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CR tomatoes?
Posted by Patrick Burgoyne, 7 September 2010, 10:00 Permalink Comments (11)
You might remember that subscribers received their February issue in a biodegradable bag that came with a packet of tomato seeds. The idea was that you could stick the bag in the ground or pot and use it to grow tomatoes in. Seven months on, check out these babies
Here's what the Februrary issue looked like for subscribers. It also came with a packet of these, (courtesy of image library Stock Food – thank you)
and we asked you to do this
Of course I couldn't expect our subscribers to do something that I wasn't prepared to have a go at myself, so I dutifully planted mine out in a pot. The bag, which was made from Harmless-Compost, part of a range of compostable packaging products from Cyberpac, is now long-gone, having rotted away into our garden, but the tomatoes are looking pretty damned good.
Did anyone else have any luck? If so, please send me pictures of your crop and I will add them to this post.
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UPDATE: @MatDolphin on Twitter informs us that his interestingly-named toms are well:
"Thanks to @CreativeReview Adolf & Myra are doing nicely » http://twitpic.com/2m389n"
These just in from James Kirby - look like they need a little sun...
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11 Comments
They're looking good! Mine are still green :-(
Will forward a pic!
2010-09-07 11:26:12
But more importantly how do they taste?
2010-09-07 11:49:00
@ stripeyhorse
Very nice thanks. A few of them went a bit manky on the bottom though...
PatrickBurgoyne
2010-09-07 12:05:33
tomatoes)) my granny grows them also))
2010-09-07 12:19:00
My tomatoes are not CR tomatoes, but that doesn't stop me from being incredibly jealous of your ripeness. Most of mine are still green! Booo
2010-09-07 12:27:00
@ James
Ah well, there's a lesson in there. Subscribe to CR and your fruits will forever ripen (or something) PatrickBurgoyne
2010-09-07 12:34:39
nice!
mine are still green, but i didn't plant them until may. they're on the turn though, so will hopefully beat the frosts.
thanks for the seeds :o)
2010-09-07 13:16:52
my tomatoes are also not CR, and are also mostly green. HOWEVER...
they've just this morning started to turn red! proper red like a... err.... TOMATOES!
2010-09-07 16:17:54
My non-CR tomatoes are green too! I think there is definitely something in the theory us all being penalised for not subscribing. Sorry, Patrick, we'll mend our ways in the future...
2010-09-07 19:05:15
Tomatoes are my friend.
2010-09-13 16:59:27
I've always wanted a garden and to grow my own vegetables to eat. I'm envious at all the successful tomato growers who responded to this prompt. It might be too late in the season to grow tomatoes of my own now. I hope they were delicious for all those who participated.
2010-09-24 03:25:34
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