Wednesday 7 September 2011

Tomatoes pulled up



I was reluctant to pull out the tomato plants, as I'd been so looking forward to a good harvest. I found that the Gardener's Delight tomatoes were least susceptible to going bad if I picked them as soon as they showed the first sign of ripening, then allowed them to fully ripen indoors. The Marmande were badly affected and virtually all the fruit had to be thrown away, the same with Moneymaker.

But today I pulled all the plants up, after saving all the unmarked green tomatoes. I didn't put any tomato plants or fruit in the compost.