hi ive just bought tomato plants and when l got them home l noticed a brown mottling on some of leaves are they ok or do l need to treat them or buy new please
This is my first year growing tomatoes in my unheated greenhouse. I'm using growpots and I wondering how much watering I should apply should the compost be kept constantly moist or should the the surface of the compost be allowed to dry out between waterings.
I had a dismal crop last year of tomatoes last year, so this year I am trying Sub Arctic Plenty. I have them in a poly tunnel under fleece and they are romping away. The Super Maramande are having a grand sulk. Unseasonally cold here in Edinburgh.
This is my first year growing tomatoes in my unheated greenhouse. I'm using growpots and I wondering how much watering I should apply should the compost be kept constantly moist or should the the surface of the compost be allowed to dry out between waterings.
Peter, better to let the mix dry out between waterings, by which I mean dry out pretty completely. Very very few plants like damp feet and toms aren't one of the very very few. How big are your pots? Poke a finger down deep into the mix to test for moisture. If it's dry down to the depth of your finger - subject to the size of the pot - water.
As I've posted elsewhere here, toms are very sturdy critters that will produce much better for you if they're treated with - for want of a better term - controlled neglect. Pampered toms - over-watered and over-fed - will never achieve their maximum potential.
As an example, I grow them outdoors here in Tuscany. The summer temps can sit in the 40s for weeks on end. In those conditions, I water infrequently - about once a week at most - but very deeply. They produce tons of fruit.
Now obviously toms in pots have different requirements simply for the very contained space in which the roots live. They can't burrow down in search of moisture. But the same general rule of thumb applies - make their lives too easy and comfy and they won't give of their best.
I had a dismal crop last year of tomatoes last year, so this year I am trying Sub Arctic Plenty. I have them in a poly tunnel under fleece and they are romping away. The Super Maramande are having a grand sulk. Unseasonally cold here in Edinburgh.
Yes, Sub Arctic Plenty is one of the earliest maturing toms created for very short growing seasons. Stupice, a Czech variety, is another. I grew Stupice once just out of interest. The short period to maturity makes for a shortage of flavour, unfortunately, but they're better than no tomatoes at all in places with very short growing seasons.
Marmande is a nice tom. Hopefully Edinburgh's weather will warm up!
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And geoff is right. Baby plants shouldn't be fed. Let them develop their strength unaided.
hi ive just bought tomato plants and when l got them home l noticed a brown mottling on some of leaves are they ok or do l need to treat them or buy new please
Can you give us a little more detail on the mottling? Are there identifiable spots? More detail will give us a better clue.
I always plant 'French Marigilds' in the vicinity of my tomato plants, they deter white-fly and other infections.
I intended to say "French MARIGOLDS.
I had a dismal crop last year of tomatoes last year, so this year I am trying Sub Arctic Plenty. I have them in a poly tunnel under fleece and they are romping away. The Super Maramande are having a grand sulk. Unseasonally cold here in Edinburgh.
Peter, better to let the mix dry out between waterings, by which I mean dry out pretty completely. Very very few plants like damp feet and toms aren't one of the very very few. How big are your pots? Poke a finger down deep into the mix to test for moisture. If it's dry down to the depth of your finger - subject to the size of the pot - water.
As I've posted elsewhere here, toms are very sturdy critters that will produce much better for you if they're treated with - for want of a better term - controlled neglect. Pampered toms - over-watered and over-fed - will never achieve their maximum potential.
As an example, I grow them outdoors here in Tuscany. The summer temps can sit in the 40s for weeks on end. In those conditions, I water infrequently - about once a week at most - but very deeply. They produce tons of fruit.
Now obviously toms in pots have different requirements simply for the very contained space in which the roots live. They can't burrow down in search of moisture. But the same general rule of thumb applies - make their lives too easy and comfy and they won't give of their best.
Yes, Sub Arctic Plenty is one of the earliest maturing toms created for very short growing seasons. Stupice, a Czech variety, is another. I grew Stupice once just out of interest. The short period to maturity makes for a shortage of flavour, unfortunately, but they're better than no tomatoes at all in places with very short growing seasons.
Marmande is a nice tom. Hopefully Edinburgh's weather will warm up!