Tomatoes.

Has anyone picked any home grown tomatoes yet ? Mine will be ready by the time we get back from Italy on 5 July.

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That sounds early Alan
I haven't grown any this year, I am short of space and usually get given loads from neighbours

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Mine are nowhere near Alan, another month yet I would think, but the first cucumber is being picked tomorrow...

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Mine are still at the flower stage so a few weeks off I should think.

What variety are you all growing? I'm growing my favourite Gardener's Delight cherry tomatoes.

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Mine are just flowering - got a bit of a wait yet.
I can't remember all the varieties, but have Tiny Tim, Sugar Snack and Sweet Million for the cherry tomatoes.
And I have Tumbler in a hanging basket.

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Photo taken today. The variety is Shirley and I always sow my seeds in mid-February. I grow them on indoors until it's safe to transfer them to my cold greenhouse. I have made what amounts to a pig trough shaped container about 7 feet long which I fill with 3 growbags of compost and set 6 plants.

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Wonderful healthy looking plants!
And oodles of tommy-toes!
Yummy!
I'm a huge tomato lover. Ever since I was a kid, I've eaten them like apples! Me dad couldn't grow them quick enough for me!

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Gosh Alan they are huge
You will be swamped by tomatoes

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Those are well ahead of mine, I don't even have any sign of tomatoes yet. It doesn't help that I have a grape vine in the greenhouse which causes some shade over the tomatoes.

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Same here Plantman.