Tomatoes in the plural
17 June 2022 11:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
igenlodeActually, it turns out that I had more than one tomato ;-)
As well as the tiny little nubs on the heritage tomatoes, there are some quite large (~1 inch) fruits on the towel-tomatoes in the front, hidden away amongst the calendula seed-heads in the same area. They are flowering prolifically, so provided this heatwave doesn't put an end to the flowers setting as it did last July we should have a heavy crop.
I split up the heritage tomatoes, with two put back into one medium pot and the largest put into the last of my medium pots on its own; that will have to be their final home, as I don't have any more pots or any more space to put them in. I am already having considerable difficulty getting near the washing-line or hanging anything on it!
I have managed to give away some more marigold and calendula seedlings and a basil, plus the California poppies. (I'd actually intended to keep some of the latter, but oh well...)
When I get rid of the six-pack of pak choi (where I put my thinnings) I shall have a little more space, but then I badly need to split up the remaining larger plants. I picked a few leaves for a salad tonight; interestingly, they are already beginning to crispen up.
The blinds seem to be working, in that when you open the doors you can feel the fierce heat striking in which is otherwise reflected back from the glass. But after several days of heatwave the temperature is still building up and up with each passing day :-(
As well as the tiny little nubs on the heritage tomatoes, there are some quite large (~1 inch) fruits on the towel-tomatoes in the front, hidden away amongst the calendula seed-heads in the same area. They are flowering prolifically, so provided this heatwave doesn't put an end to the flowers setting as it did last July we should have a heavy crop.
I split up the heritage tomatoes, with two put back into one medium pot and the largest put into the last of my medium pots on its own; that will have to be their final home, as I don't have any more pots or any more space to put them in. I am already having considerable difficulty getting near the washing-line or hanging anything on it!
I have managed to give away some more marigold and calendula seedlings and a basil, plus the California poppies. (I'd actually intended to keep some of the latter, but oh well...)
When I get rid of the six-pack of pak choi (where I put my thinnings) I shall have a little more space, but then I badly need to split up the remaining larger plants. I picked a few leaves for a salad tonight; interestingly, they are already beginning to crispen up.
The blinds seem to be working, in that when you open the doors you can feel the fierce heat striking in which is otherwise reflected back from the glass. But after several days of heatwave the temperature is still building up and up with each passing day :-(