Summer greenhouse and a potato leaf tomato

I’ve stripped the bubble fabric from inside the greenhouse so it’s ready for summer. Each year I roll the palstic up and then put it back in place around the end of October. This, and an electric fan heater set to a low setting keep my overwintering plants safe. Three times out of four it’s sunny when I do this job and this was no exception. It was like working under a very hot lamp and I was drooping when I had finished. The greenhouse probably felt it had put on a pair of shorts and a T shirt.

Here are two of the heritage tomatoes I talked about in an earlier post. I mentioned one of them “Yellow Submarine” looked like a pale green aubergine seedling when it first appeared. I then discovered this was a potato leaf variety. As you can see in the picture “Yellow Submarine” on the left looks quite different from the more common tomato leaf on “Golden Yellow Queen” on the right. It will be interesting to see if the foliage is more prolific than the usual sort. It’s the first time I’ve seen a potato leaf variety.