Tomato Growing Thread 2023

Unruly mob of setting fruit on Brad, another tough potato-leaf early, from Joseph Lofthouse. Also setting fruit nicely are Latah, Tamina and Fat Frog micro, Hartzfeuer and of course, Bloody Butcher. 

 

My tomatoes have no flowers yet and some are over 2 feet tall

any ideas or something I can feed ?

 

It's usually a light/heat problem if leggy.
If masses of good dark green leaves it's probably a too much nitrogen problem.
Are they over potted, usually mine are forming flower buds in a 5in pot before I plant out.

 

I have the same problem no tomatoes/flowers on the bottom 18 inches /2 feet as i had to put them into the final pots and put out into the greenhouse when i went on holiday in May as it was the only way they would get watered while i was away, so too much nitrogen. I get over this problem by lowering the plants (look at any professional set up you will see they lower the plant forming a loop in the stem, normally after harvesting the bottom trusses of fruit) which now have three or four trusses on them which i will continue to lower after harvesting the lower trusses so extending the fruiting season

 

I use 50ltr compost bags as a grow bag .... and planted quite early ... live and learn

thanks all

 

Big Mama fruit are looking awfully pretty, they are now about the size of a plum.

Apparently this is not the tastiest Tom out there but the beauty makes it up for that.

 

I just looked up the variety. You're going to be soooo sick of tomato sauce by the autumn.

 

Sci-Fi getting on with it in the conservatory. Short-arsed Bloody Butcher doing the same in a pot outdoors .

 

Hello fellas,

Some of my plants got some dark grey thingy on them. Is this viral diseases, blight or maybe deficiency?

 

No it does not wash off JWK, just tried and even used some soap. How do you know its not viral if I could ask? I have some ants near by but could see any of them on the plants. I had some mild issue with aphids. I sprayed plants with neem oil yesterday and aspirin soak today. These discoloration was present before spray, so deffo it's not a cause.

 

Is this a variety have grown before, Luke? Some simply have darker foliage than others. Another possibility is low temperatures causing purpling. Pictured is a shoot on my Tamina plant, which has been outdoors and mostly unprotected throughout the recent night temperature dips.

 

@LukeMB ,what variety are they.