| Forum Home | ||||
| PC World Chat | ||||
| Thread ID: 115683 | 2011-01-30 06:19:00 | Tomatoes | TideMan (4279) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1173711 | 2011-01-31 23:04:00 | The link worked for me without all the rubbish you retrieved. Must be something problematic at your end. Something wrong with my copy and paste and then trying to edit same. :( My point is that tomatoes in NZ are NOT perennials. en.wikipedia.org |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1173712 | 2011-02-01 00:02:00 | As the tomato plants die every year they are NOT perennial! "The tomato plant is perennial, but is cultivated as an annual." From darwin.nmsu.edu Tomatoes are called "tender perennials" because they are truly perennials but they are generally grown as annuals. Other examples of "tender perennials" are bell peppers and sweet potatoes. An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates flowers and dies in one year. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed. In gardening, annual often refers to a plant grown outdoors in the spring and summer and surviving just for one growing season. A perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. Some perennials are grown in gardens as annuals - mostly for convienience- especially if they are not considered cold or climate hardy. Depends where you live. Try it in a warm area. I let my capsicums go all year once and into the next...... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1173713 | 2011-02-01 09:45:00 | Our tomatoes never survive the ChCh winter, so in this climate they are annuals. But what about scarlet runner beans? Ours grow every year in the same place, we never replant or do anything. But I thought that was because there are seeds lying about from beans that were not harvested. |
TideMan (4279) | ||
| 1173714 | 2011-02-01 09:49:00 | Scarlet runners work here and do reseed but we have planted new seed from time to time. | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1173715 | 2011-02-01 10:24:00 | I usually rip the beans out and replace every couple of years. They seem to crop best the first year, then a little less the following year and then a lot less in the third year... | johcar (6283) | ||
| 1173716 | 2011-02-01 10:32:00 | I will take photo of the current crop of scarlet runners. My silverbeet is still more holy than righteous. :) Planted Beetroot two days ago. The corn is coming up nicely. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1173717 | 2011-02-02 00:31:00 | Our tomatoes never survive the ChCh winter, so in this climate they are annuals. But what about scarlet runner beans? Ours grow every year in the same place, we never replant or do anything. But I thought that was because there are seeds lying about from beans that were not harvested. Tomatoes for us this year are not doing to well then again it probably would have helped if mrs coldfront had not got the dwarf tomatoe plants.:p We got radishes the size of beetroots and surprisly not woody by still nice and juicy. But every thing else is slow probably a result of the dry Autumn and weird dryish summer. Potatoes well not going to go there they are terrible. The moisture in the soil is just not here this year despite nightly soacking and those days of flooding couple of times per month. Funny thing the strawberries are flowering nicely now and plenty of fruit on them, Plums this year the worst ever but Apples look to be a bumper crop. Oh and the corn is doing well. Its a funny year now I just hope we do not get the Kiss of death frost on Valentines day like last year :horrified |
coldfront (15814) | ||
| 1173718 | 2011-02-03 03:27:00 | I am also growing Tomatoes and they are huge compared to the stuff you buy at the supermarket. | QW. (15883) | ||
| 1173719 | 2011-02-03 03:40:00 | I have some large tomatoes on my vines in Invercargill but they are slow to ripen. We have had unseasonal weather over the past week or so. Lots of wind and rain (unusual for Southland). I have not had to water them lately. | Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1173720 | 2011-02-03 04:34:00 | We have had unseasonal weather over the past week or so . Lots of wind and rain (unusual for Southland) . LOL . You're kidding right? Theres a large umbrella ornament in your main st, you think that is because it's known for sun? In the 4 years we lived in Southland I saw it's usual weather - wind, rain, cold . In summer . In Winter it changed to wind, frost and hail, cold . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | |||||