I've been gardening for 40+ years and this is the first time I've heard that tomato pollen becomes sterile at temps above 77 F. Thanks for that tidbit, it explains a lot!
I love your videos! Keep them coming! I live in the high desert and we've have consistent temperatures over 95 degrees with many over 100 for about 6 weeks straight. In previous years I lost my tomato plants in the month of July but this year I added shade cloth and it's made all the difference! Two plants are producing more than I got from six plants last year!
That's remarkably warm Sandy. We're always hoping for a little more sun and planting tomatoes in the sunniest place possible - I can't imagine setting up shade cloth, but so pleased it's worked for you and productivity is looking up as a result. :-)
It's so heartening to read all these comments about green / small tomatoes! I too have been growing tomatoes for years, and most recently, after a move to Lincolnshire, both indoors and out. At the moment, the outdoor ones seem to be winning! I think early on there was too much contrast between day and night time temperatures, then dull, with all that rain, and now scorching temperatures! I've never had to put a shade on my greenhouse before, but have just done so today!!
This is the year of slowly everything. So far I have managed to harvest a few leaves of kale and a few strawberries. Tomatoes are still green and mostly small. Garlic harvest wasn't too bad though.
The first crop did well. I may have planted too many for the space but trying to wait until the fruit matures to decide. The heat and humidity is killing me. Was delighted to hear your suggestion to remove the lower leaves was OK...they look weak but still producing.
Thank you for this video! I lost most of my tomato seedlings due to fungus gnats, and the ones that survived were chomped on by my resident groundhog when young transplants and were sad little sticks I had to pull. But luckily my mother had ordered me a lot of starts. I have no idea what the varieties are because she didn't keep the plastic tags but they are growing and setting fruit. This year I'm practicing good pruning and so far no mildew on any of my plants including the tomatoes, so I highly recommend. I'm in SE Connecticut and have so much humidity! I have also stuck 3 of the larger "suckers" in the ground right before rain and they are growing nicely. Lost my first lower fruits to the same groundhog but hoping like last year, as the plants get taller, he won't be able to reach the fruits. Good luck everyone with your harvests!
Try freezing them in freezer bags, about twenty cherry tomatoes to a bag. Then just open a bag in mid winter as I did tonight in Melbourne Australia, and drop the frozen tomatoes into a pot of homemade soup (eg chowder). Use an immersion blender at the end if you want a smoother soup. Delicious! Far easier than canning the harvested tomatoes or other storage methods.
I have tomatoes (grown from seed: Alicante veritity) in my greenhouse, flower beds, vegetable patch and trailing toms in a hanging basket. They are fed tomato feed every Sunday. Watered twice daily. Pollenated by bees and paint brush. All situated with flowering plants and green house ones with cucumbers as companion plants. Door and window open plus bucket of water on the paved floor for humidity and pest control. As of today in 23 degrees have loads of flowers and marble sized fruit. All is going well with no disease ... fingers crossed for the harvest! Thank you so much for these videos
@@user-lk2qf4rt3m I only have a small greenhouse so both veg plants had to be together. It just turns out they grow together well. It’s a first time for me to grow cucumbers so I’m still on a learning curve :)
I learned so much from your video. My tomato plants have plenty of flowers, but no tomatoes. I picked one lonely Roma tomato about 1-1/2 months ago. I have 2 plants in a raised garden bed with good quality organic soil, but I have not fed them. Also, I'm in the Inland Empire of Southern California - very, very hot summers with plenty of sun. I'm going to fertilizer them, shake them and hope for the best. Thank you for this helpful video.
My tomatoes are going crazy this year! Need to keep pruning them! So excited to start harvest them 🥰 thank you for always sharing such amazing videos! 💙
I added Bone meal this year a bit expensive but I think it will provide the calcium the plants need. I have over 100 plants and have many flowers and several tiny fruit. I will try the shaking of the trellis thanks for the tip.
If it doesn't work, try an electric toothbrush daily, after 2pm (it works best in the afternoon). Apply buzzing toothbrush to the green top of each open flower (flower must be open at the time). You can see tthe pollen fly down from the flower. Works 99% of the time.
Hey Ben, tomatos outside in growingbags and inside the tomatohouse in growingbags are doing well and have set first fruits. So I am happy how well everything is doing. Take care and tschüss for now. 🙂 Marie
Here in Melbourne Australia we had a very cold spring last year and all the plants were late. My tomatoes were still producing in May and I pulled out the last plant in June. I am drinking a cup of hot home made tomato soup as I sit here in our cold winter. I froze most of the cherry tomatoes from 10 plants, whole, in freezer bags, and pop them into home made soup for that wonderful taste of fresh summer tomatoes! :) So no need to worry, your tomato plants will still set tomatoes. If you have trouble with pollination, use an electric toothbrush daily to buzz the green top of the flower. It takes the anxiety out of waiting for pollination.
The year started fine with good germination, transplanting into the beds also went well and growth also. Now the problem, plants in the polytunnel the flowers formed then shrivelled and dropped breaking at the first node. the first trusses have been the best, but not all of the truss fruited. The next trusses haven't fruited, I'm now seeing the fourth trusses flower, lets see how they fair! I'm putting it down the brisk day/night temperature change. But I am happy to be corrected as I am very much a beginner. Happy gardening folks. PS, The plants that I planted outside a month later are fine.
@@GrowVeg Hi, yes on the lower trusses we are picking already, but as for the rest it's not looking good. On another note there are considerably fewer insects this year, a few blackfly on the beans and butterflies but as for the rest both beneficial and harmful hardly any. Luckily I keep bees. Thanks for the reply.
