Italophile, a bit of a strange question, but does a plants smell mean anything?
Let me explain, I still have a few of my tomato plants indoors upstairs, and every so often, when walking upstairs, I get that wonderful tomato plant smell, like when they've just been watered, but other times I don't. I wondered if it meant anything, you know, like a plants way of telling you something?
They've never been fed with anything, just been watered, and not flowering yet, so I just leave them in the lightest spot and check on them daily.
I realise reading that question back you may think I'm slightly bonkers, but hey, humans give off odours, so why can't plants!!
Becks - tomato plants have their own wonderful smell, don't they? It comes from an enzyme produced on the leaf. I get the same thing too - walk anywhere near my outdoors toms and the aroma is thick in the air, at other times it's not. It may be that something like watering stimulates or triggers the enzyme.
muddy - the optimum temp for ripening is anything above about 21C. Bring on the sunshine, though it's the temperature that ripens them, not the actual sunlight.
I think you're right Johntheeng, my plants didn't like going on holiday.
I typed end of March, I meant end of April, but even so, the temperatures were the same as they'd normally be end of March!
It was a shame they had to be moved then. Probably halted their growth so much it wasted the electricity of me having treated them to 10 degrees before that.
Keeping everything small for transporting probably saved them from me potting them on too soon though!
Yeyyyyyy, I have 2 tiny tomatoes but guess what....the first ones to fruit are the most neglected! after filling 3 grow-bags I had 4 plants left which I left in their small pots for weeks then later popped all 4 into a terracotta pot and stuck them in the greenhouse, they have had the least water because of the pot and now I have fruit! obviously I've been over watering. The actual plants look the healthiest too, the grow-bags look leggy, a bit crinkly looking, but not crispy and have creamy white specks on and brown edges whereas the pot are all a lovely green colour......very odd! anyway.....I HAVE TOMS!!!!!!
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Italophile, a bit of a strange question, but does a plants smell mean anything?
Let me explain, I still have a few of my tomato plants indoors upstairs, and every so often, when walking upstairs, I get that wonderful tomato plant smell, like when they've just been watered, but other times I don't. I wondered if it meant anything, you know, like a plants way of telling you something?
They've never been fed with anything, just been watered, and not flowering yet, so I just leave them in the lightest spot and check on them daily.
I realise reading that question back you may think I'm slightly bonkers, but hey, humans give off odours, so why can't plants!!
Thanks
Becks.
!n december i started my tomato plants off they are now plastered in tomatoes but are being very slow in ripening sunshine needed i think!
Becks - tomato plants have their own wonderful smell, don't they? It comes from an enzyme produced on the leaf. I get the same thing too - walk anywhere near my outdoors toms and the aroma is thick in the air, at other times it's not. It may be that something like watering stimulates or triggers the enzyme.
muddy - the optimum temp for ripening is anything above about 21C. Bring on the sunshine, though it's the temperature that ripens them, not the actual sunlight.
I think you're right Johntheeng, my plants didn't like going on holiday.
I typed end of March, I meant end of April, but even so, the temperatures were the same as they'd normally be end of March!
It was a shame they had to be moved then. Probably halted their growth so much it wasted the electricity of me having treated them to 10 degrees before that.
Keeping everything small for transporting probably saved them from me potting them on too soon though!
Thanks Italophile. As long as it's normal, and not my plant crying out for help, I'm happy
No no no no no no. You'll know if it's crying out for help.
Good, good. I'll go back in my corner now.
Yeyyyyyy, I have 2 tiny tomatoes but guess what....the first ones to fruit are the most neglected! after filling 3 grow-bags I had 4 plants left which I left in their small pots for weeks then later popped all 4 into a terracotta pot and stuck them in the greenhouse, they have had the least water because of the pot and now I have fruit! obviously I've been over watering. The actual plants look the healthiest too, the grow-bags look leggy, a bit crinkly looking, but not crispy and have creamy white specks on and brown edges whereas the pot are all a lovely green colour......very odd! anyway.....I HAVE TOMS!!!!!!
Does that mean you have graduated out of our corner Loz?? Last in, first out! LOL
Sorry.....enjoyed being there though!!
Hehehe