Very true bigolob. For Jessica's benefit, when you pot your plants on fill the pots with compost and bury the plants to about the first set of leaves above the coteledon leaves - they are the 2 leaves that first emerge when the seeds germinate. The plant stem will readily put out more roots into the compost and give them a better chance to grow. Keep them moist but not wet until the first truss of flowers appears and tiny tomatoes can be seen then feed the plants with a feed mixture such as Tomorite to the dilutions as recommended on the pack. Pick out the little side shoots as they appear (unless you are growing a bush variety such as Red Alert) and support the cordons as they grow with a cane, loosely tieing the plant to the cane with a soft string or raffia. If you know the variety you are growing but are not sure if they are bush or cordon just type the variety name into Google and you should find the information (or just add a post on this forum and someone will tell you). Happy growing...John H
I noticed the first flower buds on mine today, the relatively warm weather and potting the plants on has helped them greatly. Glad yours have caught up too Jess.
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Very true bigolob. For Jessica's benefit, when you pot your plants on fill the pots with compost and bury the plants to about the first set of leaves above the coteledon leaves - they are the 2 leaves that first emerge when the seeds germinate. The plant stem will readily put out more roots into the compost and give them a better chance to grow. Keep them moist but not wet until the first truss of flowers appears and tiny tomatoes can be seen then feed the plants with a feed mixture such as Tomorite to the dilutions as recommended on the pack. Pick out the little side shoots as they appear (unless you are growing a bush variety such as Red Alert) and support the cordons as they grow with a cane, loosely tieing the plant to the cane with a soft string or raffia. If you know the variety you are growing but are not sure if they are bush or cordon just type the variety name into Google and you should find the information (or just add a post on this forum and someone will tell you). Happy growing...John H
Hello, just an update on my toms, they are doing just fine they ve grown and look a lot healthier
l was wondering because iv seen a few around.. Pop bottles in the ground what are they? and what do they do?
sorry if I'm sounding stupid haha
Just a way of getting water to the roots-not essential-some use them
Jessica, some people also use the bottles as a kind of drip watering system, the water releasing slowly into the soil. Far from essential.
Thank you :xx'sxx's
Oops not meant to them xx's lol
Jessica, glad I was wrong, pleased to hear your toms are doing well.
Haha your ok KEF
Think it was because it had too much water from the bad rain and it needed more soil
I noticed the first flower buds on mine today, the relatively warm weather and potting the plants on has helped them greatly. Glad yours have caught up too Jess.