Planted most in a beautiful sunny spot near the chickens. Been harvesting more rats than tomatoes ☹️. They’ve eaten most of them, and broken the vines. Hopefully will be under control soon, but won’t plant there again next year. And will grow more extras. I’ve been rooting suckers so hoping to have a few tomatoes this year in our long growing season. Live and learn.
They say if you see rats in the daytime, you have a much larger population because they only like to come out at night so the ones out during the day time are those lower on the pecking order.
It might well be. But the summer weather here can be very still, with not enough wind to properly shake the flowers, especially those towards the centre of a bed.
Hi Ben. My husband and I are loving all your videos as fairly new gardeners. We have 8 tomato plants on the go and they are almost all full of lots and lots green tomatoes and have been for weeks. We can't wait for them to turn red! We are leaving them outside the greenhouse now to get as much direct sunshine but everything seems really slow this year. How long does it normally take to ripen?
Once the first tomatoes are full-sized, it shouldn't take more than a week or two to ripen. A lot of people have been reporting a very slow start to the tomato season, so you are not alone.
Lots of lush green growth and lots and lots of flowers in my conservatory but very few and very small tomatoes. I will get the paint brush out and shake my vines to see if that helps. I have started to think its just not happening this year. Lots of nice kale but most other plants have been decimated by slugs and snails. What a year to give up using slug pellets :(
Plant big and leafy but just started to produce flowers. Hopefully I will get tomatoes but running out of time? Next time I will try cherry tomatoes. This year tried Ace tomato on recommendation.
Only a couple of fruits so far (on Black Russian plants) and a few plants (Gardeners Delight variety) that have done nothing. My bush tomatoes have tons of fruit but not ripening yet (Liverpool, UK).
Lovely presentation but was hoping for a link at the top right for a list of tomato plants suitable for greenhouses in the sunny UK and gardens (may be in the damp of shadowed).... I'm very demanding aren't I 😅 - let me just say this is about the best of all garden presentations out there ! ! ! ! Thanks again ! ! !
Thanks so much! Check out this video next, which has a few ideas for blight-resistant tomatoes, which are very useful in the UK climate: th-cam.com/video/W1okwn5yaN8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fZDviQgjsSq-IdBN
I live in the desert. Temps for the last two weeks have been around 115° and pretty damned dry (it’s the desert). Last year was my first year gardening. I failed big time but learned a lot. I water every other day in the evening as the sun is setting and temps are cooling from 115 to 100. What I didn’t do last year was account for the dryness. This year I’ve been sprinkling the plants in all directions to get moisture to the flowers. At the moment I have hundreds of tomatoes on the way. This sprinkling also has aided my cucumbers.
I'm also in the desert (Inland Empire) and have had much success with tomatoes in previous seasons. This year I'm struggling. In past years, I had challenging green horned worms eating my tomato plants!! I was so angry, I picked them off and flung them to the ground, then watched as a lizard ran out from underneath my raised garden beds, snatch it up in its mouth and run off with it! I love lizards.
I'm trying to grow tomatoes. I have lots of green ones. The plants are sitting in pots in my new greenhouse. I might buy some grow bags to sit the tomatoes on the let the roots run through. But there is quite abit of polysteren at the bottom of the pot.i have two varieties. Alisa Craig and yellow and red stripy type!
I just have windowsill tomato plants as I have no outdoor garden until I (hopefully) complete a house purchase in a few months and can move out of my temporary tiny shared flat. Thankfully, I was very lucky to be sent some micro dwarf tomato seeds earlier this year, so I have ten plants on the only windowsill I can access that gets enough light. I counted about 70 green tomatoes (of varying sizes) a couple of days ago, with lots of flowers and buds that haven't set fruit yet. I'm hoping to get at least 150 cherry tomatoes from the one windowsill, and just hope we get enough sun for them all to ripen as I don't have the cooking facilities to make good use of green tomatoes.
I am growing Beef, cheery and standard size tomatoes, the beef are now fruiting but green same with the standard size i must have about half a dozen beef and about a dozen standard growing at the moment plus some very small ones just fruiting. The cherry tomatoes, i grew from store bought tomatoes but at the moment are still sprouting leaves as i didnt plant them till about a month ago
Thank you so much for this information! I live in Miami, Fl and having a huge problem getting tomatoes. Got huge plants when planted in the fall here but no tomatoes. Great plants though. Will try shaking when I get blossoms this go around as I replanted in June. Any more tips for tropical south would be great to have..
I'm repeatedly reading comments about the value of the electric toothbrush method - and it does seem to hold truth - it's working a treat on my tomatoes also.
I have a ton of cherry tomatoes on the go, I've got some that have their first teeny tomatoes growing so very excited! I have been going out and tapping the plants/canes almost every day to try and increase their chances. The majority of them are outside, though I so also have some in the greenhouse. Both are doing as well as each other currently. Gotta keep an eye on them though in this heat! They are all in pots so I have to check every day if they need to be watered. All of mine I've grown from seed, I have Suncherry Premium F1, Santonio Cherry Plum and ones that are from the seeds of a Tesco finest piccolo tomato haha. My mum also has two heritage ones that she got as small plants from the garden centre, one is Black Russian and the other is Tigerella, both have quite a lot of flowers and fruits growing on them already :D
Keep plants consistently watered and fed to ensure steady development of the tomatoes. Some varieties naturally have a tougher skin than others, but they should still be edible.
