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| Charlie Pridham 2005-07-27, 5:21 am |
| Last year I was too late to sow so bought 6 plants, fruits were large and
with poor taste, definitely not GD so this year bought seed and raised some
plants (Unwins I think) and guess what, again large fruits hopefully they
taste better than last years. Anyone else got these large GD and is there
any reason for the change?
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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)
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| cineman 2005-07-27, 9:21 am |
| Could depend what you ae feeding them on
Gardeners delight should be cherry tomatoes.
a lot about growing tomatoes at this site
http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit...ly_1_tomato.asp
Also including amongst the pages is a recipe for bolognaise sauce
not tried it tho.
regards
Cineman
"Charlie Pridham" <charlie.pridham@lineone.net> wrote in message
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> Last year I was too late to sow so bought 6 plants, fruits were large and
> with poor taste, definitely not GD so this year bought seed and raised
> some
> plants (Unwins I think) and guess what, again large fruits hopefully they
> taste better than last years. Anyone else got these large GD and is there
> any reason for the change?
> --
> Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
> http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
> Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)
>
>
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| cineman 2005-07-27, 9:21 am |
| Another site for gardeners delight tromatoes plus other stuff and its
organic I can say there is a difference in taste as i grow organic G.D. Toms
http://www.theorganicfarmersmarket....ails&prodid=730
cineman
"Charlie Pridham" <charlie.pridham@lineone.net> wrote in message
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> Last year I was too late to sow so bought 6 plants, fruits were large and
> with poor taste, definitely not GD so this year bought seed and raised
> some
> plants (Unwins I think) and guess what, again large fruits hopefully they
> taste better than last years. Anyone else got these large GD and is there
> any reason for the change?
> --
> Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
> http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
> Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)
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| Charlie Pridham 2005-07-27, 3:21 pm |
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> "Charlie Pridham" <charlie.pridham@lineone.net> wrote in message
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> Gardeners delight should be cherry tomatoes.
> a lot about growing tomatoes at this site
>
http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit...ly_1_tomato.asp
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> Also including amongst the pages is a recipe for bolognaise sauce
> not tried it tho.
> regards
> Cineman
I know they are supposed to be cherry toms, that's what I am whingeing
about, they are not (second year running) as for feeding, I don't give them
anything.
I was really trying to discover whether it's a problem others have had or
whether I have been unlucky and got contaminated seed two years running.
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)
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| Draven 2005-07-27, 5:21 pm |
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"Charlie Pridham" <charlie.pridham@lineone.net> wrote in message
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> Last year I was too late to sow so bought 6 plants, fruits were large and
> with poor taste, definitely not GD so this year bought seed and raised
> some
> plants (Unwins I think) and guess what, again large fruits hopefully they
> taste better than last years. Anyone else got these large GD and is there
> any reason for the change?
> --
> Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
> http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
> Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)
>
I find GD very variable in size but they still taste great.
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| Kathryn 2005-07-27, 6:21 pm |
| Mine look ok, not Unwins though, one of the 69p value packs from the
local hardware store. Perhaps you could email Unwins and see whether
they got mixed up?
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| Janet Galpin 2005-07-27, 8:21 pm |
| The message <42e7cd67_3@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>
from "Charlie Pridham" <charlie.pridham@lineone.net> contains these words:
> "cineman" <oldwifey@midlands.dontwanadoo48.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit...ly_1_tomato.asp
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> I know they are supposed to be cherry toms, that's what I am whingeing
> about, they are not (second year running) as for feeding, I don't give them
> anything.
> I was really trying to discover whether it's a problem others have had or
> whether I have been unlucky and got contaminated seed two years running.
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The Gardeners' Delight I've grown for the last six or seven years have
been very big for cherry tomatoes. They have been much larger than
Sungold, for example, but quite a lot smaller than a non-cherry tomato
like Shirley.
I'm just wondering exactly what size they're supposed to be. I assume
you mean that the two lots you've had recently have been really big.
Janet
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| Charlie Pridham 2005-07-28, 6:21 am |
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> The message <42e7cd67_3@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>
> from "Charlie Pridham" <charlie.pridham@lineone.net> contains these words:
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> The Gardeners' Delight I've grown for the last six or seven years have
> been very big for cherry tomatoes. They have been much larger than
> Sungold, for example, but quite a lot smaller than a non-cherry tomato
> like Shirley.
> I'm just wondering exactly what size they're supposed to be. I assume
> you mean that the two lots you've had recently have been really big.
> Janet
Sort of size I used to get growing money-maker, but interesting about the
variable size, it may be last year was a bad year for toms and this year
will be ok :~)
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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)
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| Charlie Pridham 2005-07-28, 6:21 am |
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> "Charlie Pridham" <charlie.pridham@lineone.net> wrote in message
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> I find GD very variable in size but they still taste great.
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My last years didn't but I now live in hope that this year will be better!
thanks for the info re size.
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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)
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| Charlie Pridham wrote:
> Last year I was too late to sow so bought 6 plants, fruits were large and
> with poor taste, definitely not GD so this year bought seed and raised some
> plants (Unwins I think) and guess what, again large fruits hopefully they
> taste better than last years. Anyone else got these large GD and is there
> any reason for the change?
Global warming?
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| Janet Tweedy 2005-07-31, 10:21 pm |
| In article <313030303635393942E7E4A359@zetnet.co.uk>, Janet Galpin
<decoy.farm@zetnet.co.uk> writes
>The Gardeners' Delight I've grown for the last six or seven years have
>been very big for cherry tomatoes. They have been much larger than
>Sungold, for example, but quite a lot smaller than a non-cherry tomato
>like Shirley.
>I'm just wondering exactly what size they're supposed to be. I assume
>you mean that the two lots you've had recently have been really big.
>Janet
Same here janet, I have always found gardeners delight to be larger than
those little tiny sweet ones you get with sweet 100 for example.
Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
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