ONE ARMED GRANDAD
By joanella
32 comments
just remembering an article on net in summer, when looking how to grow great tomato plants and ended upon some site where this man was telling a tale of how good his one armed grandads tomato plants were,and how people would come from miles to buy them,he said you could smell them before you got to his greenhouse and wafted down the street (by now i was definately hooked) he went on to say his grandad had a secret not many people knew, that you had to strip all the leaves off the plants, then i had to read another 10 mins of his grandads life story ,then back to the plants,he said to get a shop bought tomato and his grandads and cut them both open the difference was remarkable and also the skins, the shop bought was like thin plastic but grandads was like a thin film,the taste was delicious, shop bought was tasteless,,by now id been reading for about 15 mins and desperate for secret ,he then said there are 3 vital leaves you must leave on the plants as they only need these 3 as all the other leaves take the goodness from the fruit,i then read another long story about his grandad, now back to the secret, well at the end it said to send 20 dollars to find out which were the vital 3 leaves you had to keep on the plants, ever feel as if you,ve been had. one armed grandad my -—foot.
17 Oct, 2009
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LOL! Brilliant! I'm still giggling! What a con!
17 Oct, 2009
what a damn nerve, he will get his comeupance im sure, what goes around comes back to hit you in the face lol, stick to traditional methods joanella lol ;o)
17 Oct, 2009
What conmen but could'nt help laughing about it at same time.
17 Oct, 2009
thank you all, im glad it made you laugh ,will do san ,so i gather none of you have heard of this one armed grandad then,i thought one of you may know this big secret
17 Oct, 2009
lol joanella, not me :o))
17 Oct, 2009
thought you were the wise one on here
17 Oct, 2009
haahha I DONT THINK SOOOO :o))
17 Oct, 2009
Thanks for sharing this Joanella, well done in persevering to the end....made me laugh too!
17 Oct, 2009
thanks lily
17 Oct, 2009
I saw that one too Joanella...earlier this year...I think it's still on the web if you Google tomato growing. I guess it's 'armless fun' LOL!!!
17 Oct, 2009
glad someone else saw it begining to think id imagined it,did you send the 20 dollars ha ha .
17 Oct, 2009
Did YOU, Joan??
17 Oct, 2009
Nah...thought it might be 20 dollars a leaf!!
17 Oct, 2009
thats a good one fluff would that be gold leaf
17 Oct, 2009
Probably...knowing him!
17 Oct, 2009
no marie i dont have that kind of money, pensioner next year you know got to be careful with this credit crunch & all that.!! every dollar counts
17 Oct, 2009
you know you both make me laugh you are both so funny
17 Oct, 2009
Thanks Joan...that's good...we can all do with a giggle now & then.
17 Oct, 2009
just wrote blog 4 tmoz took ages then deleted in a second -----idiot il learn
17 Oct, 2009
Oh Joan...been there,done that! Frustrating eh? Everybody does it ...not idiot just human being beaten by a machine!! :O)
17 Oct, 2009
im always doing it , there will come a day when machines are no good i think ,nahh maybe not technology is far too good now.you can put a human ear on a mouse now, whats that about ,but what do i know ,if it helps science i suppose its good ok will try writing a blog 4 tmoz again and try not 2 delete it gnite fluff sweet dreams
17 Oct, 2009
Better luck next time with the blog Joanella, I've done that more than once, SO frustrating especially if you've put pics in too. Think I've got it sussed now!!
18 Oct, 2009
Sorry Joanella but I had to laugh at it. I've been caught out with things like that befoer now.
I think a clue was in the missing word - one-armed BANDIT - try to take your money LoL :~)))
18 Oct, 2009
thanks lily and pip sorry missed your comments but went to bed ,you must be a lot brighter than me lily,and pip thats funny.
18 Oct, 2009
LOL! Poor you, Joan! I've wiped a fully written blog too, so you're not alone!
18 Oct, 2009
marie you are the road runner on this site i would not even try to keep up with you.i wipe them off all the time you kids think you know it all (and probably do ) will speak tmoz gnite
18 Oct, 2009
Us Kids! LMAO!!!
I'm not much younger than you!!
Sweet Dreams!
18 Oct, 2009
My dad used to cut most of the leaves off his tomatoes. He used to leave a few of the top ones. He said they made the air damp in the night and that would rot the tomatoes. He gave them sulphate of amonia. I don't know why . He always had beautiful tomatoes.
19 Oct, 2009
thank you hywel i will definately try it next year i will look up about the sulphate on net ,cheers
19 Oct, 2009
it says it promotes good above ground growth an early feed gives plants,shrubs& fruit a rapid boost,must get some of that thanks,
19 Oct, 2009
You're welcome. I'm glad I mentioned it :o)
19 Oct, 2009
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Oh I like that. At least we didn't have to read quite as much as you did. Can't help laughing.
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