2014 Tomato Growing

According to my Tom Seedswap diary, you wanted "Delicous" and Black Krim.
Well, it certainly 'ain't BK, BUT, could it be "Delicous"? Do the innards look like this?


Jenny

 

It's not Marmande or Gardeners Delight, I don't think it's Manx Marvel so that leaves, as you say, Bulgarian.

 

It appears I've got rather a lot of tomatoes with Green Back I've given them a dose of potash today but I think it's too late,this weather has played havvock with my tomatoes this year it's the over night temperatures that have been the biggest problem..

 

what's Green back Loli?
And, whilst on the subject of dodgy toms. These are the San Marzanos on the south facing garage wall. Loads of 'em doing this and they drop off when you touch them Have I done something wrong please?

Jenny

 

@Jenny namaste ...It's where the 'shoulders' of the fruit stay green and hard and no chance of ripening causes are too much sunlight and lack of potash...I haven't shaded the GH for the last few years and although this year the temperatures have been high the toms have been shaded by chilli's and Peppers and haven't actually been in the full glare of the sun.

Your Toms look to have Blossom end rot,that can be a problem with growing them in containers and grow bags,they tend to dry out at the roots so much quicker even though we keep watering..

 

Blimey! Says something about the size of your Peppers!!

 

They're up on staging at the other side of the GH

 

Shiney, your black russians look like one of the Indigo tomatoes.

I must warn anyone growing Indigo Rose that they are shiny black for an awful long time before they ripen. My seed was sown in late January and I've spent plenty of time looking at shiney black tomatoes since then.

Re: blossom end rot, it's calcium deficiency caused by lack of water, so you could try chucking on a load of calcium-rich fertiliser. I've got an enormous bush of Roma and I've grown that variety overseas. It's super-prone to blossom end rot, as some varieties are, but after I top-dressed with cheapo bone meal the problem has got a lot less common.

 

I think it would be very unusual for there not to be enough calcium in the soil - even in containers / growbags - so I think more likely it just needs more water to enable the plant to flush the calcium through to its extremities .... however, increasing the watering regime will probably cause the fruits to split ... Ho Hum ...

 

Temperature alert, dropping down to 6c overnight here, get those Toms fleeced.

 

That's low Zigs, 11C promised here.

My 'Manx Marvels' have had it! With no more than a dozen toms on the plants the size of a 50P piece and still green, the plants are almost dead. I think the strong chilly winds we've had here for over a week are to blame.

 

Just put some twinwall polycarbonate either side of mine