Is it normal for tete a tete to ' undwarf ' over time? Mine have been in for a few years and seem really tall this year. Is it because they should have been divided? Might they revert to normal size if I divide them!
I was given a pot of Tete-a-tete in 2016. They are in the same pot now, the y bloom every year and I haven't noticed that their growth habit has changed in any way.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
No. They're the same ones in the same place they've been for years. Your pot looks beautiful @Pete8 Oh well. So long as they don't grow to King Alfred proportions, I'll have to put up with it.
You could try dividing them, @B3 and see if it has the desired effect - if they're very overcrowded they may be struggling to get maximum light, I suppose, like trees do when planted too close together.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
No. They're the same ones in the same place they've been for years. Your pot looks beautiful @Pete8 Oh well. So long as they don't grow to King Alfred proportions, I'll have to put up with it.
Thanks! They are so seriously overcrowded in the pot now after 6 years I think the pot is about to burst. But they do look lovely while they're out. They spend the rest of the year hidden under a bench.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Mine are all different heights from 7" to my tallest clump 15". The smallest ones (not pictured) have better spacing and more light and the tall ones are behind other clumps, not sure if this is a factor. They have all been in for years.
I notice my Cornish Chuckles have arranged themselves in height order too, tallest at the back. I'm ignoring them.
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They are in the same pot now, the y bloom every year and I haven't noticed that their growth habit has changed in any way.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Oh well. So long as they don't grow to King Alfred proportions, I'll have to put up with it.
They spend the rest of the year hidden under a bench.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I notice my Cornish Chuckles have arranged themselves in height order too, tallest at the back. I'm ignoring them.