Tomato Growing Thread 2012

just out of curiosity, but does anyone know what it means when a leaf curls upwards? this happens every year for me and I'm curious as to what it means

 

Hi chums.

Mine are looking quite spindly, at around 3ft tall, probably the worst I've grown at this stage I noticed that on one of the seed packets, it said that soil based compost produces bushier plants. I've always used a peat based compost, but am now considering using a JI compost next year. Anyone here tried both to compare?

 

Freddy, I don't think it's the compost. All my annuals in the garden are tall and green and the toms in the greenhouse likewise with very few flowers. I think it's the lack of sun. They all need some sunshine to get the flower heads going.

 

Mine look dreadful - tall, yellow leaves, now reached the roof and only 4 trusses ... neither enough light nor heat I think.

I gave up growing them in containers years ago, too much trouble watering them ... mine are in the greenhouse border - which I replace every year - its 50% compost-heap and 50% well rotted muck - so the "soil" is light and easy to work, so its not a big deal to replace the soil. The rough compost, once passed through the greenhouse for a season, is "bootiful" by the end, and most weed seeds have been cooked and given up the ghost!

 

I planted mine deep, they now are about 2' high with two trusses on, and the stems are about 15-22mm thick at the base

The first leaves are damaged, from outside to centre yellow purple, dark green
The rest are strong and dark green

That is in the Greenhouse

Outside, they are strong with thick stems, but only 18" high and just the one truss

I have never ever tried outside before, first go as Fife is so cold
Actually only my second year,
Last year was Greenhouse only. planted late, and too late to crop other than mostly green

Kristens Shirley are doing very well, strike four out of four, one dropped with no roots
(snapped off in my fall)
I stripped the next two branches off and replanted deep, it has now recovered and has one truss

Jack McH

 

Can you post a photo? might be Magnesium deficiency (common when you first start feeding with Tomato fertilizer (high potash) and easily rectified with Epsom Salts)

 

Hi folks.

I should have said (in case there is any confusion) that I was talking about the potting on stages.

 

My greenhouse toms are healthy and producing flowers, I'm knocking the **** out of them every lunchtime but still just the one fruit.... BUT, it's a delicious so might still be in with a chance on the biggest tomato comp?

I think we're all hoping for some warmer, sunnier days?

 

The what was distinct purple is now almost black, rest of the plan above that branch are nice dark green leaves

Jack McH

 

Er Jack,
can I have that in plain English please?

 

Discussion is about the leaves on my Tomato plants
The picture taken recently shows the leaves yellow then black then green
Previous about a week before, the leaves were yellow, Purple, then green

The leaves and plant above these "damaged" leaves are normal and rich green
and each plant has at the moment three trusses

Jack McH

 

I always remove the lower leafs to about 6-8 inches up the plant, as soon as the plant is strong enough i.e. when it begins to flower and so I do not get this problem