Hi Rach, glad to hear it, me too 😂 and I can't tell you how much I refer to it, checking what I did last year to see if I can tweak things. I hope you're having better weather up where you are, rain rain rain here at the moment!
@@veggieplot I've drawn up my plots in the growing space pages but not sure I've done it right, but there's probably not a wrong way to do it. And I caught the sun yesterday! It's been a perfect bank holiday weekend, getting mucky in soil and talking to worms 😂 Fingers crossed the rain doesn't last long 🫣 Happy Easter Chris 🐰🐣🌸
I've not sown any of my free seedsyet- waiting for the 15th but I was really amazed at how lovely your book and seeds were. The idea of just planting the little card looks great fun and I cant wait to try out all the different varieties. I really think they are very impressive and hope you do the same next year because Ill definitely be ordering again ! Thankyou
Thank you so much Raine, I'm really pleased you like the book and seeds and would love to know how you get on with them. 15th tomorrow... I bet you can't wait to get started?
Hi Sue, let me know how you get on with the record book and if you'd make any tweaks at the end of the year. I hope you're all well and send the family our best wishes.
Did you mean summer of love rather than Alice’s? As captain lucky are quite different in appearance to Alice’s? CL are not antho (Internally certainly colourful!)
I haven't sown any of my tomatoes yet, we get frost until May and I'm away for a week in April so don't want to leave big plants. I've taken them on holiday with me before now as we usually rent a cottage.😊
I would start soon as I made the mistake last year of sowing last week in March because of going away first week in April! Never again! ☹️ nothing ripe until mid august with all the grey days we had in the wmids! 😞 best of luck!
Ah, the gardener's eternal problem, what to do with seedlings and plants when they go away. Very impressed with you taking them with you though, I'm not sure I'd get away with it 😂. How many did you take and is there a limit? Just thinking how many I can squeeze in the car 😂
@veggieplot I took about a dozen mixed peppers and tomatoes, luckily we rented a cottage so there was a large windowsill although the owner thought I was mad.
Hi, I sowed my tomato seeds in January in a heated greenhouse. Now ready for planting out. 18 varieties in total, which includes those free from you. I got about 75% germination rate on those.
@@veggieplot Hi, I got at least one of each, so will be able to try them out. I started mine in a heated propagator, then transferred to a grow tent. they are quite sturdy plants and between 7 & 9 inches tall. The greenhouse they will be planted out in to my other greenhouse as soon as i get a minimum heat sorted.
@@veggieplot thank you. Lots of hard work to prep for spring. It’s fab and such a shame this weeks is the last. Wish he would continue it. Thanks for the sub
I sowed mine 15 days ago with a heat mat, there up and later this week I'm going to pot them up cause they are in tiny cells, I sowed your top 4 from last year + 3 more New ones and UP to now my all time favorite Tomande. Thanks for the video
You're ahead of me Graham, mine are just germinating now and need a little more sunshine than we're getting. That's Porstmouth in your YT banner image isn't it?
Hi Chris, nice selection. I grown cherry falls before only stopped because it's F1, it was a heavy cropper but also found that once finished you can cut it back and get a second flush not as many but still more.
Cheers Ady, and thanks for the tip about Cherry Falls, I would never have thought to try that. I know what you mean about F1. I bought the seeds on a whim thinking my mum could cope with them in pots by the back door. I imagine they’re quite manageable.
@@veggieplot They are, I made the mistake of burying it deep when potting on into final pot which caused a lot of splitting on the branches so from now on I plant tumblers at the same level.
I'm doing 11 varieties this year, and the only cross over with your choices is Lucid Gem....which I purchased after your review last year. Tim's Taste of Paradise replaced Sungold for me last year... great taste and no splitting. I would like to try the Honeycomb next year.
Lucid Gem is wonderful and I hope you like it as much as I do. I'll have to check out TTofP but Honeycomb is still the one to beat for me. If you can get seeds, it's definitely worth a try.
I’m doing 27 😂 but like you some are gifted to family. Mine are just a dream at the moment but I’m sure they will pop up soon enough. Here’s to a fabulous 2024 tomato 🍅 season. Yes I found sticks the size of my finger in an “expensive brand” compost. Demand is driving less quality because the suppliers can’t wait as long for it all to break down. Have a great week Chris, happy growing, Ali ☔️💨🇨🇦
@@veggieplot Hi. I am growing the same tomatoes as last year because I like the varieties I have . I am trying tuberous parsley, just to see … kohlrabi too which I ‘ve never eaten before . Lots and lots of beetroots as they are good for blood pressure… can’t wait for better weather. ☺️
Wow Chris I don't think I have heard of any of those tomato varieties! They do look interesting though. Since you grow so many plants What do you do with them at harvest? I only grow about 5 or 6 plants and apart from eating them fresh and making chutneys at the end of season, I tend to mostly make homemade pasta sauce with the gluts as it freezes well. I guess as there is only me 5/6 plants is ample. I imagine you harvest on an industrial scale? 😉
I hadn’t until a few years ago, but it’s quite extraordinary how many weird and wonderful varieties there are. I think 5-6 is perfect for one person but I’m still feeding a grown up family of four, plus as you say, they freeze well and can be made into all manner of delicious sauces and meals. Are you tempted to try growing some of these?
