Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Windowsill allotment - the tomatoes are coming

The tomatoes (Tumbling Tom Red) have decided to do me the great service of beginning to flower in their tiny 9" pots. Time to dust off the window boxes and crank up the indoor allotment methinks. The windowsills look nervous, perhaps it will be a bounty year? Whilst its chilly still the house is a balmy 10 degrees, as tomatoes need a minimum of seven I'm sure we will do ok.

Gotta love the canny scots determination to grow a sub-tropical species. And folks don't think we are optimists!

8 comments:

  1. Marguerite17 May 2013 at 11:42

    yah for determined tomatoes!! My hubby finally built shelving into our window frames last year due to the overwhelming amount of plant material looking for a peak of sun.

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    1. Fay McKenzie23 May 2013 at 19:15

      Oh now that sounds exciting. More shelving equals mroe plants

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  2. Anonymous18 May 2013 at 09:54

    Flowering already! Mine are still weeny things waiting to go out in the greenhouse border.

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    1. Fay McKenzie23 May 2013 at 19:16

      These were left to bask (or should I say left to abject neglect) on a window sill and have come out of their post potting sulk beautifully I'm sending flowering vibes to yours too. Pesky brutes tomatoes, so tricky

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  3. Anonymous18 May 2013 at 12:53

    Hi Fay, Off topic I know, but Alistair seems to have got Akismet to fix his spam problem. I don't know whether they have fixed your problem at the same time - if you send me a test comment, I'll keep an eye open for it. O'wise you can ask Alistair what he did to solve things.

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    1. Fay McKenzie23 May 2013 at 19:17

      Oh I will do, or I'll send you a real comment and see how you go. I was having trouble with Linne's blog too so fathomed it was some kind of blog press/safari issue? Cheers for the heads up though that Alistair man can keep me right.

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  4. CJ20 May 2013 at 07:09

    I usually grow a couple of these - sometimes one yellow and one red - you have reminded me to see if I can find some plants at the local garden shop. Last year was dismal though, so I have slightly lost enthusiasm. Maybe a couple of baskets of flowers this year instead...

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    1. Fay McKenzie23 May 2013 at 19:14

      Hey there CJ - I have no or should I say little enthusiasm for long tall tomatoes but do find bush varieties do OK with me. Goodluck finding something to delight you. Last years season was rotten, I'm not much taken with the current hail we're having either.

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