Tomato newbie.

I [produced a series of films last year aimed to offer a few tips to new tomato growers, it might help.

 

I will be getting some potash fert very soon and, moving forward, will be taking on board the advice you guys have given.

Thanks for the guidance.

 

So a final question where do you go Pike fishing then?

 

Esox lucius is no more than my username on the tropical fish keeping forum I'm on. I thought I'd use it on here too. It doesn't signify that I go pike fishing, although in my younger days when I did a lot of coarse fishing, I did indeed catch a few pike along the way.

My favourite coarse fish is the perch, but perca fluviatilis didn't seem to have the same ring to it, so Esox Lucius was born, lol.

 

Just a quick question. Instead of getting potash ferts from my garden centre can I not sparingly use wood ash from my wood burner? Is wood ash not the same type of nutrient as potash?

 

Problem is that its an unknown quantity, I'd say ok for spreading on the garden but not feeding pot plants.
High potash fertilisers also contain other elements that the plants need.

 

Thanks for that. Two things stand out. Firstly, having 3 plants in that pot is simply overcrowding I would say, I’d probably go for 1. Secondly, as others have said, the side shoots should have been removed. Side shoots always grow faster than the main stem, which is probably why yours is so tall. It’s probably too late to rectify this so I’d be inclined to give it a chop at the top, removing the growing tips.

 

You say that you put three plants in that one pot. I am surprised nobody has mentioned that each plant would have been happier alone in that or a bigger pot. I suspect they have grown so tall in competition with each other.Seeing that you have potentially many side shoots, why dont you:
a)Root some in a jar of water, and bring them on as suggested, for a later crop.
b) concentrate on hand fertilising with a 'rabbit tail', or a make-up brush; whichever you can source easily, the existing plants while pruning out all early foliage to permit air circulation.
Consider lowering the plants to use the rest of the season. Under optimum conditions tomatoes will just keep on going up.
Tomato Grower Harvesting Tomatoes In Polytunnel - Greenhouse Farming Stock Image - Image of farm, agronomy: 175366333
c)refer to the previous years various posts under the Tomato growing banner to be ready for a fresh start next season

 

Hi, I use 12inch x 12inch x 12inch depth for 1 tomato plant and it seems to be sufficient enough, although this year I have used growbags X2 plants per bag, they look to be doing quite well with plenty of fruit.
Hope this helps

 

I have been growing 3 tomato plants (at least!) in each growbag (x3) for many years & always get good results! I've done the same this year & the plants are growing very well. One, from a self-sown seedling, is now over a metre tall & has 4 trusses, 3 of which have tomatoes on them.

This year the growbags are 100% peat free. I wondered how the toms would grow but up to the moment I have no complaints!
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