Feeding toms

Just a quick question - how often do you all feed your tomato plants?

I do mine once a week at normal strength and water daily.

I am wondering if there is anything to be gained by feeding more often.

I also do my cues/chillis/courgette/runners etc at the same time.

Thanks!

 

"I do mine once a week at normal strength and water daily."

I have been feeding "every other watering" (well, 3 times a week). But the Toms on my Ailsa Craig were splitting, and I've eased back to 80% strength twice a week.

I do my Cues, Chilli, [Sweet] Peppers and Aubergine at the same time.

For things in the Veg patch I use growmore, and I carry a can around whilst doing the greenhouse watering, gives me the chance to look at the veg plants for bugs etc., and give them a drink once in a while. I put some Phostrogen in the can when I water them (which probably works out about once a week when it is dry-ish)

 

i feed my tommys twice a week ,sunday and wednesday, wilkos tommy food and i have loads of fruits and plenty of flowers, i am pinching out the tops to stop them ,but non have ripened yet,is there any way to encourage this, :confused: the chap down the road says put something red in the greenhouse with them ?:rolleyes: i don`t think this could work,sometimes i wonder if he`s the full shilling,:D or is it me thats daft for doubting him

 

I leave banana skins on top of the soil in the greenhouse, I don't know if it does any good but it's better than just throwing them away. When I was younger I was told to dose the plants with Magnesium Sulphate (Epsom Salts) to get them to ripen a bit quicker.

 

Banana skins and other ripe fruit give off a chemical that encourages other fruit to ripen. I think it is ethylene or something.

 

You can encourage ripening by adding sulphate of potash or even bonfire ash but if you do this at this time of year you'll shorten the cropping season. It's usually used at a late season feed. If you've got loads of fruit and plenty of flowers you're doing fine. Just be patient and continue to feed as you've been doing.

With regard to something red as far as I know toms don't see too well and are probably colour blind anyway:D

 

im watering twice a day feeding once a week with tomarite but still finding the odd small tom with, correct me if im wrong blossom end rot, but they have rotted at the top where it attaches.

 

"they have rotted at the top where it attaches"

AFAIK Blossom End Rot only happens at the other end.

The only other thing that I know of that causes "brown rotting" of fruit is Potato Blight.

 

its the same thing as the bad tomato i posted a while back which was at the bottom,but had what looks the same disease but at the top so maybe its not b-e-r but something else.

 

Here's some piccies of the two

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/vegging-out/tomato-problems_20282.html#post256700