Get fruity in the hot weather.... (Hanging Baskets)

Name: pollee

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Product:	Hanging Baskets
Date:	15/08/01 (615 review reads)
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Advantages: produce your own veg

Disadvantages: must remember to water

I'm not a great fan of flowers in my hanging baskets as they always die so quickly and never look as good as anyone elses so I feel a complete failure!! There also seems to be competition between hanging basket owners to get the maximum number of blooms thay can in one container! I just don't want to get into a competition I know I haven't a hope in winning!!

My best tip for a hanging basket has given me hours of pleasure and a real reward, I grow tomatoes. Does anyone know why tomatoes are fruits instead of vegetables?

I do have a few flowers along the bottom to fill up the space but the top is planted with two tomato plants. This is in a 16 inch basket.

Always chose those that don't need propping up or pinching out, I find the 'tumbler' variety the best. The tomaotes are sweet, there are loads on two plants and the best thing is that as I'm watering them late at night I can pinch a tomato and eat it. You can't get any fresher than that!!

The smell of ripening tomatoes is also very evocative of a childhood spent in my Grandads greenhouse where he had rows of tomatoes to feed us all.

On a summers evening, sitting on the step, listening to the water gently dripping from the basket, eating a baby tomato I've grown myself.....sometimes it just doesn't get any better! :-)

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