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kiwijims


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I've just pulled out the last of this Years Tomato crop, and what a year it's been,

I picked around 10kg or more off  only 4 Roma plants, planted about 6 Months back, I could have got double that, if the darn worms hadn't got into the crop, even after spraying and dusting  many times over the Season,,the little Perishers won in the end,

Here's a few pic's of what should have been a far better crop................

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K.J.



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Ours ..Not as good as last years crop. Too much rain . Yes too much and in Penrith Aust ! Lol New soil etc too . But I like growing my own .

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Unless they are a Heirloom Tomato the taste is just not there ey :) , if your a keen Tomato grower n want the taste go online and order yourself the following varieties. Brandywine (black n red variety ) Marrianas Peace Cherokee Chocolate Prudents Purple Start with these and you will be hooked :). Grew heaps of variouse varieties till the ole namatode found my patch , now its every second year if in the mood.

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IMGP2015.jpgvery poor year for us in Lakes Entrance with one bush producing just 3 tomatoes - the attached pic is the biggest of the three



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In Highfields I cover the better looking bunches with a brown paper bag and a twist tie to keep the fruit fly out. Rain does not seem to affect the paper bag and the tomatoes are good as shop bought in appearance without the pesticides. Nothing beats home-grown tomatoes.

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Aus-Kiwi wrote:

Ours ..Not as good as last years crop. Too much rain . Yes too much and in Penrith Aust ! Lol New soil etc too . But I like growing my own .

 As you may be able to see in the last picture, we have not had enough rain here in W.A. as the top of some of the tomato's are shriveled.

Maybe a better crop next year, I am going to try and graft a Big Tom onto a Roma, or the other way round.

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Are you sure that's a Tomato, Villatranquilla ????

 looks a heck of a lot like a Pumpkin to me  LOL

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kiwijims wrote:

Are you sure that's a Tomato, Villatranquilla ????

 looks a heck of a lot like a Pumpkin to me  LOL

K.J.

I guess that's why the bush only produced 3 tomatoes, the other 2 were normal size, Not sure of the breed as the plant was given to us but is an old Italian variety, full of flesh and very few seeds which I have kept for next season.



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I got a good crop off the Spaghetti Tree this year. Love using home grown tomato to make passata. Lots of home grown Basil and some olive oil on the spaghetti then the passata makes a winter meal to die for.

(Yes, I do know what the date is today)

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