1st on the list Darren, and growing two plants this year as it was so good. I hope yours grow and taste as good as mine did last year, a really lovely variety. Are you growing many?
@@veggieplot it was the fertilizer in the compost, too much for seedlings, they germinated fine they started dropping, It was 2 years ago. Using homemade this year and everything is doing well.💪👌👍
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You are always interesting and full of useful information, thanks. Jo Devon 🙂
Thank you Jo, are you sowing any of these seeds this year?
Got my book with me all the time Chris! 👏🏽🌱
Great video
Rach 👩🏼🌾💚
Hi Rach, glad to hear it, me too 😂 and I can't tell you how much I refer to it, checking what I did last year to see if I can tweak things. I hope you're having better weather up where you are, rain rain rain here at the moment!
@@veggieplot I've drawn up my plots in the growing space pages but not sure I've done it right, but there's probably not a wrong way to do it.
And I caught the sun yesterday! It's been a perfect bank holiday weekend, getting mucky in soil and talking to worms 😂
Fingers crossed the rain doesn't last long 🫣
Happy Easter Chris 🐰🐣🌸
There’s no wrong way, just the way that works for you 👍🏻
great vid my tomatoes are spouting up nicely
Thanks Con, how many varieties are you growing this year and do you have a favourite?
only two sart roloise and money maker @@veggieplot
First year for Sart Roloise for me and never grown MoneyMaker although I've heard plenty of good reviews. Happy gardening 🌱
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I’m one of the lucky ones that received the free seeds. Sown them today . Thank you 🍅
Ah, about the same time as me Kelly, have they started germinating yet? I hope enjoy them as much as I did.
@@veggieplot hi, no sign of them yet but can’t wait to try them. Thanks again .
I've not sown any of my free seedsyet- waiting for the 15th but I was really amazed at how lovely your book and seeds were. The idea of just planting the little card looks great fun and I cant wait to try out all the different varieties. I really think they are very impressive and hope you do the same next year because Ill definitely be ordering again ! Thankyou
Thank you so much Raine, I'm really pleased you like the book and seeds and would love to know how you get on with them. 15th tomorrow... I bet you can't wait to get started?
My last frost date is 1st to 10 th May, so will do my tomatoes soon
You're right David, a little early yet maybe. Are you growing many this year?
Great tip re sieving compost thanks Chris. Filled out my record book today 😊
Hi Sue, let me know how you get on with the record book and if you'd make any tweaks at the end of the year. I hope you're all well and send the family our best wishes.
@@veggieplot I will do Chris. We are all good thank you x
Captain lucky are very much like Alice’s dream in looks and I loved the taste, Ali
Did you mean summer of love rather than Alice’s? As captain lucky are quite different in appearance to Alice’s? CL are not antho (Internally certainly colourful!)
I saw a post on IG today of a Captain Lucky and it does look amazing. The flavour sounds exceptional too, so I'm really looking forward to it now.
I haven't sown any of my tomatoes yet, we get frost until May and I'm away for a week in April so don't want to leave big plants. I've taken them on holiday with me before now as we usually rent a cottage.😊
I would start soon as I made the mistake last year of sowing last week in March because of going away first week in April! Never again! ☹️ nothing ripe until mid august with all the grey days we had in the wmids! 😞 best of luck!
Ah, the gardener's eternal problem, what to do with seedlings and plants when they go away. Very impressed with you taking them with you though, I'm not sure I'd get away with it 😂. How many did you take and is there a limit? Just thinking how many I can squeeze in the car 😂
@veggieplot I took about a dozen mixed peppers and tomatoes, luckily we rented a cottage so there was a large windowsill although the owner thought I was mad.
Hi, I sowed my tomato seeds in January in a heated greenhouse. Now ready for planting out. 18 varieties in total, which includes those free from you. I got about 75% germination rate on those.
Hi Stewart, 75% 😕 which seeds didn't germinate? Your plants must be a good size by now. Mine have just started germinating.
@@veggieplot Hi, I got at least one of each, so will be able to try them out. I started mine in a heated propagator, then transferred to a grow tent. they are quite sturdy plants and between 7 & 9 inches tall. The greenhouse they will be planted out in to my other greenhouse as soon as i get a minimum heat sorted.
