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I have plenty of green tomatoes in my green house .How can I ripen them.
I have two bush and five cordon tomatoes.The first time i have been successfull in gettng to the fruit stage. I have had them in and out my polytunnel. For several weeks now i notice some curling of lower leaves and yellowing of the odd leaf with a brown spot, am i going to fail yet again. some fruit is medium big but not red will these ripen off the plant.cold nights are here in roundwood do i need heat in the tunnel.
My tomatoes are starting to ripen, but when you look underneath the tomato, they are starting to go black/grey at the bottom. What can i do to prevent this?
I have a few 'Gardeners Delight' tomato plants growing indoors and in garden. Can you advise how many trusses per plant and how to select?
My tomato plants in green house have whitefly. I have been useing Derris dust its not working, fruit has formed.
My dad & I have been growing tomatoes for years but this year, the leaves on some of his otherwise healthy plants have turned a kind of rust colour.Some of the leaves on my plants have turned whitish in the centre of the leave or often the leaf is speckled with this whitish colour. Are these some kind of blight or what do you think?
my 4 bush and 1 cordon tomatoes have been outside and done well to flowering stage. this night i have placed same in polytunnel as the rough winds may destroy them. can i bring them out again if the weather improves
My Sweet 100 tomato plants are stunted and the leaves are dying. I have grown them for 10+ years with no problems.See photos. Thanks . I have looked at photos online but can't decide what is wrong.
I sowed patio-container type tomatoes, think they might be tumbling toms. I have them on my window sill and they are growing strongly. This weekend they have started to develop white spots on some leaves. I want to find out what this is and how to stop it. I haven't started feeding them yet, will start now. They are in quite a sunny spot.
I STARTED HARDENING OFF MY GARDENERS DELIGHT ON A SUNNY DAY BUT THE LEAVES TURNED WHITE AND PAPER THIN.MOST OF THEM DIED.WHAT HAPPENED? THE LEAVES WERE NOT WET BY THE WAY.
I would like to grow tomatoes in a polytunnel. What is the proper soil to use for this.?
My tomatoe plants grew all right, but didn't produce any fruit. I think I confused trusses with leaves and cut off the wrong thing?
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