This morning I prepped the spots at my allotment where the tomatoes will go.
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This morning I prepped the spots at my allotment where the tomatoes will go. The soil becomes rock-hard clay at approximately 6", so I use a posthole digger to make an 18" hole that gets filled with compost. And to make watering easier and more effective, I have PVC pipes, capped at the bottoms, that have 1/8" holes along their lengths so that I can quickly slosh in a bunch of water and let it slowly percolate to the roots. A bit of work to make these watering funnels but the tomatoes develop very deep roots and are fine if ignored on a hot day. #tomatoes #gardening #allotment #soil #vegetables #wine #roots
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This morning I prepped the spots at my allotment where the tomatoes will go. The soil becomes rock-hard clay at approximately 6", so I use a posthole digger to make an 18" hole that gets filled with compost. And to make watering easier and more effective, I have PVC pipes, capped at the bottoms, that have 1/8" holes along their lengths so that I can quickly slosh in a bunch of water and let it slowly percolate to the roots. A bit of work to make these watering funnels but the tomatoes develop very deep roots and are fine if ignored on a hot day. #tomatoes #gardening #allotment #soil #vegetables #wine #roots
@colinpurrington Tomatoes are very expensive in Europe (approx. 5€ per kilo) this time of the year. What kind of tomatoes are they?
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This morning I prepped the spots at my allotment where the tomatoes will go. The soil becomes rock-hard clay at approximately 6", so I use a posthole digger to make an 18" hole that gets filled with compost. And to make watering easier and more effective, I have PVC pipes, capped at the bottoms, that have 1/8" holes along their lengths so that I can quickly slosh in a bunch of water and let it slowly percolate to the roots. A bit of work to make these watering funnels but the tomatoes develop very deep roots and are fine if ignored on a hot day. #tomatoes #gardening #allotment #soil #vegetables #wine #roots
@colinpurrington Ooh I like that. We have a slightly-raised bed on top of not very exciting soil on top of clay.
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This morning I prepped the spots at my allotment where the tomatoes will go. The soil becomes rock-hard clay at approximately 6", so I use a posthole digger to make an 18" hole that gets filled with compost. And to make watering easier and more effective, I have PVC pipes, capped at the bottoms, that have 1/8" holes along their lengths so that I can quickly slosh in a bunch of water and let it slowly percolate to the roots. A bit of work to make these watering funnels but the tomatoes develop very deep roots and are fine if ignored on a hot day. #tomatoes #gardening #allotment #soil #vegetables #wine #roots
Here's my tomato waterer in action. The screening attached to the wine-bottle funnel prevents insects and garden debris from getting trapped inside the PVC tube. #tomatoes #water #gardening #allotment
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@colinpurrington Tomatoes are very expensive in Europe (approx. 5€ per kilo) this time of the year. What kind of tomatoes are they?
@kingfisher68 Tomato varieties I like are Mikado, Mortgage Lifter, Black Krim, Cherokee Purple, Speckled Roman, Blush. But I also love trying heirlooms I've never heard of, so perhaps 1/4 of the spots go to those. There's nothing better than harvesting a big basket of different tomatoes and eating slabs of them with fresh mozzarella and an expensive balsamic. Pure joy.
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@colinpurrington Ooh I like that. We have a slightly-raised bed on top of not very exciting soil on top of clay.
@AnneMacro I highly recommend making the investment. They work really well for soil like that.
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@kingfisher68 Tomato varieties I like are Mikado, Mortgage Lifter, Black Krim, Cherokee Purple, Speckled Roman, Blush. But I also love trying heirlooms I've never heard of, so perhaps 1/4 of the spots go to those. There's nothing better than harvesting a big basket of different tomatoes and eating slabs of them with fresh mozzarella and an expensive balsamic. Pure joy.
@colinpurrington
They look delicious. How much time do they need to grow and ripen? -
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They look delicious. How much time do they need to grow and ripen?@kingfisher68 I usually plant in early May and start getting fruit in mid July, earlier with the smaller varieties.
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