So many varieties. I’m only doing three varieties 😂 this year. New subscriber here too from Danny’s live
Hi Emma, lovely to hear from you and your plot looks 😍. Subbed today and looking forward to your updates. Danny's show is great isn't it?
@@veggieplot thank you. Lots of hard work to prep for spring. It’s fab and such a shame this weeks is the last. Wish he would continue it. Thanks for the sub
I sowed mine 15 days ago with a heat mat, there up and later this week I'm going to pot them up cause they are in tiny cells, I sowed your top 4 from last year + 3 more New ones and UP to now my all time favorite Tomande. Thanks for the video
You're ahead of me Graham, mine are just germinating now and need a little more sunshine than we're getting. That's Porstmouth in your YT banner image isn't it?
+It is Portsmouth, As I live on the Island.@@veggieplot
Hi Chris, nice selection.
I grown cherry falls before only stopped because it's F1, it was a heavy cropper but also found that once finished you can cut it back and get a second flush not as many but still more.
Cheers Ady, and thanks for the tip about Cherry Falls, I would never have thought to try that. I know what you mean about F1. I bought the seeds on a whim thinking my mum could cope with them in pots by the back door. I imagine they’re quite manageable.
@@veggieplot They are, I made the mistake of burying it deep when potting on into final pot which caused a lot of splitting on the branches so from now on I plant tumblers at the same level.
Brilliant, thank you. Happy gardening 🌱
I'm doing 11 varieties this year, and the only cross over with your choices is Lucid Gem....which I purchased after your review last year.
Tim's Taste of Paradise replaced Sungold for me last year... great taste and no splitting. I would like to try the Honeycomb next year.
Lucid Gem is wonderful and I hope you like it as much as I do. I'll have to check out TTofP but Honeycomb is still the one to beat for me. If you can get seeds, it's definitely worth a try.
I’m doing 27 😂 but like you some are gifted to family. Mine are just a dream at the moment but I’m sure they will pop up soon enough. Here’s to a fabulous 2024 tomato 🍅 season. Yes I found sticks the size of my finger in an “expensive brand” compost. Demand is driving less quality because the suppliers can’t wait as long for it all to break down. Have a great week Chris, happy growing, Ali ☔️💨🇨🇦
Wow, 27 is a good number, is that inside and out? Do you get blight over there too?
@@veggieplot almost all outside and knock on my wooden head 😜 we have not had blight here at all and normally it’s too,hot for it in summer 🙏🙏🙏
I did wonder if your weather would prevent it... we might have to move to Canada 😂. Looking forward to Danny's show tonight, I believe you are on it?
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Thanks Locke.
Oh haven’t done mine yet 😬. Plenty time
Have you got anything special planned this year Sandrine?
@@veggieplot Hi. I am growing the same tomatoes as last year because I like the varieties I have . I am trying tuberous parsley, just to see … kohlrabi too which I ‘ve never eaten before . Lots and lots of beetroots as they are good for blood pressure… can’t wait for better weather. ☺️
Me too, so gloomy here today. Happy gardening 🌱
Wow Chris I don't think I have heard of any of those tomato varieties! They do look interesting though. Since you grow so many plants What do you do with them at harvest?
I only grow about 5 or 6 plants and apart from eating them fresh and making chutneys at the end of season, I tend to mostly make homemade pasta sauce with the gluts as it freezes well. I guess as there is only me 5/6 plants is ample. I imagine you harvest on an industrial scale? 😉
I hadn’t until a few years ago, but it’s quite extraordinary how many weird and wonderful varieties there are. I think 5-6 is perfect for one person but I’m still feeding a grown up family of four, plus as you say, they freeze well and can be made into all manner of delicious sauces and meals. Are you tempted to try growing some of these?
@veggieplot Certainly the Ananas Noir... but I'm not sure if I have room for another plant. But I might have to rethink my plans! 😉
😂 Happy gardening 🌱
No Alice's dream? Or did i miss that one ...
1st on his list! (When varieties were named on screen) 😂 no way was Chris not growing those! 🙌🏼
Haha true. I spoke to soon i went back and watched again. Ive got some growing this year hopefully they turn out great
1st on the list Darren, and growing two plants this year as it was so good. I hope yours grow and taste as good as mine did last year, a really lovely variety. Are you growing many?
I sowed seeds in sifted miracle grow and it nearly killed them.👍
Sounds like a disaster Nick, did you figure out the reason why?
@@veggieplot it was the fertilizer in the compost, too much for seedlings, they germinated fine they started dropping, It was 2 years ago. Using homemade this year and everything is doing well.💪👌👍
Ah, good to know, and good luck this year Nick. Happy gardening 🌱