Denmark.. We had sub-zero temps into May! 🥶 My freeland tomatoes has just barely opened the flower-buds, i can see a glimpse of yellow, but a flower ..it is not. My beans are ~14 cm high.. I doubt they will manage to create a yield this year *sigh*
We had an unseasonably hot spell a couple of weeks ago(temps well over 100F) which sent my tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers into overdrive. They're all loaded with flowers & bumblebees. I'm getting Sun Gold cherry tomatoes here & there as they ripen, but soon I'll be needing a bucket for harvesting. My San Marzanos are full of green tomatoes with some just beginning to ripen, and tons of flowers...so, many more tomatoes on the way. I need to get all of my canning supplies ready to go so I'm not caught with my pants down when this epic harvest comes in. 😊
Some great tips in here. I have been growing for years but only this year started to look at how to maximise productivity. Your videos are so clear, easy to follow and full of useful info, thank you!
Hi, thanks for the video. Can I ask you the brand of liquid fertilizer you use. I don't want to do trial and error before I get the right one. I am a resident of UK.
I have lots of green tomatoes came out but I don't see them turning red soon with the weather being so grim for weeks. There hasn't been a single sunny day in weeks!
Tomatoes slow on but have noticed a resurgent of bumble bees which has brought on a heavy fruit.....great for the fruit but not the grandkids as they harvest! A few of my tomatoes are splitting at the top. What fertilizer are you using? I am a fan of Sea 90. Thoughts on that and whether that composition is adequate to assist tomatoes ?
I'm using an organic seaweed feed, as well as a tomato fertiliser. The ones outside are pretty much left to fend for themselves, as they are growing in soil enriched with lots of compost, which should be enough for the summer.
Well… I don’t have an electric toothbrush… So I had to nick some of the wife’s toys from her nightstand drawer in the boudoir. It was a bit of a learning curve, so I’ll share a few tips and observations. The vibrators worked like a charm on the Early Girl and Pink Lady, not so sure on the Big Boy and Beefsteaks but they might just be confused. Be careful not to pop any cherry tomatoes. Each bush has a sweet spot but that can be hard to find on the really large bushes. Try finding a lower crotch where two large stems come together on the lower region of your plants and insert a nice big vibrator into that crotch to get that whole bush shaking (the smaller vibrators are better right up on those delicate flowers). If you are still having difficulty, try putting on some Al Green music. 😜 LOL!!! Another great video Ben!!! Great tips, thank you for sharing.
This is only my second year in the garden - new home - think we've got an issue with our soil - tomatoes leaves are all turning brown and dropping. Very few tomatoes
Are you keeping plants properly fed and watered? That's essential. Make sure the roots aren't constrained too - smaller pots/containers cause plants to starve, and leaves to drop.
This could be a nutrient deficiency. Check you are feeding a proper tomato feed, and that you are applying it regularly, according to packet instructions.
I have lots of blossoms that have turned brown. Not sure if they just weren’t pollinated and are dying or if our drought is so hard on them that they aren’t producing healthy blossoms. We have drip irrigation on them, but I am thinking it just isn’t enough. I try to feed them with a good liquid fertilizer every two weeks. Any suggestions? I have done everything already that you suggested in this video and cover my tomatoes with shade cloth as soon as we get into the 90s during the day.
The flowers can go brown and shrivel quickly if they aren't fertilised, so I suspect that this is the issue. Keep doing what you are doing - and do try the electric toothbrush trick, which seems to work really well for most people.
Fewer flowers this year. Also, the shop-bought compost was so poor this year that my tomato plants didn’t get a great start at all. I noticed yesterday that one plant had shed a couple of green tomatoes - lack of water?
Shop bought compost is a quick fix for plants whilst killing the soil/microbes, healthy soil is the key for healthy, strong plants. Try making your own compost, even a small amount is better than shop stuff. I also use a lot of aged manure in soil which activates microbes
@@VK-qo1gm I was using the shop bought, like I do every year, just to get the seeds going in pots first. I don’t use it on the veg plots, that would be too expensive, although it always ends up either in my compost heap or dumped on the beds at the end of the year. All previous years, the shop compost has been perfectly adequate for the job. This year, the B&Q own brand compost has been worse than useless. I won’t use animal manure. I won’t put anything in my garden that has anything to do with animal agriculture.
Hi Ben my tomatoes are just starting to ripen, I tasted one yesterday but the skin was tough,they are grown in my greenhouse and through this heat are watered once a day . What am I doing wrong? Their fed weekly. Help 🙏
Hmmm, I'm not sure on that one to be honest. It could just be the variety you are growing - some just don't taste as good as others! But it sounds like you're doing all the right things.
Hi Ben, I've got about 9 determinate dwarfs growing in pots and three indeterminates growing in an extra thick grow bag with the bottomless pot method, only recently populated in my mini greenhouse. No idea on feeding; mainly WHEN to feed. On the back of the Tomorite bottle it says for bags in a greenhouse, 4.5 litres of feed twice a week but they've only just gone in and the roots will still be in the pots. It also says, "when second truss has SET". What exactly does SET mean? Can't seem to find that anywhere. It's only my first year growing tomato plants, it's been booming along so far, doing extremely well. My determinates are full of tiny flowers coming on (couple started to produce mini tomatoes already) and the indeterminates are also booming along. I'm down in the southwest (Devon) :)
No problem at all. 'Set' simply means when the flowers are finished the tomato is just starting to form. In other words when you know pollination has been successful because you can see the young tomato growing. Watch out for this week's video on Saturday - all about tomatoes!
I am growing 8 plants craigella variety.7 have lots of fruit but last plant hasn't even got any flowers yet all plants are over 6ft tall.Have I got a dud plant all grown from seeds March time and also growing them in Quadgrow planters? Any ideas?
That is bizarre if they are all the same variety and growing in the same conditions with the same feed and water etc. It sounds like it could be a dud plant Yvonne, though I have to say I'm a bit stumped by this.
