A bit more update frm me. I planted the GD in two polytunnels. Unfortunately 3 of the trials were in a polytunnel which turned out to be inadequate on the soil condition and the garden compost used and they suffered badly from hard top. However I did note,as I think I said before, that the GD from the seed derived from 2 plants of GD bought at a local plant nursery were significantly bigeer but could not be sold as cherry tomatoes so I shall not grow them again.
The plants grown from the Alan Titchmarch special packets supplied by Suttons Seeds did very well, lots of well-filled trusses but unfortunately many of the later ones were well under the size that can even be sold as cherry tomatoes. These seeds were a very good bargain compared with all the other GDs in terms of seeds per packet.
I wish I knew how to stop this tendency to grow undersize fruits, it occurs on all the tomatoes that we grow. Is it poor pollination, overcrowding or what. Sungold (golden/yellow) particularly suffers from it.
Allan
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Hi Allan,
Do remember that Gardeners Delight did not start off by being a cherry variety. I was growing GD long before the words 'Cherry Variety' even entered the horticultural vocabulary.
I wonder what you term as larger fruit? I have a bowl full in the kitchen and I have just measured them: largest 1.625 inches down to 1.25 inches
there are larger ones yet to be picked and there will be those smaller which I have a tendency to
eat on the spot!
Most trusses have been 8,9 or 10 tomatoes and it therefore averages at 9.
I would suggest to you that these are the normal sizes for the original strain of Gardeners Delight and anything other than these sizes of fruit and sizes of truss are not true Gardeners Delight.
JB.
Do remember that Gardeners Delight did not start off by being a cherry variety. I was growing GD long before the words 'Cherry Variety' even entered the horticultural vocabulary.
I wonder what you term as larger fruit? I have a bowl full in the kitchen and I have just measured them: largest 1.625 inches down to 1.25 inches
there are larger ones yet to be picked and there will be those smaller which I have a tendency to
eat on the spot!
Most trusses have been 8,9 or 10 tomatoes and it therefore averages at 9.
I would suggest to you that these are the normal sizes for the original strain of Gardeners Delight and anything other than these sizes of fruit and sizes of truss are not true Gardeners Delight.
JB.
I grew one plant this year of a variety called Large Red Cherry from Plants of Distinction, and that one has grown and fruited just like GD should have done!
It's definitely my plant of choice for next year for a small to medium red tomato, nothing unusual, just nice red round tomatoes, not too large, flavour fine, I never can detect much difference between types in taste anyway!
You're my favourite contributor to this forum, I love your occasional flashes of wit, and your extensive knowledge of veg gardening.
"nd for the ten thousandth time, stop exaggerating!" - priceless!
Stop blushing there!
It's definitely my plant of choice for next year for a small to medium red tomato, nothing unusual, just nice red round tomatoes, not too large, flavour fine, I never can detect much difference between types in taste anyway!
You're my favourite contributor to this forum, I love your occasional flashes of wit, and your extensive knowledge of veg gardening.
"nd for the ten thousandth time, stop exaggerating!" - priceless!
Stop blushing there!
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Just an update myself, the GD's all produced standard size trusses after the second one.
Personally I quite liked having around 100 smallish toms on the lower trusses - I've been selling the surplus so the more the merrier!
The triple vine & secondary root system needs to be experimented with next year me thinks - sounds like a very good use of greenhouse space - nice one JB
cheers KC
Personally I quite liked having around 100 smallish toms on the lower trusses - I've been selling the surplus so the more the merrier!
The triple vine & secondary root system needs to be experimented with next year me thinks - sounds like a very good use of greenhouse space - nice one JB
cheers KC
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PM on the way to you,
thank you very much.
KC
thank you very much.
KC
Johnboy wrote:Hi King Carrot,
Should you want any more information regards the triple vine method simply PM me and I am happy to give all information I know.
JB.
Johnboy
She who decides says that the range of 0.675 to 1.125 are considered acceptable as cherry tomatoes, anything smaller is rejected and the larger ones are not sold as cherry tomatoes. I note that this year the Gardeners Delight had a fair number within the grade, much like Supersweet 100 did in other years.
Last year we grew Cerise, none of those came big enough to be classed as Cherry.
OAllan
She who decides says that the range of 0.675 to 1.125 are considered acceptable as cherry tomatoes, anything smaller is rejected and the larger ones are not sold as cherry tomatoes. I note that this year the Gardeners Delight had a fair number within the grade, much like Supersweet 100 did in other years.
Last year we grew Cerise, none of those came big enough to be classed as Cherry.
OAllan