Growing Spanish Tomatoes
Growing Spanish Tomatoes
Do you have to take off the side shoots on Spanish tomatoes as you would with the conventional English varieties or let them grow as a bush ??
- Martin Page
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The same goes for the plum tomotoes too - that is if you can keep up with side shooting. I make a valiant attempt to get them all in the first few months but they are just so prolific you cant ....
I hope you like tomatoes 'cos they crop like like mad compared to the UK
Its not a good idea to grow English tomatoes like moneymaker and the like unless you grow them in the shade. They have a tendancy to burst despite regular watering. Its like its just a bit to hot for themin the full sun.
Where as the spanish one's are just so prolific.
Oh - and youll need very strong supports. not just a bamboo cane. I use the 2m, round fence poles and 1 per plant
I hope you like tomatoes 'cos they crop like like mad compared to the UK
Its not a good idea to grow English tomatoes like moneymaker and the like unless you grow them in the shade. They have a tendancy to burst despite regular watering. Its like its just a bit to hot for themin the full sun.
Where as the spanish one's are just so prolific.
Oh - and youll need very strong supports. not just a bamboo cane. I use the 2m, round fence poles and 1 per plant
I have tried English seeds and they do just split as Martin said pricking out side shoots is a daily job, I'm sure you could stand and watch the buggers coming out. Last year I grew just 6 plants and we were giving the things away.
I may have mentioned before that my old dear is (or was) blonde, I was giving Tomatoes away and she was still buying them at the shops!
Mhic.
I may have mentioned before that my old dear is (or was) blonde, I was giving Tomatoes away and she was still buying them at the shops!
Mhic.
I grew perfect intensely flavoured Gardener's Delight English tomatoes last year - they were staggeringly prolific, if a bit on the small side - probably because I did not thin out the side shoots enough, but I had no problems with splitting. I watered them well two or three times a week. The secret is in the mulch, I find.
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