A month or so ago I cut back the outdoor cherry tomatoes to virtually
stems and fruit clusters as the whole thing was getting very unwieldy and
it was hard to pick the fruit.

The plants have surged back and are as prolific and top heavy as before,
and with masses of new flowers which are setting fruit.

Set fruit is also still ripening.

I assume that it will just keep going until a hard frost gets under the
veranda and sees it off, but this could be another month or so.
I will have to give it a major haircut again, whatever.

Outdoor cucumbers have most of the leaves dying off but there are still
some fruit on, including tiny ones developing.

Courgettes have given up (but I see ones around which are better
cultivated and still going strong).

I can recall long autumn days a decade or so back when I managed to grow
tomatoes outside until Xmas but looking back they were badly blighted.
However the plastic lid over the current ones seems to be protecting them.

Cheers


Dave R



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On 25 Oct 2020 15:35:38 GMT, David wrote:
A month or so ago I cut back the outdoor cherry tomatoes to virtually
stems and fruit clusters as the whole thing was getting very unwieldy and
it was hard to pick the fruit.

The plants have surged back and are as prolific and top heavy as before,
and with masses of new flowers which are setting fruit.

Set fruit is also still ripening.

I assume that it will just keep going until a hard frost gets under the
veranda and sees it off, but this could be another month or so.
I will have to give it a major haircut again, whatever.

Outdoor cucumbers have most of the leaves dying off but there are still
some fruit on, including tiny ones developing.

Courgettes have given up (but I see ones around which are better
cultivated and still going strong).

I can recall long autumn days a decade or so back when I managed to grow
tomatoes outside until Xmas but looking back they were badly blighted.
However the plastic lid over the current ones seems to be protecting them.

Our outdoor Toms on our allotment finally got Blight last
week so we grubbed them all out. Good year for them though after a slow
start.

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Bob Hobden

In article ,
David wrote:
A month or so ago I cut back the outdoor cherry tomatoes to virtually
stems and fruit clusters as the whole thing was getting very unwieldy and
it was hard to pick the fruit.

Set fruit is also still ripening.

Mine in a greenhouse have slowed down considerably, due to the lack
of light.

Outdoor cucumbers have most of the leaves dying off but there are still
some fruit on, including tiny ones developing.

I grubbed mine a while back, because the wet had caused their roots
to rot.

Courgettes have given up (but I see ones around which are better
cultivated and still going strong).

I picked the last of mine and grubbed the plants today, but they are
Tromboncino d'Albenga. Again, it's the wet causing the fruit to rot
at one end. However, we shall be eating them well into November,
because the semi-mature fruit keep well in a cool place.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.