Greenhouse tomatos

Hi All

My tomatos are very good this year but slow in ripening like everybody elses,
why are they splitting i have had only a couple that have not split the worst are Shirley,i only water them at the roots and do not spay water on to the rest of the plant,any ideas would be welcomed and thanks you for reading this thread

regards Holttum

 

Hi Holttum, I don't know what causes tomatoes to split, I only had a couple split
in the greenhouse, I've been keeping them well watered, they have been drying out
quickly in the high temperatures we were getting a while back, so I was watering
up to 3 times a day. I'm sure somebody will be able to tell us where the problem lies??.

Pete

 

Hi Pete & john

I don`t know enough about gardening to argue but i have used growbags with large pots and have watered these morning and night without missing a session now if you had said it was the heat and humidity i would have agreed,i have always grown my tomatos outside and last year i lost them all when it rained after a long spell of dryness so i can see how they crack in that situation but i have made sure no water touched the tomatos this year for that reason,so i can`t really see how lack of water could be the cause,you are possibly right John as i know very little and as pete said he watered three times a day,thanks for taking the time to read and anwser my question

regards holttum

 

The most common cause of splitting is irregular watering. Aim to keep the compost moist at all times and never let it dry out.

 

Tomatoes should not need watering three times a day or even twice in my opinion,if you water them once well in the evening should be suffice.

 

Hi Roders, I don't normally water 3 times a day, I only did that during the very hot weather we had because the compost was drying out very fast in the heat of the greenhouse.

I hope your tomatoes fare better next year Holttum

Pete

 

Hi

Thanks all for your help,this is what i like about gardening its never equal,what you do this year will not be the same next year and it does not matter how much you read about it everybodies garden or plot is different ,i except that next year i must not water to much or to little,i`m trying to cram to much into to little time,after spending 40 years of not even going into the garden im going to learn the hard way as my mistakes are many,the bighest one is to think what i did last year will be ok for this year and it never is, and planting things to close together which is one of the hardest thing to learn,thanks for all the help

regards holttum