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Cucumbers didn't do much, I think they produced about 6 between the two plants, so not really worth the effort. I think for the toms, if you have electricity in your greenhouse its worth investing in a soil warming cable. Lay down some plastic sheeting, cover well with sand, lay cable, then a bit more sand, and you have an ideal over-wintering bed, or a propagating bed. That would keep the roots warm, then fleece up the top growth overnight. I kept my geraniums like that one winter with outside
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For those that are interested, my late tomato turned out to be a gardeners delight. It ended up in a 4litre pot, was a bit neglected as too much else going on. But is now about 6ft tall and running along the roof beams in the greenhouse. The weather here has actually been a bit dull, not much sun, damp and generally horrid. We've had a few -2's and -4's so quite chilly and the greenhouse is unheated. My tom is currently laden with toms that are very slowly ripening. We had a few days
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OK, found a seedling a couple of weeks ago, no idea what it is, but it will suffice for the test. Its just been potted on into a 1 litre pot and is about 8 inches tall with its first flowers. I have also just started off a few more cucumber seedlings to see if they 'do' as well. I will post when we have some sort of news as to whether or not it was worthwhile.
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Ahhh, now, don't forget we are in the SW of France! OK, day length does start (already) to draw in, but the quality of light if much better out here. Apart from one or two frosts - that usually hit us in late September or early October, the temperatures can easily rise again. Last year we had 40 early October. Nov through to Jan can be very mild, our winters usually hit with a vengeance in February. So the real restricting factor would be day length. I haven't got any viable seed at the moment
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Hello, has anyone tried growing late tomatoes? I was wondering if its worth starting off some seed now for some plants that (might?) produce toms right into the winter months, under protection? Our main outside crop is usually pretty much on its last legs my September, then we get a frost that finishes them off, the weather usually warms back up for the rest of September, October and often right into November, would plants started off late produce anything, anyone tried it?
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