Plant progress

[igenlode]

The final surviving catch-up tomato has been catching up to the rest at great speed in terms of size, although it hasn't as yet shown any signs of putting out flowers, so I have repotted it into what will have to be its final pot, since I have none larger remaining, and now have my prescribed row of six towel-tomatoes (plus one Roma tomato) filling the front of the balcony :-)

I have managed to give away all but two of my various chilli seedlings, and now have one vigorously bushy plant that is seven inches high and on the verge of flowering, and another that put out a strong spurt of growth and is now five and a half inches high.

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Re: Thoughts

[igenlode]

To be honest this sounds like the sort of GMO engineering that is the reason why a lot of US produce is banned over here (where genetic modification is perceived as a vote-loser with the general public).

These were the alternative theories I came up with last year:
https://igenlode.dreamwidth.org/359369.html

I do now have some seed from a fruit that had developed a few but not all of them (which is precisely what happened last year, so I'm still expecting fully-developed seeds later on in the season), so I am saving that 'towel' just in case I *don't* get any more...

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> To be honest this sounds like the sort of GMO engineering that is the reason why a lot of US produce is banned over here <<

You're lucky.

>> These were the alternative theories I came up with last year: <<

Wow, that sounds frustrating. Especially since so many tomatoes have tight flowers that are hard for pollinators to service.

>> I do now have some seed from a fruit that had developed a few but not all of them (which is precisely what happened last year, so I'm still expecting fully-developed seeds later on in the season), so I am saving that 'towel' just in case I *don't* get any more...<<

I hope it works out for you.

Re: Thoughts

[igenlode]

I'm now getting the first fully-fertilised fruits showing up. But it's very odd.

I suppose it's possible that the plants *always* behaved like this, but I simply didn't notice until last year because I never previously managed to remember that I needed to save seed until late on in the season...!

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Yay seeds! Yes, plants can be odd.

I picked the first cucumber today. :D