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No Tomatoes

mattnutter05mattnutter05 Posts: 6
in Fruit & veg
Hi all, I'm new to growing veg and had a go with tomatoes this year all looked good and they have grown well, about 4 ft now but no tomatoes yet? is this right as I'm seeing lots of people with bumper harvest?? 
cheers for any advice 

Matt

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Hi @mattnutter05 - have they flowered yet?
    How are you growing them? Pots, ground, indoors, outdoors? 
    It can depend on the variety, and where you are in the country too - ie your local climate and temps. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Have you had any flowers?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • mattnutter05mattnutter05 Posts: 6
    Hi Tomatoes are in a green house in grow bags. We live in Surrey.

    Yes a few flowers  
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Have the pollinators been able to get at them?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Do you keep it closed or leave door or windows open?  You need pollinator insects to set fruit and if they can't get to the flowers they can't do their work.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd expect you to have had a lot of flowers by now, and some tomatoes, regardless of variety.
    I'm considerably north of Surrey, and even here, I have plenty of flowers, and now some fruit, ripening or otherwise. Were they sown very late too?

    I wonder if they're very stressed in the heat. Our temps are nothing like what the south has had, but there hasn't been many days my greenhouse hasn't been open, even if it's partially. The temps on an average day, without a lot of sun, are still around high twenties or more. They need pollinators accessing them, as already said, or else you have to do it by hand.  :)
    Have you got some photos?
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • mattnutter05mattnutter05 Posts: 6
    thanks all 

    will open the doors and see how we go 
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    Try wetting down the greenhouse floor in the heat of the day and in early evening to increase the humidity if they are out of direct sun by eve then you can spray the flowers lightly with water too, this will help pollination. 
    AB Still learning

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    That's good advice from @Allotment Boy  re the wetting of the floor, and the plants in the evening too.
    The greenhouse must be roasting inside! They like it hot, but even so, it can stall them if it's excessive.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • mattnutter05mattnutter05 Posts: 6
    Hi all 
    Good news - Found tomatoes on the plants this weekend.... thanks for the advice all.. 
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