If you're growing cordon toms then remove the little sideshoots which grown out from between the main stem and the trusses until you get around 8 trusses high than nip out the top to encourage more bushy growth.
Hanging basket- bush type toms are also great to grow and dont require any pinching out. Good Luck
Can anyone tell me what the little dark rust coloured marks can be on my "Tumbling Tom" tomatoes. They are outdoors in a hanging basket and have small flowers on but do not seem to have grown for a couple of weeks. I have only recently become a keen if ignorant gardener and would be most upset if my efforts do not literally bear fruit!
It's still a bit early to put toms outside. Mine too are quiet large but I put mine out this time last year and they suffered badly when we had a late cold snap.
I would say on balance it's not worth putting them outside for at least a couple more weeks- unless you live in the south of the country where you might get away with it.
First time grower, after planting in grow bags inside a greenhouse small wispy flies are congregating around base of plants. They fly up when watering. Should I be concerned?
To val Cucumbers and Toms will work Cucumbers on a frame in the hottest part of greenhouse mine is the end of 12x10 ft Toms need air circulating so windows and door open if necessary their end always have yellow sticky wax strips in greenhouse for whitefly especially cucumber end These do not catch Bees Ihave grown these together for 20 yrs Water Toms from the Ground not over the plant as when they are hot the tomatoes will mark and split i take off all the lower leaves of the plants to expose the trusses when they are set to keep air circulating and stop disease as the commercial growers do Tomatoes are marsh plants and need a lot of water Iwas told a gallon a day per plant also keep a regular temp not too hot The tomatoe i like best for salad and slicing is Alicante large and firm Enjoy your Gardening
For years my mother grow toms (money) and had no problems with them and for a few years they where not available, until this year and are growing very well outside in the garden. I have tried other varieties but did not get on with them. My family love toms there great.
Help, My tomato plants are over 5ft tall and taking over the nursery. When will they stop growing-they started as seeds that the nursery children planted and they are like the proverbial bean stalk! What can I do?
I am growing several varieties of Tomato in my greenhouse and on one of them the upper leaves are curling, there is no apparent discolouring, what should I do?
Hello, I am growing tomatoes for the first time. I have planted 3 plants in a grow bag in the greenhouse last week and have watered them every day but they are wilting and the some of the leaves are very dry and look likely to fall off any time soon! I bought them as plants and they are about 30cm tall. Please can anyone advise what I am doing wrong!
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Hanging basket- bush type toms are also great to grow and dont require any pinching out. Good Luck
I would say on balance it's not worth putting them outside for at least a couple more weeks- unless you live in the south of the country where you might get away with it.