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Most years i give it a go with moderate success. This year I am experimenting a bit. Two dozen I am doing from seeds I dried a while ago but the other 2 dozen I have cut some wizened cherry tomatoes into quarters and planted each one thinking the pulp and skin may help to feed as they grow. I am sure someone will tell me if it's a dumb move😂

I will add photos if and when they grow.

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Lynibis
2 weeks ago
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jdible

Every year I ve been growing tomatoes and other vegetables and fruit it all tastes better than what you buy from the shops

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Lynibis

jdible absolutely it does. I have a smallish garden mainly paved so I can't grow much but the tomatoes are in pots sorted around.

Do you have problems with birds or pests with the fruit?

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jdible

Lynibis mainly the birds just keep them covered up

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Michelle1991

My next door neighbour works on a farm… so he does the hard work for me and my girls and we just get to water the plant 🤣 good luck with your tomatoes! I’m useless with plants, I only have fake ones on my home 🤣

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Lynibis

Michelle1991 lucky you, it makes all the difference if someone gives you the fledgling plants!

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kitty88uk

Michelle1991 yeah I can only get lots of different plants 🌱 to grow well inside the house haha 😆 but because the weather is so cold 🥶 they do wilt 🥀 faster these days which is a shame as the colours makes the living room look nice!

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KateGriff169

Not something I’ve ever really done tbh but it’s definitely something I might look in to start doing

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Lynibis

KateGriff169 if you eat tomatoes it is well worth doing. Don't buy seeds just take them from a tomato past its best. Grow bag and tomato feed will probably cost little more than a couple of packets of supermarket tomatoes.

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intherealworld

Always worth a try (the wizened cherry tomatoes) but if they're from a supermarket chances are they are a variety native to Spain or Morocco and will not do so well in our cooler climate .Should be fine if they were originally grown in England .

I would always suggest doing at least one batch from packeted seeds then you know they will be OK in the English climate . I find the easiest cherries to grow are "tumbling toms" , I just put 2 or 3 plants in a hanging basket and let them do their thing , no staking or side shooting required . I always get a bumper crop that lasts from the middle of June till September with little effort apart from watering and feeding . Often ripen before my greenhouse crop.

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Lynibis

intherealworld thank you. Actually I never buy seeds but must admit I have never looked to see where the tomatoes come from that I use. I start them in my conservatory, they get lots of Sun and heat, then put them outside up against the conservatory where they are sheltered.

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Jerseydrew

Yes, we always grow tomatoes. We grow our own veg a lot

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Lynibis

Jerseydrew I think in the future it may become a necessity for many and I feel for those who have no garden or just a small yard. I am sure you enjoy your produce.

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Jerseydrew

Lynibis though you can use window sills if needs be. You can't grow much on it but you can grow some stuff.

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Lynibis

Jerseydrew a selection of fresh herbs would be nice. I have tried before but terrible at looking after plants.

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MelissaLee1

I am definitely growing tomatoes.Always get a spread of blight on the allotment so am growing them at home and indoors.

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Lynibis

MelissaLee1 hopefully we will all get a bumper crop this year. I get excited in Spring to make a start in the garden but soon get fed up with it!

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eyeballkerry

I used to grow them every year and I don’t even like tomatoes. My father in law who is 92 grows them every year and gives me plants.

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Lynibis

eyeballkerry it is nice to do just for the sake of it and to share bounty with friends and family. I use tomatoes in salads and in cooking quite a bit.

My plumber once refused payment for a small job and took 6 tomato plants as payment, he told me later that his wife was delighted and got a bumper crop, she obviously had green fingers!

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Imnotcheap

I never grow tomatoes but love to grow chilli pepper the hotter the better 😋 hope your tomatoes grow well

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Lynibis

Imnotcheap I did some type of pepper one year and also courgettes which did very well but I hate them.

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Imnotcheap

Lynibis not a fan of courgette myself and when it comes to peppers I only like the hot chilli pepper

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janphoenix51

I manged to grow 4 tomatoes on 2 plants throughout summer other year,two got eaten by Snails & I ate the other two!! I might try again this year...

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Lynibis

janphoenix51 I put crushed egg shells around my plants as slugs and bugs apparently don't like crawling over them. Need to feed with tomato food and place in sunniest place possible. Good luck this year.🍅🍅🍅

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tumblespots

I grow tomatoes every year among other things. We are having chilli con carne today and I am using some tomatoes in it that I froze last year.

