13 July 2018 Ultra Boy Tomato

[Durgan]

13 July 2018 Ultra Boy Tomato
Posted on July 13, 2018 by Durgan
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The fist tomato of my season was picked. It was ultra boy and the tomato is perfect. Only one but a few others are changing color. The flavor after being subjected to hot house types is divine.

 

[DirtMechanic]

13 July 2018 Ultra Boy Tomato
Posted on July 13, 2018 by Durgan
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The fist tomato of my season was picked. It was ultra boy and the tomato is perfect. Only one but a few others are changing color. The flavor after being subjected to hot house types is divine.

Afraid to show the cracking around the stem are we? Nice Ass.

 

[Durgan]

No cracking was apparent. A bit of green only.

 

[headfullofbees]

It's great getting your first tomato of the season, isn't it?
I was dead lucky with my timing this year; after a freezing cold March, when I sowed my seed in a heated propagator, and nurtured it into April, since when there has been nearly all sunshine, (in fact today has been the first proper rain since early April, apart from 1 hr mid-May) and my tomatoes have thriven.
So warm was my greenhouse border soil that I stocked it, (keeping enough replacements to cover any disaster) three weeks early.
I've been taking tomatoes for two weeks now, starting with, "Early Girl" and since joined by "Maskotka", and, yesterday, by "Akron."
Still to come are cherry tomato, "Sugar Gloss" and some kind of beefsteak tomato which was supposed to be "Amish Paste!!!"

 

[Durgan]

It's great getting your first tomato of the season, isn't it?
I was dead lucky with my timing this year; after a freezing cold March, when I sowed my seed in a heated propagator, and nurtured it into April, since when there has been nearly all sunshine, (in fact today has been the first proper rain since early April, apart from 1 hr mid-May) and my tomatoes have thriven.
So warm was my greenhouse border soil that I stocked it, (keeping enough replacements to cover any disaster) three weeks early.
I've been taking tomatoes for two weeks now, starting with, "Early Girl" and since joined by "Maskotka", and, yesterday, by "Akron."
Still to come are cherry tomato, "Sugar Gloss" and some kind of beefsteak tomato which was supposed to be "Amish Paste!!!"

PICTURES

 

[DirtMechanic]

Not linking up to pics for some reason

 

[headfullofbees]

I'll post pics of the cherry toms if I get a chance

 

[Durgan]

Very nice. A real garden.

 

[DirtMechanic]

I'll post pics of the cherry toms if I get a chance

It must be satisfying to see such nice healthy and heavy cluster ripening. Enjoy!

 

[headfullofbees]

My feeding regime?
A handful each of fbb and woodash per plant, prior to planting (2-3 weeks), followed by Epsom salts when flowers open, then, when the first truss sets fruit, comfrey and seaweed extract once a week.
This had a broad spectrum of nutrients and minerals, which also give flavour.
Watering is a gravity-fed dripper system, which I try to get to deliver 1pt UK (20 oz/568ml) per plant per day, for growth, dropping by 1/4th during fruiting phase.
Took two trays today, approx. 11lb/5kg
It's unusually early. In an average summer, I'd expect to start picking next week.

 

[DirtMechanic]

My feeding regime?
A handful each of fbb and woodash per plant, prior to planting (2-3 weeks), followed by Epsom salts when flowers open, then, when the first truss sets fruit, comfrey and seaweed extract once a week.
This had a broad spectrum of nutrients and minerals, which also give flavour.
Watering is a gravity-fed dripper system, which I try to get to deliver 1pt UK (20 oz/568ml) per plant per day, for growth, dropping by 1/4th during fruiting phase.
Took two trays today, approx. 11lb/5kg
It's unusually early. In an average summer, I'd expect to start picking next week.

What would an American understand as FBB fertilizer?

 

[Leeski]

My feeding regime?
A handful each of fbb and woodash per plant, prior to planting (2-3 weeks), followed by Epsom salts when flowers open, then, when the first truss sets fruit, comfrey and seaweed extract once a week.
This had a broad spectrum of nutrients and minerals, which also give flavour.
Watering is a gravity-fed dripper system, which I try to get to deliver 1pt UK (20 oz/568ml) per plant per day, for growth, dropping by 1/4th during fruiting phase.
Took two trays today, approx. 11lb/5kg
It's unusually early. In an average summer, I'd expect to start picking next week.

Could you put a picture of your drip feeding system up please ?
Nice toms

 

[headfullofbees]

What would an American understand as FBB fertilizer?

Fish, blood and bone.

 

[headfullofbees]

Could you put a picture of your drip feeding system up please ?
Nice toms

You can see some of the system on the 5th pic of my previous post.
It's easier to describe, atm, than photograph.

A water-butt, raised about 2 feet off the ground, the tap connected to a timer which opens and closes a valve as set, then connected to 1/2" pipe, which with various tees and elbows, enters the greenhouse via an 18mm hole drilled in the base, and goes around the middle of the greenhouse border in a rectangular loop.
Holes are then punched in the pipe at regular intervals, and adjustable drippers are fitted in the punched holes.
Further lengths of pipe can be fitted to the loop if required, using a tee at either end.

NOTE: There are two types of timer valves, those which only need the pressure of gravity, and those which require higher pressure and require a pump or domestic supply.
Gravity ones will work in either circumstance.

 

[Leeski]

Thanks for the info thinking about setting up some kinda watering system for next year