Soldato
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I have a good selection of tom's making good progress on the kitchen windowsill, having started seeds early February. Marmande for stuffing, then Sungold, Cherry Baby, Roma, Sweet Million and one more I forget right now.
A greenhouse makes all the difference in the crop size - below was our greenhouse last summer. Tom's on the left (in a bed) and the right (tubs on the floor), with chillies and peppers on the right worktop.
Agree lots of support is needed otherwise a heavy crop can snap the plants. I feed twice weekly in the greenhouse and once weekly outside. Water every day, though I have that setup with an automatic timer. Last year we were overwhelmed, so we start making batches of pasta sauce up which is fine frozen.
Aubergines too, nice.
Tomatoes grown under glass here too and using an automatic irrigation too (seep hose). Always get mountains of toms and a very nice crop of chillis last year too. Toms are easy to be honest I've grown cucumbers successfully in the past they need a fair bit more TLC though. The toms are supported via metal corkscrew supports you just let the stem grow up through the middle obviates the need to tie in etc.
I won't start them until April its too cold just now and they grow quite quickly unlike peppers they'll be ready to plant out in a month's time. They're just sown in pots in the greenhouse itself.
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