having just transplanted some of my tomato plants from my greenhouse to my allotment,[outside],the leaves have gone very anemic and yellow in colour,is there anything i can do to help them?
having grown some very sturdy tom plants in a greenhouse, but still with no fruit. i now seem to have little roots growing from the stems and branches... can anyone tell me if this is a good sign or bad?
Help new to growing tomatoes,leaves all curling rounds and dark areas on them ,have got one plat with flower but not on other tomatoes plants ,What am I doing wrong,please please help.
Hi me again ,have stripped all tomato plants of curled up yellow and brown leaves and can not believe they seem to be coming back to life.But still no sign of tomatoes yet fingers crossed.On a good note first time for growing cauli broccali and peppers and lettuce green beans all seem to be thriving. Any tips on the pesky tomato plants should they be indoors,mine are all out. Happy gardening.
Can you give any advice about the scare of contaminated compost. I have an allotment in Manchester and purchased manure in February. How can I find out if it is safe?
My tomatoes are growing nicely with lots of fruit but I think I need to spray with a fungicide to be sure of healthy fruit. Is it OK to spray fruit and leaves now?
My neighbours tomaotoes were ripe weeks ago (he wasn't sure what type they are other than it was a girls name) but my tomatoes in a greenhouse about 10 feet from his are big and fat but are still all green, they're moneymakers. Surely they should be getting ripe by now or this normal for moneymakers?
I am also growing Gardener's Delight for the first time this year. I plan to bring the toms inside to ripen but I've read that ripening them with ripe bananas can diminish the taste. I have three plants each with three to four trusses. I could remove three trusses (one from each plant) now and hope the other trusses will develop more. I am considering defoliating more of the plants to aid ripening in my glasshouse.
To Grace - I was so impressed to read that you have your own greenhouse. I've only been taking an interest in plants for a year and part of me wishes I had started sooner in life... I'm in my 40's now. Keep at it, it sounds as though you are doing great!
End of Aug and no ripe fruit (sigh)but plants very healthy both greenhouse & outdoor. I tried new trick to encourage great root system: when transferring from small pots to open soil; plant out VERY deep so only 12cm pokes out (strip off all leafs which would be below ground). Infill planting hole really lightly - dont heel in or anything. Doesnt help fruit to set, but you get amazingly strong healthy plants !
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To Grace - I was so impressed to read that you have your own greenhouse. I've only been taking an interest in plants for a year and part of me wishes I had started sooner in life... I'm in my 40's now. Keep at it, it sounds as though you are doing great!