Dolmio Tomato Growing Seeds - progress reporting thread

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This thread is for the MNers who are growing tomato plants from seed courtsey of Dolmio (well at least they are hoping to ). The project is designed to highlight the fact that 100% of Dolmio tomatoes are grown outdoors in the sun (not in greenhouses). For more info on Dolmio please click here

If you are a tomato grower and part of this project please add your updates below - we'd love to know about the plants at each stage - from humble seedlings to the fully grown fruit! Do let us know how, if at all, your children are getting involved as well. If you are not so succesful don't worry please also let us know here. If you need any advice please ask and if you can offer advice please do so!

Details for sending in photos is on the email sent.

Everyone who takes part in this project and who adds their feedback and sends in at least one photo will be entered into a prize draw to win one of two £200 John Lewis vouchers and a Dolmio hamper (to be mailed out in September).

Thanks and best of luck
MNHQ

We still have some greenfly and I need to pinch off more bits today but the plants are looking really healthy and green. No sign of flowers yet but it shouldn't be long.

I've finally managed a picture that is of tomato plants rather than an empty letter box . My pic doesn't feature my adorable children (they were asleep), but it does have some rare Scottish sunshine.

I'm quite intregued to see a picture of your letter box!

8 of my seedlings grew into decent looking plants. They're all now in growbags. 3 have fruit on them, 3 are big but have no flowers yet, 2 look a bit puny.

Ours are up to 51cm but no flowers or tomatoes yet. Will try to email another photo.

We have flowers . Our seeds seemed to arrive about a month or so after everyone elses but now in a tub we have plants about 3 feet tall with yellow flowers.

DS2 is so excited and checks about 10 times a day to count the flowers.

My letter box isn't that interesting honest. Just the Royal Mail managed a massive fail with my seeds and for about 6 weeks I thought the only way I would be able to send in a picture would be to send one of my front door with no seeds under the letter box flap thingy

confessions!

I've just fed mine for the first time. Hopefully that'll make a difference.

Ours are looking good. No flowers but Grandma (expert on these sort of things) says we should be ok not to feed yet...

oh dammit.

We are starting to get wee yellow flowers on a couple of our plants, despite planting them all at the same time they are at different stages and there is a huge difference in the size of them!

When the rain stays off for long enough i am going to put canes in to support them!

Mine are very tall but nobfruit yet. Have 9 plants though!!!

what do you feed them? tomato-led-weaning or purees?

I have some fruits!!! Little bud like green bulbs - I am sooooo proud!!!

I havent added any tomato food or compost either - was I meant to?!!?

We've just counted - 2 fruit on my seedling, looking like 4 on DS1s and none yet on DS2's but he has a flower or two so fingers crossed!

have 27 goo, strong plants - 3 trusses high - but no flowers so have started feeding them - hope they grow something soon

good, strong plants - sorry

We have flower buds!

us too!
We need a green-fingered emoticon.

There's only envious green tomatoes

No flowers yet, much less tomatoes....
But I do have 8 strong little plants which have grown quite tall. Have had to give them all a plant-support-cane to cling on to.

My packet of seeds actually gave me 16 plants, I havve 8 to dd's school for them to grow on in their recycled-plastic-bottle-greenhouse. Will see if I can take a picture and post their progress too....

We have flowers and fruits! I just need to keep the chickens away. They seem to be drawn to the scent of the plants. DD is so excited about picking them. Pictures to follow...

I have put canes in as some were starting to be a bit top heavy, i have also spread them out in the garden as they were all kinda tangled!

About half of my plants are about to flower so hopefully we should get a tomato or two in the next few weeks!

We have 12 plants, all looking pretty healthy at the moment, a few flowers. No tomatoes yet though.

No flowers or fruits here yet but we do have some plants that have just been repotted.