{"id":20704,"date":"2020-03-18T14:36:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T14:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20704"},"modified":"2020-03-22T08:51:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T08:51:57","slug":"double-suckers-and-tomato-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/my-experiences\/double-suckers-and-tomato-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Suckers and Tomato Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I effectively got suckered twice. It was all over 99 pence so in truth I have lost little and may yet gain but that is in the lap of Priapus the god of vegetable gardening.<\/p>\n<h3>Tomato Growing Plan for 2020<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I start each year with clear plan and often good intentions and this year my aim is to harvest more tomatoes from 10 plants grown in my green house.<\/li>\n<li>Gardeners Delight is intended as my main variety with Moneymaker as an auxiliary. I intended to buy plants, when the weather and I are ready, which will save time, space and reduce the chance of germination failure. But I have been <strong>suckered<\/strong> into buying and sowing a double dose of seedlings already.<\/li>\n<li>I have several half packets of last years still viable seeds but am very determined not to sow and grow them. (San Marzano, Marmande and Tigerella)<\/li>\n<li>The main success last year was growing cherry tomatoes in pots on the top of staging once other spring seedlings had been planted out. So I am looking for red and yellow types of suitable bush varieties. Thompson &amp; Morgan had a trial price of 99p on a packet of <strong>Sweet Baby<\/strong> and I was <strong>suckered<\/strong> by the name and price but failed to read the back of the packet that informs me that cordon plants will grow to 2 meters high even with pinching out.<\/li>\n<li>On the plus side with self isolation for us wrinklys I will have time to nurture some outdoor tomatoes this year after I have dug up more lawn to make the space. Add this to the fact that our local garden center is 99p better off I should worry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Thompson &amp; Morgan Redemption<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>22nd March 2020 only 4 days after this original post T&amp;M have partially redeemed themselves in my eyes. In today&#8217;s Daily Telegraph newspaper there is a plant offer for &#8216;six cherry tomato plants for \u00c2\u00a34.99; 3 &#8216;Bite Size and 3 &#8216;Tumbling Tom Red&#8217;. Whilst one is cordon the tumbler is determinate and just what I wanted. As I can&#8217;t go out during the corona virus restrictions\u00c2\u00a0 I will buy the mail order. It will cost more than a packet of seed but a lot of effort will be saved.<\/li>\n<li>The only moan is now paying an additional \u00c2\u00a34.95 P&amp;P. Still I can order online to save postage which increases tomorrow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I effectively got suckered twice. It was all over 99 pence so in truth I have lost little and may yet gain but that is in the lap of Priapus the god of vegetable gardening. Tomato Growing Plan for 2020 I start each year with clear plan and often good intentions and this year my aim is to harvest more tomatoes from 10 plants grown in my green house. 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