I would be very interested to see how your seeds turn out, as I always thought you had to get rid of the 'gel' around the seed first so that it could germinate which is why I don't collect the seeds myself.

www.growveg.co.uk/guides/how-to-prepare-and-store-seeds-from-your-tomato-plants/

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Lynibis

tumblespots yes I must admit it was a lazy gamble but there is lots of conflicting advice online. Especially when I tried to grow lemon pips. Some said wash dry and peel, some said just plant and both worked but again I didn't look after them properly.

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tumblespots

Lynibis I think you could find conflicting advice about almost anything online. I would love to know how successful your plants are later on. I hope do grow well, please give us an update in the spring.

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kitty88uk

tumblespots ooh 😲 so you successfully grow tomatoes each year? Share a photo! It’s amazing 🤩 how everyone can grow so many vegetables 🥕 yeah my sister gets rid of the gel like texture around seeds and dry them first and then plant them in pots then out into the garden 🪴

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tumblespots

kitty88uk I don't take many photo's of them any more but I had new planters last year and took some photo's of them. I grew cabbages in one planter with swede's and onions, leeks & parsnips in the other. Here's a couple of photo's. Image

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kitty88uk

tumblespots oh wow 😮 that’s so amazing 🤩 cannot believe they grew so well! You are a true farmer 👩🏻‍🌾 in the back garden 🪴 of your home 🏡 they all look so delicious 😋

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tumblespots

kitty88uk That was just two of the five trays of onions that I grew last year. I gave some away and have nearly finished the rest of them! We do like our onions but last year I also grew tomatoes, cucumbers, swede, cabbage (as you can see), beetroot, green beans, leeks & parsnips.

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kitty88uk

tumblespots wow 😮 two or five! Awesome 😎 wow 😯 so many different vegetables 🥦 that is so great saves you a lot of money from buying at supermarkets too! Well done 👏🏻

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jms19

I did plant some the year before last but things happened and I wasn't able to look after them correctly. This year I do plan to plant a lot more veg in my greenhouse, including tomatoes.

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Lynibis

jms19 good luck, they aren't exactly cheap so might give a good return.

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kitty88uk

No not tried, family does try to grow vegetables 🥕 but always gets eaten by either slugs, birds and squirrels 🐿 too! They did manage to grow a type of Asian winter melon 🍈 but it did not get any bigger Image

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Lynibis

kitty88uk did you eat it, and if so how did it taste. Hope you saved the pips to try again...practice makes perfect lol.

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kitty88uk

Lynibis family grows so yeah did save the pips for next time. Year before last there were two melons growing stupid dad cut the yellow flower on vine and it stopped growing fml so it was a size or two smaller than this one!! My mum got so annoyed! Lol

It’s white melon but when boiled it’s an opaque colour we use in Chinese soup or in a cuisine dish for dinner

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martinlufc5637

Only time I eat tomato is when it's on a pizza lol I plant pototes every year and a strawberrys plants

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Lynibis

martinlufc5637 I must admit I think of potato growing every year but never get around to it. Can you grow them in containers in a smallish garden?

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martinlufc5637

Lynibis you can grow them anywhere really, garden, planters , I use planters

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Lynibis

martinlufc5637 I may make the effort to grow some this year. I think I read one time you can grow them in a plastic dustbin so will research and find out.

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martinlufc5637

Lynibis yeah they will grow in anything really, I use planters that open at the side so you can see their progress instead of digging them up and looking

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Lynibis

I have really got the bug now. Just chopped a red pepper and have gathered the seeds to plant as well.

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LL81

I enjoyed growing them but were wasted as I don’t eat them and they just kept buying them from the shop. I was livid!

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Lynibis

LL81 lol, who is 'they'? I give any surplus to friends and neighbours, gets you a few brownie points.

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LL81

Lynibis l moved back into the family house alone, my dad’s here most days but not stay and mum lives by the coast n brother is with his little family so they got wasted . I would need to get a blender to eat them and make a pasta sauce.

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Lynibis

LL81 you can roast, mash and put through a sieve if you don't want to spend out on a blender.

Then grow more from the seeds lol.

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kloddy2001

I have grown tomatoes outdoors for years and had great success. This year I was given some plants that were grown from seeds from a tomato. They grew perfectly well like the ones from previous years. Unfortunately once they got a decent size they got blight. If I got a couple of pounds of ripe tomatoes from 6 plants. Always before I bought grafted plants from Thompson and Morgan and got about 40lb of great 5 various varieties of tomatoes 10 plants for £16 inc postage and packaging. Good luck

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NigelPrice

Try growing cherry tomatoes in hanging baskets. A great space saver.

The only downside is you may need to still buy tomatoes for your salads as you'll be picking and eating them every time you pass them.

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