Hi Shani.
I'm okay, been quite sick... but what's new, same same but different as they say in Thailand π
(Have we ever seen a picture of the tomatoes)?
They're not quite ripe yet. When the heat wave disappeared leaving Liverpool in mainly cloudy days, it knocked the wind out of their sails. I'm seeing some color in a few of them now so should start getting the first of the glut soon π€
Glad you enjoyed the Peace Doves and Wildflowers post. Yeah, those meadows will be gone by November and the peace doves finish this month too. But you've seen them already anyway.
Message me when you're coming down if you have time to meet up for coffee, cake and a chat π
Sorry that your health is still so much of a challenge, hope you get some respite now and then. Good to know that you are writing, though π.
My tomatoes are the same, I was beginning to think they would never ripen, but they are just getting some colour. I think I may pinch out the top trusses and let the energy go to the others lower down the plants.
The spinach now, that's going bonkers, and the rhubarb. My neighbour's family and I are eating spinach twice a day, and I've made jam and frozen crumbles with the rhubarb. I guess they are cooler weather crops, so this summer is working for them.
I'm in Liverpool for a few days from 31 October, I'll get in touch nearer the time π
I'm not sure you'll have to take trusses off that have already set, but I'd pinch out the growing tips on all tomato plants. I stopped mine off about 10 days ago. But I have got a bumper amount of green plum tomatoes on the bush ones so I thought better to stop the tops to pump the energy into ripening the fruit π π