Just watched a bumblebee fly *close* to almost every flower on my tomato plant, then decide against it at the last second every time. It flew away without actually gathering from a single flower after considering them all critically and finding them wanting. It was actually quite offensive.
My tomatoes are in mini greenhouses which I have been zipping up at night. Watching this I’m thinking maybe that is a mistake and maybe I should even remove the covers? I’m in Devon UK.
Hi Karen. The issue with blight is that it is often carried on the wind, especially during warm but wet weather. I would keep covers closed on rainy days, but open when it's bright, clear and sunny.
I have been growing tomatoes for years one year my tomatoes got blight when I grew them outdoors but me and my husband built an epic green house. I have noticed that this year it's taking a while for the fruit to be rippen. Is it taking longer than normal this year. Is anyone else have the same issue?
Yes, Sabrina, I have about 100 beautifully sized specimens - all green. Last year was my first year in a greenhouse, but I thought they had started ripening long before this. As yet, haven't worked out what the reason could be.
😢Hello Ben, I have to ask you, where can I buy Allium ursinum, or BaerLeek. I tried in Germany and they do not ship to Canada. I am devastated. I hope you can help. Thanks Ben.
@@GrowVeg Yes Ben, I have. Even worldwide on the internet. Amazon found me out of Ukraine. some out of Ukraine. however, most of the seeds are duds. The only place I found potentially good ones from Germany but they don’t send to North America. I really want to get some.
Can you give me advice on the use of Epsom salt and Aspirin? I have heard things, but I am not sure if what I listening to is accurate. I am trying vertical gardening with my zucchini, half died to boring beetles, I cut many out, but didn't get them all. It is frustrating. Can you provide any help?
I've never used Epsom salt but have repeatedly heard positive things about this - so maybe worth trying. I recommend using aspirin in my other recent tomato video: th-cam.com/video/wp88vjPNKZ8/w-d-xo.html And check out our guide to squash vine borers: www.growveg.com/pests/us-and-canada/squash-vine-borer/
Please can you share liquid name? On my one plant I saw tomatoes. Three weeks but didn’t ripe yet. Still on green color. Any suggestions? Others plant tomatoes tiny size.
Great video. Confirmed some of my suspicions! My tomatoes have stopped growing :( a lot of the flowers have shrivelled up. Think it’s due to magnesium deficiency from over feeding and heat. Given them a little Epsom salt and hoping for cooler weather! Will they bounce back do you think?
I'm hopefully they might Sylvia. They can bounce back quite quickly once they're getting all the nutrition you need. Make sure you're feeding them a regular liquid tomato feed, which should have all the macro and micronutrients they require.
I have many beautiful plants and green tomatoes but they aren’t ripening. What’s up? They get plenty of sun. I’ve taken to picking them green and then ripening them in a dark space. Seems to work well.
The usual advice is make sure they're properly fed with a tomato feed. Prune off side shoots and excess growth if the tomatoes are vining types to help them concentrate their energy on fruit production. Sometimes it's just a question of patience though.
Two years ago my tomatoes stayed green all summer. A friend's mother told me to stop watering them and pile the dirt up high around the stalk. That did finally get them turning red, although I was weak and kept watering them a bit.
@@watermelonlalala What a good tip! I had wondered about cutting out water for a few days, but I didn't know about piling up the dirt around the stalk.
I’ve had very poor set in my greenhouse, about 5 tomatoes in all, but outside all tomatoes were doing fabulously well, lots of trusses, now overnight every outside plant has blight. No tomatoes this year!
Are the tomatoes vulnerable to extensive heat like 25 degree Celsius or above? My tomato plants are between two wooden fences at the corner, I think it gets very hot due to heat trap, that's is the reason plants are not producing any good fruits. Any ideas?
Here in British Columbia the high temperatures have ranged from 24C to 42C since June 16 and the overnight lows around 20 or more since the end of June yet I am picking a few Evan's Extra Early tomatoes from my 4 plants almost every day. The Ultra Girls are very pale green and not sizing up but I think that is due to a lack of water; certainly no lack of sunshine and heat. I grow borage all around my garden (it's a welcome weed) which helps attract bees - also marigolds and calendula which self sow too.
I'm worried that my plants have stalled. They dont seem to be growing much more and I'm not sure if the fruits are staying kind of small. We'll see. They started off great.
Plants need a boost in nutrition. Add three cms of fresh compost around the base of the plant - it is known as top-dressing. Then water the compost in. Good luck!
The flowers would appear irrespective of the bees. So it may just be that the flowers will start being pumped out once the plants get a touch bigger and it warms up again. Certainly feeding your plants with a liquid tomato feed could help.
It's a misconception that insects buzz by beating their wings. The buzzing is caused by the air passing over their spiricules which are small holes along their abdomen
My tomatoes were doing well but now they have developed some brown discolouration on parts of the stem and I think they are starting to die . They are well watered and fed growing in sunshine outside of the greenhouse. What could this be?
We had a very, very wet rainy season here in Japan this year. The allotment was totally waterlogged and my big red tomato plants came down with blight. There were lots and lots of tomatoes, none of them edible. I threw them in the rubbish bin, not on the compost heap. The giant Momotaro Gold tomatoes don't seem to have been affected even though they are growing in the same bed. I also have a variety of smaller and cherry tomatoes - yellow, red, orange, purple and striped - all of which are thriving. Now the rainy season is finally over and the sun is out again with a vengeance, will my blighted tomatoes recover? Or should I give up on them for this year? Is there anything I should add to the soil to kill off the blighty beasties?
If a plant is infected with blight it is highly unlikely to recover, so I would be inclined to remove these plants in case it spreads. Be sure to plant in a new area next year, in case of any lurking spores. Though in most cases blight is airborne and carried on the wind from other areas.
