Tomato Growing 2024

Do you know I've never added flour to a soup. I usually use a potato or bread to chunk it up

 

The bread is flour

 

That suggests a small root system, mine were doing that a few weeks ago before they got properly established after planting.

Are they in a small container or grow bag?

It might cause problems like blossom end rot.

 

I don't know how you can stop them wilting @BB3 apart from watering more often which you've probably tried. I would give it a proper soak in the morning till it runs out the bottom. I have found with potatoes in bags, when I've tipped them out the compost is dry at the bottom even though I thought I'd looked after them.

Can you put a big plant saucer under the bag, may be too late now.

 

Yeah!

 

Some tips:

Spray your plants with aspirin against blight. 1 soluble tablet in a couple of litres of water. Spray all the leaves particularly the undersides, do it early morning before the sun gets intense. You only need to do this once. The science is that aspirin shocks the plants and toughens them up to make them more disease resistant. It doesn't stop blight completely in my experience but slows it down. It also has a positive effect on taste, making the fruit sweeter. I didn't believe this tip till I experimented a few years ago. I can taste the difference between plants treated or not and my brix tester showed sugar levels were up to 10% higher.

For even sweeter tomatoes feed every month with molasses. These can be got from a country/farm supply type shop as a horse supplement. Again I tested this idea and it worked for me. However I had to stop as it also attracts vermin. So only try if your garden is free from those pests.

Remove the lower leaves if they are touching the soil or adjacent plants. The idea is to improve air circulation which will lessen the chance of fungal disease. Remove below the first truss but no higher.