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Broken top tomato

On 29/05/2012 in forum

After combination of rain & a snail snapped off the growing top of my Gardeners Delight foot high tomato plant, I'm hoping to grow another tomato from the broken tops.  I'm also wondering if the side shoots (that we're normally supposed to pick off


Talkback: Tasty tomatoes

On 28/11/2011 in forum

I have grown tomatoes in large pots outdoors and there is plenty of fruit but when should they ripen? I have already ripped up and binned three tomoato plants (Sungold) which had become infected with grey mould. The leaves turned crinkly and were


Grafted tomato plants

On 12/08/2012 in forum

Anyone trying grafted tomato plants? I am growing gardeners delight and Shirley. Picking now and bumper crop heralds but the plants are expensive. I intended to grow standard tomatoes alongside to compare so I'm unsure if I would have had agood


best cherry tomato?

On 05/05/2013 in forum

can the forum please tell me the best cherry tomato ,in their opinion , it  will be grown in a greenhouse............ i think  a fave was mentioned in the march issue of G W  , cant find my copy tho.......... Gardeners delight is delicious. I grow


tomato plant spacing

On 04/06/2012 in forum

Can someone please advise me on how to space my tomato plants. I have put 3 plants per gor-bag and lined up the gro-bags directly next to each other lengthwise, giving 3 rows of plants. I have put them in my greenhouse and fitted a drip feed system


tomatoes-growbags or not growbags?

On 22/05/2012 in forum

Can anybody tell me whether it is a better idea to grow tomatoes outside in a growbag or, can the crop be just as good, if you grow directly into the ground. The crop can be better if they're planted directly into the ground, as long as the soil


Dreaded Tomato Blight

On 10/08/2012 in forum

I've seen the beginnings of blight on one of my tomato plants which is planted in the ground, the main stem is quickly turning black. The plant itself isn't heavy with fruit and has just a couple of medium sized toms which are far from being ripe


Silvery spots on tomato leaves

On 02/07/2012 in forum

Can someone help identify this problem please? I have 12 tomato plants in a greenhouse and an increasing number are affected by silvery white/ light tan, almost pearlescent spots on the lower leaves but spreading upwards. The affected leaves


Self-seeded tomatoes

On 09/05/2012 in forum

Sorry if this is a dumb question but is there any merit in potting up the self-seeded tomatoes in my greenhouse bed? They are such vigourous little plants! thanks Nothing to lose really! I'm sure Italophile will be able to advise. Last year I had


Talkback: Tomato blight

On 05/08/2012 in forum

very useful info - thanx I have been informed that once I have had this tomato infection I cannot grow tomatoes for seven years, is this true? didnt find an answer to the question as to whether the tomato blight area of last year has to wait 7 years


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