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tomato help
darrencnel
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in Fruit & veg
Hi all first time tomato grower here, I planted two varieties from seed with my kids. Marmande (Determinate) and F1 Sungold issue i am having is that when we potted them on we lost track of which was which. My understanding is that the marmandes' being determinates do not require any pinching where as the sungolds do. i have not been pinching any as i do not want to impact the growth of the marmande but feel that the plants are growing all over the place. I wanted to know what would be the best strategy going forward being that I am unable to determine which plants are which but still want to get a decent yield for the kids and I.
i have attached some pics.
thaks in advance
i have attached some pics.
thaks in advance
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But there are usually differences in the leaves of different varieties of tomato.
Sometimes the differences are huge - e.g. Rose de Berne has massive leaves - Rosella has much smaller dainty leaves.
Have a look at these images to see if they offer any clues-
Marmande -
https://www.google.com/search?q=marmande+tomato+plant+leaves&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwj9pZvVhbH_AhXvmScCHbo_AUEQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=marmande+tomato+plant+leaves&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDFC5A1i5A2DNHmgAcAB4AIABOogBcJIBATKYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=gWiAZL3hMe-znsEPuv-EiAQ&bih=1289&biw=2560&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB1042GB1042
Sungold-
https://www.google.com/search?q=sungold+tomato+leaves&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB1042GB1042&sxsrf=APwXEddcL4LfxtksX-WiM4GFPX1b7J6Gkw:1686136974609&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjZ5qfbhbH_AhUHWsAKHY2iCdYQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=2560&bih=1289&dpr=1
and sorry if they don't help
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Thank you
If there's only 2, and there's room , you could just leave both. If you think they're both the same, you could pinch out one and leave the other. It won't make a huge difference, and you'll still get a good crop - they certainly look nice and healthy. Any side shoots you pinch out can be potted up too, and that will give you another plant, albeit later, but you should still get some fruit, and it could always come under cover later on.
The one in the 2nd pic is about to flower, so you could wait and see what happens when the fruits appear, and take a view on it from that.
What I'd certainly do is get some supports in now, so that they won't get damaged by any bad weather.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
What do the flowers look like?
I've not grown Marmande, but I have grown other similar large fruited varieties.
I've always noticed that plants that produce large fruits have double flowers.
Those that produce normal or cherry tomatoes have single flowers.
Marmande-
Sungold
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Sungolds just look like standard little single yellow flowers, and the first three pix look like that.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks again
Hope you get a good harvest!
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
We've all been there at some point with labelling, but it's harder when you have to do different processes for some plants. Either way, you're going to get plenty of fruits, so enjoy them
The sungolds will certainly be fine in pots too. I only grow cherry/plum toms as I don't have room for bigger toms, and we like the small ones anyway, but they're very happy in pots.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...