What is going on on the bottoms of my purple Cherokee tomatoes? They look so strange, all bumpy and holey. I checked and apparently it’s normal?! Is it really?
I've been gardening for 40+ years and this is the first time I've heard that tomato pollen becomes sterile at temps above 77 F. Thanks for that tidbit, it explains a lot!
He said if night temperatures do not fall below 77F. I think tomatoes generally like fairly warm temps.
I love your videos . So clear and direct to the point .
I've had several green tomatoes for a few weeks however not enough sunshine lately. I'm so eager for them to turn red!
I love your videos! Keep them coming! I live in the high desert and we've have consistent temperatures over 95 degrees with many over 100 for about 6 weeks straight. In previous years I lost my tomato plants in the month of July but this year I added shade cloth and it's made all the difference! Two plants are producing more than I got from six plants last year!
That's remarkably warm Sandy. We're always hoping for a little more sun and planting tomatoes in the sunniest place possible - I can't imagine setting up shade cloth, but so pleased it's worked for you and productivity is looking up as a result. :-)
It's so heartening to read all these comments about green / small tomatoes! I too have been growing tomatoes for years, and most recently, after a move to Lincolnshire, both indoors and out. At the moment, the outdoor ones seem to be winning! I think early on there was too much contrast between day and night time temperatures, then dull, with all that rain, and now scorching temperatures! I've never had to put a shade on my greenhouse before, but have just done so today!!
The weather is crazy this year - incessant rain, now heat! Hope you get a good crop soon.
This is the year of slowly everything. So far I have managed to harvest a few leaves of kale and a few strawberries. Tomatoes are still green and mostly small. Garlic harvest wasn't too bad though.
“Gardeners delight” is my favourite.
The first crop did well. I may have planted too many for the space but trying to wait until the fruit matures to decide. The heat and humidity is killing me. Was delighted to hear your suggestion to remove the lower leaves was OK...they look weak but still producing.
Glad they're still producing Vanessa. Hopefully it'll cool off for you soon.
Thank you for this video! I lost most of my tomato seedlings due to fungus gnats, and the ones that survived were chomped on by my resident groundhog when young transplants and were sad little sticks I had to pull. But luckily my mother had ordered me a lot of starts. I have no idea what the varieties are because she didn't keep the plastic tags but they are growing and setting fruit. This year I'm practicing good pruning and so far no mildew on any of my plants including the tomatoes, so I highly recommend. I'm in SE Connecticut and have so much humidity! I have also stuck 3 of the larger "suckers" in the ground right before rain and they are growing nicely. Lost my first lower fruits to the same groundhog but hoping like last year, as the plants get taller, he won't be able to reach the fruits. Good luck everyone with your harvests!
Those groundhogs sound like a real nuisance! I hope your new plants thrive though Cheryl.
first year growing, got 200+ tomato plants, i'd say 90% have small green tomatoes on. very exited for harvesting.
that is a lot.
Try freezing them in freezer bags, about twenty cherry tomatoes to a bag. Then just open a bag in mid winter as I did tonight in Melbourne Australia, and drop the frozen tomatoes into a pot of homemade soup (eg chowder). Use an immersion blender at the end if you want a smoother soup. Delicious! Far easier than canning the harvested tomatoes or other storage methods.
Brilliant idea @neverlostforwords
@@GrowVeg Thanks. Happy to share. 😊
I love your videos, so clear and helpful! Thank you!
New Jersey, USA, zone 7a. Cool spring and then a quick very hot summer. I have tomatoes forming and I noticed one yesterday that was turning pink.
Just in your video I saw the growth of a very good tomato plant
I have tomatoes (grown from seed: Alicante veritity) in my greenhouse, flower beds, vegetable patch and trailing toms in a hanging basket. They are fed tomato feed every Sunday. Watered twice daily. Pollenated by bees and paint brush. All situated with flowering plants and green house ones with cucumbers as companion plants. Door and window open plus bucket of water on the paved floor for humidity and pest control. As of today in 23 degrees have loads of flowers and marble sized fruit. All is going well with no disease ... fingers crossed for the harvest! Thank you so much for these videos
Fingers crossed Julie.
@@user-lk2qf4rt3m I only have a small greenhouse so both veg plants had to be together. It just turns out they grow together well. It’s a first time for me to grow cucumbers so I’m still on a learning curve :)
I learned so much from your video. My tomato plants have plenty of flowers, but no tomatoes. I picked one lonely Roma tomato about 1-1/2 months ago. I have 2 plants in a raised garden bed with good quality organic soil, but I have not fed them. Also, I'm in the Inland Empire of Southern California - very, very hot summers with plenty of sun. I'm going to fertilizer them, shake them and hope for the best. Thank you for this helpful video.
Good luck Raquel - hope your efforts bear more fruit soon.
I’ve learned so much. Thank you. I’m going to go buy my seeds. I can’t wait for fresh tomatoes. Maybe some cucumber also.
Thanks Ben. Brill as always!
My tomatoes are going crazy this year! Need to keep pruning them! So excited to start harvest them 🥰 thank you for always sharing such amazing videos! 💙
Enjoy the bounty to come!
I added Bone meal this year a bit expensive but I think it will provide the calcium the plants need. I have over 100 plants and have many flowers and several tiny fruit. I will try the shaking of the trellis thanks for the tip.
If it doesn't work, try an electric toothbrush daily, after 2pm (it works best in the afternoon). Apply buzzing toothbrush to the green top of each open flower (flower must be open at the time). You can see tthe pollen fly down from the flower. Works 99% of the time.
