Tomato Growing Thread 2021

Dont have any neighbours who actually really try to grow anything, next door are trying, but somehow I dont think much will come of it.

I might not bother next year, when I first started growing outdoors I went for years and didn't even know what blight looked like, but it just gets worse every year now, this year is just about the worst I can remember.

I eat some tomatoes but cant really see the point in using up greenhouse space on something I can buy in the shops, I often end up giving most away any way.

 

Yesterday found my first Silver Y moth caterpillar, of the year, eating a tomato

 

Tomatoes are very disappointing ( outdoors) this year, so little growing, only a handful and some have black ‘bottoms’, is that blight? I suppose it’s all the rain and not enough constant warmth.
However the few I have had so far taste very sweet.

 

The Black Bottom was a 1920's dance.
Seriously though could be blossom end rot rather than blight.

 

Has anyone seen shoots growing out of the centre stem(rachis i believe its called) of the leaf on a tomato plant?
Just some varieties seem to be doing this.
I don't mean between the leaf joint and main stem.

 

Yes used to get that with Marmande occasionally.

 

have you tried growing blight resistant tomatoes? I’ve been successfully growing Crimson Crush and Oh Happy Day for several years. They do get some blight but it doesn’t overwhelm them and I can usually just remove the affected leaves and fruit and still get a good crop.

 

I tried a blight resistant variety a couple of years ago.
Wasn't really worth the effort, I'm not a taste expert like some are but they were pretty bland.

And in a normal year I can get a crop on the ones I prefer to grow, this is the first year I remember as a total wipe out.

 

I wonder if there's going to be a high demand for blight resistant tomato seeds next year?