Tomatoes are about to flower
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| 10th April 2017 |
The tomatoes are growing fast. It's been 2 weeks since I potted them up into their final pots and most are pushing 2 feet tall.
The extra light given to them as well as a couple of months of heat can been seen to have made all the difference. Normally by this time I have tiny seedlings still in modules, but now every plant has flowers starting. The flowers haven't opened yet nut they aren't far away!
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| 26th March 2017 |
This is the photo taken 2 weeks ago.
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| Flowers 10th April 2017 |
You can just see the first truss of flowers starting in this photo
Not only that but my broad beans in the poly tunnel have flowers and I watched a couple of Bumble Bees pollinate them yesterday as I was tying them to poles to stop them from falling over.
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| 10th April 2017 |
These are a little leggy and although started in the greenhouse they didn't get extra light from the grow lamp, none the less, flowers mean beans :)
You are certainly way ahead of me - I've just seeded my tomatoes and am anxiously waiting for them to appear.
ReplyDeleteI'm way ahead compared to every other year I've done them :) 2 months ahead. I have many many (and I mean 100's) of self seeded ones appearing in the poly tunnel - I will soon pot those up also which have appeared over the last few days.
ReplyDeleteThey look really impressive Andy! Mine are looking smaller than your two photos from two weeks ago.
ReplyDelete....and they are almost a foot taller now :)
DeleteDear Andy,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Ola, and I help to write the blog at Thompson and Morgan, the seed company. I’m doing a special feature about organic and permaculture blogs and came across yours. I particularly enjoyed your post about growing sweet potatoes.
The Thompson & Morgan blog attracts a large readership and you’ll be featured alongside some top bloggers, all of whom write with style and authority.
I’d like to mention this blog post in my piece:
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I’m hoping to publish the post soon; would it be alright if I use a picture to accompany my write-up of your blog?
I’m thinking of featuring this photo:
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Ola
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No problem. Thanks for asking :)
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