Thanks Ben as always a good informative vlog appreciated 👍
Hey Ben, tomatos outside in growingbags and inside the tomatohouse in growingbags are doing well and have set first fruits. So I am happy how well everything is doing. Take care and tschüss for now. 🙂 Marie
Still have tomotoes in July, its winter here. Most unusual...weather is changing.
My tomatoes are very late this year. The cold spring we had in the UK really set the whole garden back a couple of weeks.
Here in Melbourne Australia we had a very cold spring last year and all the plants were late. My tomatoes were still producing in May and I pulled out the last plant in June. I am drinking a cup of hot home made tomato soup as I sit here in our cold winter. I froze most of the cherry tomatoes from 10 plants, whole, in freezer bags, and pop them into home made soup for that wonderful taste of fresh summer tomatoes! :) So no need to worry, your tomato plants will still set tomatoes. If you have trouble with pollination, use an electric toothbrush daily to buzz the green top of the flower. It takes the anxiety out of waiting for pollination.
@@neverlostforwords No problem with pollination, thank mercy. Just a late, late crop.
Same here.
Thanks for d lesson, My problem is that d first two crusters on my tomato plants makes good fruting but the rest keep on reducing the no.of
Keep feeding the plants and hopefully you'll get a good crop.
The year started fine with good germination, transplanting into the beds also went well and growth also.
Now the problem, plants in the polytunnel the flowers formed then shrivelled and dropped breaking at the first node. the first trusses have been the best, but not all of the truss fruited. The next trusses haven't fruited, I'm now seeing the fourth trusses flower, lets see how they fair!
I'm putting it down the brisk day/night temperature change. But I am happy to be corrected as I am very much a beginner. Happy gardening folks.
PS, The plants that I planted outside a month later are fine.
It could be wild swings in temperature - with very hot weather upsetting fruit set in some of the trusses?
@@GrowVeg Hi, yes on the lower trusses we are picking already, but as for the rest it's not looking good.
On another note there are considerably fewer insects this year, a few blackfly on the beans and butterflies but as for the rest both beneficial and harmful hardly any. Luckily I keep bees. Thanks for the reply.
Great advice, thanks
I've always been lucky with my tomatoes, wind is usually enough to pollinate mine (plus pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies).
Great tips for the toms there Ben 👍
Cheers Mark.
Great tips Ben thank you. My plants suffered bacterial wilt so I’ve had a huge loss this year - all that work. So annoying.
That must be frustrating - I do sympathise!
As always, very informative tips and info. Will definitely try the shaking technique as sadly I don’t see as many bees 🐝 as I used to.
Also try an electric toothbrush. That is what I use and it means all flowers produce fruit.
Planted most in a beautiful sunny spot near the chickens. Been harvesting more rats than tomatoes ☹️. They’ve eaten most of them, and broken the vines. Hopefully will be under control soon, but won’t plant there again next year. And will grow more extras. I’ve been rooting suckers so hoping to have a few tomatoes this year in our long growing season. Live and learn.
They say if you see rats in the daytime, you have a much larger population because they only like to come out at night so the ones out during the day time are those lower on the pecking order.
Skitdora2010 thank goodness no day rats!! We’ve “euthanized “ 10 so far.
There are high rat populations this year in geographical areas that experienced cicada Brood X.
Fantastic video! 👏
Great stuff.
Why would shaking from the wind not be enough to pollinate?
It might well be. But the summer weather here can be very still, with not enough wind to properly shake the flowers, especially those towards the centre of a bed.
Hi Ben. My husband and I are loving all your videos as fairly new gardeners. We have 8 tomato plants on the go and they are almost all full of lots and lots green tomatoes and have been for weeks. We can't wait for them to turn red! We are leaving them outside the greenhouse now to get as much direct sunshine but everything seems really slow this year. How long does it normally take to ripen?
Once the first tomatoes are full-sized, it shouldn't take more than a week or two to ripen. A lot of people have been reporting a very slow start to the tomato season, so you are not alone.
Lots of lush green growth and lots and lots of flowers in my conservatory but very few and very small tomatoes. I will get the paint brush out and shake my vines to see if that helps. I have started to think its just not happening this year. Lots of nice kale but most other plants have been decimated by slugs and snails. What a year to give up using slug pellets :(
Hang on in there Jeff!
Plant big and leafy but just started to produce flowers. Hopefully I will get tomatoes but running out of time?
Next time I will try cherry tomatoes.
This year tried Ace tomato on recommendation.
There's still some time left, so I hope they fruit for you.
Thank you Ben : )
Very informative. Thank you.
Only a couple of fruits so far (on Black Russian plants) and a few plants (Gardeners Delight variety) that have done nothing. My bush tomatoes have tons of fruit but not ripening yet (Liverpool, UK).
Hope the ripening starts apace soon for you Lis.
Mine are over six feet high. Had about five plum tomatoes so far but there are plenty of green ones being ripened.
Lovely presentation but was hoping for a link at the top right for a list of tomato plants suitable for greenhouses in the sunny UK and gardens (may be in the damp of shadowed).... I'm very demanding aren't I 😅 - let me just say this is about the best of all garden presentations out there ! ! ! ! Thanks again ! ! !
Thanks so much! Check out this video next, which has a few ideas for blight-resistant tomatoes, which are very useful in the UK climate: th-cam.com/video/W1okwn5yaN8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fZDviQgjsSq-IdBN
I live in the desert. Temps for the last two weeks have been around 115° and pretty damned dry (it’s the desert). Last year was my first year gardening. I failed big time but learned a lot. I water every other day in the evening as the sun is setting and temps are cooling from 115 to 100. What I didn’t do last year was account for the dryness. This year I’ve been sprinkling the plants in all directions to get moisture to the flowers. At the moment I have hundreds of tomatoes on the way. This sprinkling also has aided my cucumbers.
