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Friday September 01, 2006

Tomatoes in Twyford

This year I decided to grow my own tomatoes in the garden. To have them at the allotment would be hopeless as I would have to go up there twice a day to water them. So I converted a thin bed to have three growbags in it. I covered each bag with the membrane you use for weed control to avoid seeing the gaudy plastic bags. In the gaps between the bags I set Sweet Peas, Marigolds and Antirinum. I grew two types of tomato, bush and the regular vine type. After a long wait the fruit started to go red and were of a good size and quite tasty. The grass by the bags was the only part of our lawn that remained green in the heatwave and looked odd. You must water and feed these plants on a regular basis - they are hungry feeders. Wether it will be a sound economic proposition given the amount of time/money I have spent on these plants is not of interest to me - it is just a bit of fun. I also love the smell of the leaves. My next door neighbour gave me an end of season tip; snip the lower leaves off to expose the fruit to whatever sun we are getting in the autumn to help them ripen.

( Sep 01 2006, 12:00:02 AM PDT ) Permalink

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