TOMATO GROWING THREAD 2020

Yes, that was going to be my suggestion, getting it outside during the day. It’s a bit difficult to tell from the pic, but it does look ‘leggy’ and would probably benefit from a bit of fresh air and natural light.

 

Tomato growers some help please. Growing this from a seedling and it was going very well. Recently transplanted it into a larger pot about 10days ago. Seemed fine but yesterday noticed the top of the plant was curling quite a bit. Not sure if there is anything I'm doing wrong. Some thoughts would be welcomed.

 

Tomato growers some help please. Growing this from a seedling and it was going very well. Recently transplanted it into a larger pot about 10days ago. Seemed fine but yesterday noticed the top of the plant was curling quite a

Sorry missed this. That would make sense actually as the plant seems really healthy otherwise. I will monitor it and hopefully it comes good. Thanks a million

 

Hi All,

I want to change the location I usually grow my tommies, but having just created a veg patch in a lawn for over 500 onion sets, don't want to dig another patch for my tommies.

If I dig say a 12" square for each tomato plant in the turf of my lawn, would it adversely affect the future growth of the plants? I tend to plant four plants in a square supported by a wigwam of bamboo canes and have around 30 plants to plant.

Any thoughts?

Thank you

 

Thanks for the reply. When I lived in the UK I always grew tomatoes in the greenhouse with vertical bamboo canes and a horizontal cane at the top. Since living in Italy, most people seem to use the wigwam setup, so I followed suit.
The reason for digging out a 12" piece of turf, was not only to save myself from a lot of hard work digging a large new veg patch, but also when the tomatoes are finished, I could fill in the holes made with a bit of topsoil and it wouldn't be too long before the grass started to grow. Didn't want to do this if it resulted in a low yield of juicy toms.
Thanks

 

Planted my toms out in the GH today...2 weeks earlier than usual but after checking the forecasts I think I'll get away with it...got heating and fleece at the ready just in case.

 

I have a few Toms hardening off in one of my Plastic (Blow-away) houses. I do have some fleece ready just in case.

Stay safe you good folks please.

 

You too John

 

Got bored at home again, so counted my 218 tomatoes:

Red Fig 22
Red Alert 39
Oh Happy Days 6
Sungold 8
Suncherry 33
Orange Paruche 54
Big Zac 14
Tumbler 25
Shirley 9
Gardeners Delight 8

Forgot to get any Floridity seed and didn't realise I'd forgotten until seeing them mentioned in a post here, by then it was too late to sow even if I managed to get seed.

 

Not too late according to Monty last night on TV Scrungee.

 

But was he sowing tomatoes for growing outdoors or in a (heated) greenhouse?

I have enough plants to fill both my polytunnels, so anything sown now would be outdoors. If I sow any more it'll be quick cropping Red Alert bush tomatoes that would be interplanted with polytunnel cordons down where the lower trusses have cropped and the lower leaves removed.