit, but these tomatoes tasted awful. They were great for saving seeds, though. They looked fantastic, wonderful bright colours, shiny, juicy... but when you cut them open they were really mealy/floury. So, your tomatoes tasted nice? Really? BTW, Polar Baby is flowering! I should have tomatoes way before christmas this year. :) |
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Pity about the lack of sun Lomatia.
Hi Spatz. You should have ripe Polar Babies in about 10 weeks if they are flowering now. I have Gregoris Altai, Cherokee Green, Box Car Willie, Delicious, Cherokee Purple and a Big Beef all with flower buds about to open. Cherokee Green has taken the lead in the growth stakes closely followed by Big Beef.
Cheers Mantis |
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| Our third tommie just strained to pop its head through the soil this morning. A sioux. Now i know how people feel who live in cold climates and have to listen to everyone talking about the glut they have etc. Makes me appreciate the hard work more I 'spose. Good luck all. |
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