Doing well. Mine are growing well now and I have some tomatoes forming, but early setting of the flowers wasn't very good. Better now though I think. I also have a pepper growing quite nicely and producing some fruit, a squash and a courgette likewise, but they are all in the greenhouse and with variable light as we have trees to the south of the garden, sadly in next door.
the hot sunny weather suits them, growth and flower/fruit activity
the prototoms are gaining 30% a day in size
i will try to find a bit more shiny to put behind the wire to add to top light
Slim
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 6612 Location: New England (In the US of A)
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 22 9:14 am Post subject:
The first traces of early blight we're showing up on mine, which had leaves on bare soil, so I went through yesterday and removed the first 6-8 lower leaves after adding another string to their Florida weave trellising. Luckily my toms have some genetic early blight resistance, and it's been dry, otherwise I would have needed to do this a while ago. Took a heaped wheelbarrow full of leaves to the compost.
tis hot and sunny, they were fed, wow they like this
as there were lots of new flowers, i did fluffer even though there are plenty of insects
i often do it with a few plants, with lots it never seems needed
I keep tomato and potato hulms and leaves in a special closed bin that composts virtually to nothing. Always afraid of blight, so never put them on the ordinary compost heap. My tomatoes are in the greenhouse, so isn't usually a problem there, but sometimes have to dig the potatoes early if they start to get it.
Slim
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 6612 Location: New England (In the US of A)
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 22 10:25 am Post subject:
I'm referring to alternaria and septoria. Late blight is thankfully still a rare occurrence here
they have topped the shiny and have lots of prototoms/flowers
i culled the potatoes in the bramble bed, randoms from "i am not eating that", to reduce viral risks to the toms
a few small shade leaves got removed as they were not looking active
NorthernMonkeyGirl
Joined: 10 Apr 2011 Posts: 4630 Location: Peeping over your shoulder
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 22 2:51 pm Post subject:
Well I thought mine were doing well until I saw this! I've got flowers on now, plants are short and sturdy. They will have to live with the encroaching loganberry...
NMG, if they are short and sturdy that is good. Flowers are also good, just a bit behind others. If they are outdoor ones they are usually a bit behind. Mine are more advanced, but are in a greenhouse as we don't have quite a long enough growing season for them in the garden. Dpack seems to have more of a triffid than a tomato there.
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