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By *aveyougotmymarbles OP Man
11 weeks ago

3rd rock from the sun

Who grows their own?

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By *lubchuckerMan
11 weeks ago

Oxfordshire

"Who grows their own?"

I grow a few different types each year, cherry, salad and beef tomatoes usually

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By *issilia AmoriWoman
11 weeks ago

St Albans/ North Welsh Borders

Growing them at work with the little ones. I love Tomatoes! I usually eat them like apples 🍅

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By *ai Hard 2 - Dai HarderMan
11 weeks ago

Manchester / Cardiff

"Growing them at work with the little ones. I love Tomatoes! I usually eat them like apples 🍅 "

how do you make a core?! 😜

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

I try.

I usually fail.

Apparently you have to water them regularly.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
11 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

Many years ago I used to work on an RAF based which had it's own sewage plant.

The guy who ran it used to pop into our tea hut at breakfast time.

Anyway one day he was eating his sandwiches and had some loose tomatoes and was eating one.

One of my colleagues past a comment on how nice they looked, he passed a few around to the chaps all chomping away.

One guy asked where he brought them.

" Oh I didn't buy them I grew them in a part of the sewage plant tun off, growing straight out of the raw sewage.

The sound of reaching is still burned into my brain

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
11 weeks ago

Central

I've been doing only the cherry types only, for a few years. Love the sweetness

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
11 weeks ago

in Lancashire

Usually do about a dozen different types, been growing them for longer than I remember ..

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By *midnight-Woman
11 weeks ago

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I've got Shirley, Alicante and Gardeners Delight making good progress - 1st truss has already appeared

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By *oxychicWoman
11 weeks ago

Nottinghamshire

I do, i grow a few stuff in pots tomato's chilli's cucumbers ,

Strawberry's but here's a tip for strawberry growers plant onions next to the plants or in between great for keeping pests away but helps the drainage strawberry plants dont like water clogged pots

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By *midnight-Woman
8 weeks ago

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I've got my first teeny tomato!! So exciting

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By *layfullsamMan
8 weeks ago

Solihull

Absolutely I love them

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By *icecouple561Couple
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8 weeks ago

East Sussex

I do. I've got six varieties this year including some that can apparently grow to 18ft. 😱 and another that is capable of 7lb fruits.

We'll see because I often forget to feed them 🤦

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By *layfullsamMan
8 weeks ago

Solihull

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By *icecouple561Couple
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8 weeks ago

East Sussex

"I've got my first teeny tomato!! So exciting

Excellent!

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By *midnight-Woman
8 weeks ago

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"I've got my first teeny tomato!! So exciting

Excellent! "

You reminded me to feed them 😳😳

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By *mooth tongue 4uMan
8 weeks ago

edinburgh

"Who grows their own?"

I have done for many years , keep trying new variety’s ,,, this years new plant is rainbow tomatoes

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By *icecouple561Couple
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8 weeks ago

East Sussex

"I've got my first teeny tomato!! So exciting

Excellent!

You reminded me to feed them 😳😳"

Oh I'm very good at reminding other people

not so much myself. I'd better tell Alexa.

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By *eavenscentitCouple
8 weeks ago

barnstaple

Mine started well but, have stopped although they look healthy !

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By *icecouple561Couple
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8 weeks ago

East Sussex

"Mine started well but, have stopped although they look healthy !

Are they in a greenhouse or outside?

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
8 weeks ago

in Lancashire

An old plastic bin with a Hessian bag of local horse manure suspended in it..

Liquid gold for when they fruit..

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By (user no longer on site)
8 weeks ago

Got some growing in a container.

- from a store bought tomato that I sliced and put ìn soil. It's about a metre now, from about 2 months growth.

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By *eavenscentitCouple
8 weeks ago

barnstaple

"Mine started well but, have stopped although they look healthy !

Are they in a greenhouse or outside? "

In the kitchen right by the windows.

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By *ildbillkidMan
8 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

A few years back, they were growing them upside down, suspended in a 5 gallon bucket

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By *arried curious guyMan
8 weeks ago

Motherwell

In grow bags on a South facing wall doing well

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By *ddie1966Man
8 weeks ago

Paper Town Central, Essex.

"I've got Shirley, Alicante and Gardeners Delight making good progress - 1st truss has already appeared

Swap out Shirley with Money Maker. Prolific crop and excellent pest resistance.

Try growing French Marigolds at the Base of the tomato plants too. They attract insects for better pollination and hence a better crop.

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