Tomatoes and Chillies

I've grown 31 Moneymaker tomatoes which I bought in a discount sale at Wilko's last year for 10p. These all germinated and all but six ended up going to the School's Allotment club. I've potted them up into their final containers with bamboo supports and a trial plant frame for one of them. I'm not sure they will be needed. Last year I only specialised in cherry tomatoes, so it will be nice to have some bigger ones.

They should get lots of light and air on the patio. I've placed a row of chillies in front of them, and I'll finish off with some Tumbler variety of cherry tomatoes.

The chillies have continued to grow prolifically! My favourite Alberto's Rocoto (below) has many heavy fruits, full-sized, ready to ripen off. More baby fruits are just emerging. It has never put on much height, but is spreading well.

Shabu Shabu continues to grow thick and fast. I'm not sure how big these fruits will grow being a hotter variety. I'm ready to support the weight of the fruit-heavy branches though with these supports.

Nosferatu did have a problem before with pale leaves, but the upper leaves have put on some darker colour. The fruits are definitely black though, while not all of them are pointy as they should be. An interesting addition to my collection...

Peito de Moça was my tallest chilli when they were put outside, but has not yet any sign of flowers. Hopefully, they will appear soon.

And finally, of the BIG SIX, I have two unnamed varieties. None the wiser, although one has purple flowers. It might even be a taller growing variety of Alberto's Locoto... but it is far behind its sister then in fruiting.