Tomato seed sown and spuds planted

 Alicante, Sweet Success and Shirley - all Thomson and Morgan.

Apparently Lucera potatoes are an early variety.

Blight!

I pulled up all the tomato plants today as blight is raging through them. We had a very wet start to the summer, which I think was the cause of the problem. I also had all the plants in the same area of the garden, unlike my normal practice of spreading them around.

Our refuse collectors have been on strike so the garden waste bin has not been emptied for some weeks. Fortunately there was still some space so I cut up the tomato plants and put them in the bin.

Tomatoes planted out

I've waited until now as May has been very wet and cold so far. The weather is warmer today and the forecast is that the improvement will continue over the next few days.

Tomatoes potted up

Prior to potting up

 

I potted up the Marmande and Gardener's Delight seedlings. Haven't potted up any of the Ailsa Craig - the second sowing seeds are now germinating.

Seed Setback!

The tomato seed I sowed on 31 March failed to germinate. On 18 April I uncovered the containers and found the compost was dry. I had assumed that, because there were drips of condenastion on the inside surface of the clingfilm, the compost was moist. I added more water, and eventually most of the seed, including the coleus, has germinated. However, there is only one healthy-looking Ailsa Craig seedling (this may well have something to do with the small 3 caterpillars I've found in the compost), so today I sowed a few more.

 

The courgettes have germinated - I've put the bigger one outside in a crate.

Tomato, Courgette and Coleus seed sown

 

Tomato varieties Ailsa Craig, Gardener's Delight and Marmande, Courgette variety Astia.

Tomatoes ripening

One of the gardeners' delights did ripen a few days ago but it had split.

Tomato Update

Tomatoes planted out

Tomatoes hardening off

It's a bit warmer today so hardening off has begun.

Tomato update

Haven't been able to harden off the tomatoes yet as it's been cold for the last week. Last night was the coldest May night since 1982. Forecast says the weather will warm up over the next few days.

Spuds planted - tomatoes potted up

 4 rows of 4 spuds in the large bed

Tomato seed sown

Alicante, Gardener's Delight and Marmande

First tomatoes picked

Marmande and alicante.

Tomatoes planted out

The tomato plants look a bit iffy this year - they seemed to grow very quickly and I think they outgrew their pots. I hope they'll improve now they're out in the garden. I dug deep holes with a spade, put in some horse manure compost, then put the plants in the holes and added more HMC.

Tomatoes potted up

Tomato and Gaillardia seed sown

First tomatoes picked

Two small Marmande and three Gardener's Delight.

Tomato update

Tomatoes planted out