Buckets of Tomatoes!

I sowed quite a few tomato seeds of various varieties back in February, & where two seedlings grew of any one variety, I potted them both on, & when I planted them out at the Hill last week, I kept back the duplicates for growing on here at home.

The plan here is to minimise the risk of blight in the tomatoes later in the summer – if the Hill gets hit, I have a back up. Of course it will also give me a comparison between pot & ground sown tomatoes in terms of growth & yield.

I’ve dithered as to what to plant the tomatoes out in – & settled on 10 litre buckets from Wilko, which I bought for 99p each, which was much cheaper than the equivalent size plant pot, & they do look rather smart.

With more compost bought, holes drilled in the buckets for drainage, & empty pop bottles at the ready for watering into, the only thing which stopped me planting all six out this evening was the rapidly falling light…