Tomato Growing 2024

I usually have plenty of bees tootling around - in the growhouse, as well as outdoors for the odd tomato, but I probably shoogle them enough when I tie the plants in, so it may not matter if the pollinators aren't around.

I picked my first Sungold yesterday. Plenty of fruits forming so I hope to get a good little harvest. The outdoor plant is doing fine. It's well protected, so almost as good as being inside. It's not got any fruits yet, but plenty of flowers formed, so should be ok.

I also tried Tumbling Tom a coupl eof years ago, as I thought I could even have them in the house if necessary. Could barely get them to germinate, while the others were all fine. The one plant that did grow was poor, so I haven't botherred with them again.

 

@JWK Are the dark cherry types in your pic the Black/Chocolate cherry ? If so, they are well ahead of mine altho I find they are always later to ripen than the likes of the Sungolds. A nice little haul there anyway - hope they taste as good as they look

 

First harvest that I've taken home, have eaten a few individual sungolds. Rote murmel that is outside, sungold and nagina f1.

Also one of my sungolds looks poorly, any idea? Leaves are yellowing and shriveling up. The leaf branches are falling off. No other plants are like that, all watered and fed the same.

Also found the remains of a sungold in the rafters from last year. I'd found some like this before in winter

 

This is interesting Hanglow.
My Sungolds (and Amish Gold - which I understand is a Sungold cross) are suffering in a similar way. The leaves aren't curling as much, but are yellowing and not looking healthy.

A number of other varieties also seem to have stunted (not sure which as the dear foxes took the labels) but the leaves are looking fine.

 

I've a number of tomatoes in the greenhouse, all doing pretty well, apart from one. It shares a trough with another tomato, which is doing fine. It's a Rosella, and there's another Rosella in the greenhouse doing fine.
The leaf edges go purple, and then the leaf dies - any ideas?

 

Thanks @JWK Never tried the Black Opal but looks as if they may be worth a go.

 

Is it brown fluffy? I have some leaves and stems succumbed to grey mould (outside though).

 

Nope, not at all

 

Picked my first ripe cherry tomato yesterday, got a few more colouring on all varieties (Veranda Red, Minibel, Outdoor Girl).
The bush tomatoes have really picked up in last couple of weeks. This one is Veranda Red.

 

Yes, it is gradually happening to them all, from the top down. My first thought was a deficiency of some kind, but surely that would effect the other plants too?