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Tomato Attraction smell
MrMahonia
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in Fruit & veg
Hi all,
I'm new here, so hi everyone.
Im writing as ive started growing tomato 'attraction' this year, and as i usually absoluely love the smell of toms, i swear these ones the leaves smell like sick!!!!! could it be the soil, or something else? or maybe its just me and i should leave it (no pun intended)? ive used peat free compost.
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I think it may just be you....
Maybe it's down to the temperature where you are, different volatile chemicals are released at different temperatures. Hopefully the aroma will improve.
I've been growing toms for more yrs than I care to remember, sometimes the leaves smell a bit strange, but the toms are (usually) lovely.
I doubt it has anything to do with the substrate your growing them in
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
thank Pete8, i will just leave them be and hope it imrpoves. yes these one are 'cocktail tomatoes' very sweet apparently cant wait
I've not heard of that variety before - hope they come up to your expectations!
Keeping my fingers x'ed here in essex.
I put 4 toms outside last week when it was 20c+ - it's 9c today...
Just hope we're not in for typically British summer!
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.