I can't imagine gardening in your climate - I'm full of respect for you! I hope you have a good crop on the way - it sounds like you have.
I'm also in the desert (Inland Empire) and have had much success with tomatoes in previous seasons. This year I'm struggling. In past years, I had challenging green horned worms eating my tomato plants!! I was so angry, I picked them off and flung them to the ground, then watched as a lizard ran out from underneath my raised garden beds, snatch it up in its mouth and run off with it! I love lizards.
Good advice.
I'm trying to grow tomatoes. I have lots of green ones. The plants are sitting in pots in my new greenhouse. I might buy some grow bags to sit the tomatoes on the let the roots run through. But there is quite abit of polysteren at the bottom of the pot.i have two varieties. Alisa Craig and yellow and red stripy type!
I would get on and plant them if they are still in pots (assuming they aren't big pots). They need that extra root space to thrive.
Thank you Ben, off to get my electric toothbrush. Great tips : )
Thank you very much !!!
I just have windowsill tomato plants as I have no outdoor garden until I (hopefully) complete a house purchase in a few months and can move out of my temporary tiny shared flat. Thankfully, I was very lucky to be sent some micro dwarf tomato seeds earlier this year, so I have ten plants on the only windowsill I can access that gets enough light. I counted about 70 green tomatoes (of varying sizes) a couple of days ago, with lots of flowers and buds that haven't set fruit yet. I'm hoping to get at least 150 cherry tomatoes from the one windowsill, and just hope we get enough sun for them all to ripen as I don't have the cooking facilities to make good use of green tomatoes.
Good luck - I hope you enjoy a bumper, delicious harvest. Good luck with your house move.
I am growing Beef, cheery and standard size tomatoes, the beef are now fruiting but green same with the standard size i must have about half a dozen beef and about a dozen standard growing at the moment plus some very small ones just fruiting. The cherry tomatoes, i grew from store bought tomatoes but at the moment are still sprouting leaves as i didnt plant them till about a month ago
I hope they ripen up soon for you. They will be delicious I'm sure!
Thank you so much for this information! I live in Miami, Fl and having a huge problem getting tomatoes. Got huge plants when planted in the fall here but no tomatoes. Great plants though. Will try shaking when I get blossoms this go around as I replanted in June. Any more tips for tropical south would be great to have..
I'm repeatedly reading comments about the value of the electric toothbrush method - and it does seem to hold truth - it's working a treat on my tomatoes also.
I have a ton of cherry tomatoes on the go, I've got some that have their first teeny tomatoes growing so very excited! I have been going out and tapping the plants/canes almost every day to try and increase their chances. The majority of them are outside, though I so also have some in the greenhouse. Both are doing as well as each other currently. Gotta keep an eye on them though in this heat! They are all in pots so I have to check every day if they need to be watered.
All of mine I've grown from seed, I have Suncherry Premium F1, Santonio Cherry Plum and ones that are from the seeds of a Tesco finest piccolo tomato haha. My mum also has two heritage ones that she got as small plants from the garden centre, one is Black Russian and the other is Tigerella, both have quite a lot of flowers and fruits growing on them already :D
Very best of luck with this year's harvest - I bet you can't wait to start picking!
My tomato skins are too tough to eat. What can I do? Love your videos!
Keep plants consistently watered and fed to ensure steady development of the tomatoes. Some varieties naturally have a tougher skin than others, but they should still be edible.
Denmark..
We had sub-zero temps into May! 🥶
My freeland tomatoes has just barely opened the flower-buds, i can see a glimpse of yellow, but a flower ..it is not.
My beans are ~14 cm high.. I doubt they will manage to create a yield this year *sigh*
All it needs is a week or two of warm weather for things to catch up. There's still plenty of summer left.
We had an unseasonably hot spell a couple of weeks ago(temps well over 100F) which sent my tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers into overdrive. They're all loaded with flowers & bumblebees. I'm getting Sun Gold cherry tomatoes here & there as they ripen, but soon I'll be needing a bucket for harvesting. My San Marzanos are full of green tomatoes with some just beginning to ripen, and tons of flowers...so, many more tomatoes on the way. I need to get all of my canning supplies ready to go so I'm not caught with my pants down when this epic harvest comes in. 😊
Bumper, delicious harvests await you Jeff - brilliant stuff!
Some great tips in here. I have been growing for years but only this year started to look at how to maximise productivity. Your videos are so clear, easy to follow and full of useful info, thank you!
Hi, thanks for the video. Can I ask you the brand of liquid fertilizer you use. I don't want to do trial and error before I get the right one. I am a resident of UK.
Tomorite is a proven good quality tomato food.
I do use a mix of Tomorite and a Vitax organic liquid seaweed feed.
I have lots of green tomatoes came out but I don't see them turning red soon with the weather being so grim for weeks. There hasn't been a single sunny day in weeks!
Hoping the sun shines for you soon!
Thanks,my fIrst two crusters always make better fruits but d rest go on reducing d no.up, to zero.whats, the problem?
Just be sure to keep plants well fed and watered to ensure clusters that follow later on also have the resources to mature successfully.
Tomatoes slow on but have noticed a resurgent of bumble bees which has brought on a heavy fruit.....great for the fruit but not the grandkids as they harvest! A few of my tomatoes are splitting at the top. What fertilizer are you using? I am a fan of Sea 90. Thoughts on that and whether that composition is adequate to assist tomatoes ?
