Have I sold 16 people a pig in a poke?

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Name changed as this is very outing.
The facts: Saw YouTube video about growing tomatoes from a slice of tomato, had some v tasty cherry ones from supermarket so planted 3 slices with low expectations. 3 weeks later, 54 seedlings, transferred to larger pots expecting to lose half, 52 survived - nearly all grew looking super healthy - had 49 tomato plants. Couldn't possibly use all so planted some, gave away some and had 28 tomato plants left. Got the bright idea of selling them on our local group for 50p each - sold all bar 3 which I offered some to my much older, much wiser chum and he said " Oh, no thanks as they are probably F1s so won't produce anything". Have I sold 16 people a pig in a poke? Never mind friends who think I am a great grower

@NachoFries - OP here and I will reply to everyone else in the morning BUT you are special. Everyone CAN grow things - start with something you want to eat and will use. Parsley? Basil? salad? coriander? pick one and start with a pot of compost - put some seeds on and cover with a thin layer of compost and it will grow.

I haven't made rosehip syrup for a long while, but it was quite straightforward. Just sieve it really well to remove all the hairs from inside the hip.

Sieve the rosehips?

Whats to sieve? Do you mean crush or liquidise and sieve?

Sieve the rosehips?No, I'd have said sieve them rather than sieve it if I'd meant the rosehips . Anyway Bob's given a recipe now.

Sorry, I was asking sieve what? I didn't realise it was a boiled pan of rosehips with water.

It sounds a lot like making jam! But lots easier. and less intense

Finally, my hour arrives. I have been so excited to be able to share some photos on this thread too!

So, here's my wild foraging haul..

So that was the apples and sloes

...and here's the rosehips (1llb 10oz), oh and some acorns (for another project).

Oops

Also picked 1lb blackberries . So happy

The recipe asks for 1kg of rosehips, to a litre of water.

So I need another 6oz.

The acorn itself will be used to make a mould of an acorn, then the mould will be filled with various colourful nature elements, in resin.

Like this

No. Its a very small part of a minor craft hobby, there won't be many. Will be trying some other things too.

This is a great thread - may I (belatedly) join in?

I grow tomatoes in a greenhouse every year and always panic that they won't thrive....but so far my fears have come to naught and I always end up making tons of tomato sauce to freeze for the winter. Attached is a pic of this year's biggest tomato so far, not quite ripe yet (£1 coin for scale!).

I grow them in grow-bags which I cut in half and stand on their ends so each plant has a good source of nutrients. And I've got cheap clothes rails as frames which I tie the plants onto. It works really well with a bamboo cane in each grow-bag.

Late to this thread - am definitely going to try this next year - and cucamelons!

It sounds a lot like making jam! Spot on! Jam (or rather jelly) is syrup with the water boiled off. (Jam has lumps of fruit in, jelly is made from the juice only and is clear.)

So I need another 6oz. Or less water. (Love that you're another one who moves freely between imperial and metric in the same sentence!)
If you need 1kg = 1000g rosehips to 1l = 1000ml water, then you need the same no of mls of water as you have grams of rosehips.

Acorns: My mum made me a snake out of acorns. Threaded about 100 cups on to a piece of soft string, so each cup was snug inside the next, but overall the "snake" would flex easily, then glued an acorn into the open cup at the other end to make the head. I still have it somewhere 60 years on.

Love that you're another one who moves freely between imperial and metric in the same sentence!)

I have very old scales (not metric!). So, knowing the recipe, of 1kg required, I have to get to 2.21 llb on my scales, requiring I pick approx another 6oz.

Hence the mix of imperial/metric.

That tomato is very impressive!