Hi there, could somebody tell me why my tomato plants have flowers but are producing no tomatoes after flowering is over? is there a way to hand pollinate the flowers?
hello, can anyone tell me why my tomatoes are spltting, l water them at the same time every day and feed them once a week but some are splitting before fully ripened.
My tomatoes are rapidly succumbing to blight this week, despite hot sunshine now. I have three maxi growbags with three in each. Sungold are the worst, although since they began ripening first, we have eaten quite a few of them already. Progress is much slower for the my other two, Ailsa Craig, a huge crop this year, and a newish variety - Glacier - which is supposed to ripen earlier but didn't. Can I use the compost from the growbags for anything, or must I throw it away?
Question: Can I use the green tomatoes( to make green tomato chutney) from my plants affected by late tomato blight? I have looked and looked but cannot totally understand if the fruits are ok to eat green or matured if the plant is affected by this annoying blight!
I thought that perhaps I could save some of my hard work by making green tomato chutney if I am not going to get any red tomatoes this year! I have picked all the green tomatoes which have not turned brown etc.
Well it is not looking good! I have picked my green tomatoes, all the best looking healthy ones of course! and whilst waiting for some advice just kept them on the side. Today some of them have turned brown, so not sure whether they are safe to eat! Does anyone know? Help please! I would so love to be able to save some of my hard work! I grew these from seed for the first time! Such an achievement for me! Can anyone let me know is green tomatoes are safe to eat if the plant has been affected by tomato blight? Thank you!
Bits of my garden have started to die off. It started with the runner beans and then the tomatoes, hydrangea, grape vine and bits of a hardy kiftsgate rambling rose. Leaves have wilted and turned yellow and brown. Even a lovely Acer is dying back. Any ideas/ remedies please?
We considered spraying our tomatoes against blight but have been unable to obtain any spray. We tried B & Q and our small local supplier, and were told that the EU has banned the copper-containing spray. Our tomatoes have got blight now. I have brought the bigger ones indoors to ripen - can anyone tell me what are the best conditions to ripen them inside? I seem to remember Monty Don once suggesting a dark drawer but I also seem to think a sunny window sill is the answer. Which is right?
We gardeners must be quite mad! About 12 years ago I had the most fantastic crop of tomatoes outside - Marmande the size of grapefruit and a crop of plum toms to set up Ketchup production .... but it seems that will never be repeated no matter how hard I try! Last week my outside toms were thriving,curled around wonderful metal spiral poles but with my Horticultural Society calling in for a peep at my garden, the blight was bound to strike and it did, just 3 days before the visit. I hoped it wouldn't show and as I was distracted by other jobs it wasn't until the visitors arrived that I noticed the spirals wrapped in black!
My mini greenhouse grows all my mini toms:- yellow and red cherry, sungold, tumblers, sweet million and the tiny currant but although they are all doing spectacularly well, if I put them all in a soup it would only feed 2 people.
I know the answer for next year. If I want massive tomatoes then I need a massive greenhouse!
Hi, First time i have grown toms this year. Some at the middle of the plant are ripening before the ones at the base. Once they turn red, they are going all soft & squidgy. Is there a reason for this. Thanks
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could somebody tell me why my tomato plants have flowers but are producing no tomatoes after flowering is over? is there a way to hand pollinate the flowers?
Can I use the compost from the growbags for anything, or must I throw it away?
I have looked and looked but cannot totally understand if the fruits are ok to eat green or matured if the plant is affected by this annoying blight!
I thought that perhaps I could save some of my hard work by making green tomato chutney if I am not going to get any red tomatoes this year! I have picked all the green tomatoes which have not turned brown etc.
Today some of them have turned brown, so not sure whether they are safe to eat! Does anyone know?
Help please! I would so love to be able to save some of my hard work! I grew these from seed for the first time! Such an achievement for me!
Can anyone let me know is green tomatoes are safe to eat if the plant has been affected by tomato blight?
Thank you!
My mini greenhouse grows all my mini toms:- yellow and red cherry, sungold, tumblers, sweet million and the tiny currant but although they are all doing spectacularly well, if I put them all in a soup it would only feed 2 people.
I know the answer for next year. If I want massive tomatoes then I need a massive greenhouse!
First time i have grown toms this year.
Some at the middle of the plant are ripening before the ones at the base.
Once they turn red, they are going all soft & squidgy.
Is there a reason for this.
Thanks