Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Tomato watch II

Number I tomato is now approaching cherry tom size and has been joined by a friend that is about the size of a pearl. There are five or six other flowers on that plant, so it's looking nae bad. The other plant is rather disappointing as there aren't even hints of flowers (the fruit come through the flowers by the way - which I'm sure you know, but I didn't), so I am getting radical in lopping off lots of the side shoots so as to encourage lush, fruit-bearing growth at the top. That makes it sound like I almost know what I am doing. The snails are loving the courgette plants but as they seem to prefer the leaves, rather than the buds, they are still in my good books. My attempts at growing aubergines and melons are stalling...

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