Sungold it is then! Thanks to everyone for their comments. I was watering my plants every day - just a little and feeding twice a week - til a more experienced friend told me to only water twice a week to get a stronger flavour and low and behold all my tomatoes then split. Next year i am going back...

We had some fantastic orange cherry tomatoes from Tesco over the summer but they didnt label the variety. I can only see 1 variety in the catalogues - SUNGOLD. Anyone have any idea if there are any others? Grew Garden Pearl this year which was very productive but the taste wasnt impressive.

This was fascinating for me. For the last 2 years i have grown butternut squash but not managed to get a single ripe fruit. Now that might be the rubbish summers or maybe i need to try a different variety. BAck to the well thumbed seed catalogues.

All I can say is that it is only now the nights are getting darker earlier will you catch me sat at the pc in the evenings instead of out in my garden. Maybe that is true for others as well.

Thanks for this Plumpudding. The skins are shiny and the black parts are shiny too. I had no idea that they would go black as they ripened. How strange. At least i know for next year.

I was very disappointed to read Peter Seabrook's opinion in Amateur Gardening (Aug 8 issue). He says " The steady promotion over recent years of organic principles, raised beds and no-digging is certainly taking its toll. Newcomers to growing-their-own are well advised to follow the long establ...

Help! I am a newbie veg gardener. One of the plants that seemed to be doing really well was the sweet peppers until they got a terrific attack of greenfly. Have had to keep respraying them as the flies keep coming back. I have managed to get one plant completely clean (fingers crossed) and its littl...

I am also having blueberry trouble. My 3 year old plant seemed to die whilst i was away on holiday in May. I dont know if it dried out but it has also been suggested that a cat may have used it's pot as a toilet as the other blueberry next to it is thriving. All of the leaves have gone brown and fal...