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Mine have just come down with the blight.

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I've not had that happen, I don't think. How would I recognise it?

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Just started picking mine too. Cherry tumbling tomatoes in hanging baskets. Bumper crop. Trouble is they all arrive at once. I have given them 100% TLC yet clearing part of my garden I have found a tomato plant, about 4ft high, that must have self seeded. It has been neglected, unwatered, yet is covered in fruit. That one alone would have provided for all our needs.

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I am enjoying mine! They are particularly nice and very good this year. I have one in my lunch bag right now!

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Alan your tomatoes look wonderful, I have had a real problem this year, every year I buy Cherry Tomato plants and have a good year, but this year I bought plants from the Garden Nursery and the plants didn't grow, they are only about 10" high and have tomatoes on them, but most of them are green or gone bad, I have picked about 8 tomatoes and they seem to be a bit hard. I reckon I must have bought duff plants.

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Mine are cropping fast now, I have four varieties growing, two plants of which are Marzano, which we are using for tomato sauce for pasta. I skin them with boiling water then cook them up with onion, garlic, oregano and a splash of Worcester sauce. When thickened and seasoned we put the sauce into sealable bags and freeze it ready for when needed. Delicious....

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We are knee-deep in Cherry tomatoes now.

11 of the 12 dwarf plants I grew from seed survived.

Mine are all Bush Tomatoes but I can't remember which one, which is a shame because I've never seen such a prolific bush tomato plant.

I've grown mostly determinate Tomatoes now for four years and they're less hassle normally as the bush usually becomes a miniature tree to look at but this one produced too many side shoots for my liking so, even though we have a great crop, I won't go for this one again.

Problem is now we've got too many Tomatoes - about 60 picked and more still on the plants so I will be taking some into work and we are making Roast Tomato Soup from some too.

They are very sweet too. stevmk2

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My tomato plants are now past their best. There are still lots of fruit on but they are mostly small ones and will probably not develop fully.

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Mine are still coming strong. I planted on ONE beefsteak plant... I did NOT prune at all.. The plant is MASSIVE.. it has loads of tomatoes albeit they may be smaller than a 1 or two stem plant. Who prunes... who doesn't.

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Always take the side shoots out of cordon varieties, but not the bush type tomatoes. This year I have five Alicante plants, which have done wonderfully well, and six Baby Plum (all bought for £1.99 for six plug plants from Aldi) and it is like a jungle in the greenhouse now! Next year I'll be harder on the bush ones. I also take some of the bottom foliage off the cordon plants and stop them when they get to about 3 ft.