I'm using an organic seaweed feed, as well as a tomato fertiliser. The ones outside are pretty much left to fend for themselves, as they are growing in soil enriched with lots of compost, which should be enough for the summer.
Well… I don’t have an electric toothbrush… So I had to nick some of the wife’s toys from her nightstand drawer in the boudoir. It was a bit of a learning curve, so I’ll share a few tips and observations.
The vibrators worked like a charm on the Early Girl and Pink Lady, not so sure on the Big Boy and Beefsteaks but they might just be confused. Be careful not to pop any cherry tomatoes. Each bush has a sweet spot but that can be hard to find on the really large bushes. Try finding a lower crotch where two large stems come together on the lower region of your plants and insert a nice big vibrator into that crotch to get that whole bush shaking (the smaller vibrators are better right up on those delicate flowers). If you are still having difficulty, try putting on some Al Green music. 😜 LOL!!!
Another great video Ben!!! Great tips, thank you for sharing.
This has had me in stitches - very good Tim, very good!
This is only my second year in the garden - new home - think we've got an issue with our soil - tomatoes leaves are all turning brown and dropping. Very few tomatoes
Are you keeping plants properly fed and watered? That's essential. Make sure the roots aren't constrained too - smaller pots/containers cause plants to starve, and leaves to drop.
Nice tips but my plants are producing some mottled yellowy leaves. Any advice appreciated please. Thank you.
This could be a nutrient deficiency. Check you are feeding a proper tomato feed, and that you are applying it regularly, according to packet instructions.
I have lots of blossoms that have turned brown. Not sure if they just weren’t pollinated and are dying or if our drought is so hard on them that they aren’t producing healthy blossoms. We have drip irrigation on them, but I am thinking it just isn’t enough. I try to feed them with a good liquid fertilizer every two weeks. Any suggestions? I have done everything already that you suggested in this video and cover my tomatoes with shade cloth as soon as we get into the 90s during the day.
The flowers can go brown and shrivel quickly if they aren't fertilised, so I suspect that this is the issue. Keep doing what you are doing - and do try the electric toothbrush trick, which seems to work really well for most people.
Fewer flowers this year. Also, the shop-bought compost was so poor this year that my tomato plants didn’t get a great start at all. I noticed yesterday that one plant had shed a couple of green tomatoes - lack of water?
Shop bought compost is a quick fix for plants whilst killing the soil/microbes, healthy soil is the key for healthy, strong plants. Try making your own compost, even a small amount is better than shop stuff. I also use a lot of aged manure in soil which activates microbes
@@VK-qo1gm I was using the shop bought, like I do every year, just to get the seeds going in pots first. I don’t use it on the veg plots, that would be too expensive, although it always ends up either in my compost heap or dumped on the beds at the end of the year. All previous years, the shop compost has been perfectly adequate for the job. This year, the B&Q own brand compost has been worse than useless.
I won’t use animal manure. I won’t put anything in my garden that has anything to do with animal agriculture.
I've picked about 100 sun golds already with lots more on the way
I couldn't get Sungold seed this year -very disappointed, as they always come up trumps!
Sungolds are real beauties!
My plants look good and my Golden Jubilee is ripening, picked one this morning. I believe that I am fighting Early Blight though.
We've got blight here in SW London, it's rife! I've even got it on my plants in my poly tunnel. I'm gutted as I expect you are too.
So sorry to hear that. It's so devastating when it appears.
Hi Ben my tomatoes are just starting to ripen, I tasted one yesterday but the skin was tough,they are grown in my greenhouse and through this heat are watered once a day . What am I doing wrong? Their fed weekly. Help 🙏
Hmmm, I'm not sure on that one to be honest. It could just be the variety you are growing - some just don't taste as good as others! But it sounds like you're doing all the right things.
Hi Ben, I've got about 9 determinate dwarfs growing in pots and three indeterminates growing in an extra thick grow bag with the bottomless pot method, only recently populated in my mini greenhouse. No idea on feeding; mainly WHEN to feed.
On the back of the Tomorite bottle it says for bags in a greenhouse, 4.5 litres of feed twice a week but they've only just gone in and the roots will still be in the pots. It also says, "when second truss has SET". What exactly does SET mean? Can't seem to find that anywhere. It's only my first year growing tomato plants, it's been booming along so far, doing extremely well. My determinates are full of tiny flowers coming on (couple started to produce mini tomatoes already) and the indeterminates are also booming along.
I'm down in the southwest (Devon) :)
No problem at all. 'Set' simply means when the flowers are finished the tomato is just starting to form. In other words when you know pollination has been successful because you can see the young tomato growing. Watch out for this week's video on Saturday - all about tomatoes!
I am growing 8 plants craigella variety.7 have lots of fruit but last plant hasn't even got any flowers yet all plants are over 6ft tall.Have I got a dud plant all grown from seeds March time and also growing them in Quadgrow planters? Any ideas?
That is bizarre if they are all the same variety and growing in the same conditions with the same feed and water etc. It sounds like it could be a dud plant Yvonne, though I have to say I'm a bit stumped by this.
Just watched a bumblebee fly *close* to almost every flower on my tomato plant, then decide against it at the last second every time. It flew away without actually gathering from a single flower after considering them all critically and finding them wanting. It was actually quite offensive.
Do not be offended - other bees have probably already taken the pollen! :-)
My tomatoes are in mini greenhouses which I have been zipping up at night. Watching this I’m thinking maybe that is a mistake and maybe I should even remove the covers? I’m in Devon UK.
Hi Karen. The issue with blight is that it is often carried on the wind, especially during warm but wet weather. I would keep covers closed on rainy days, but open when it's bright, clear and sunny.
I have been growing tomatoes for years one year my tomatoes got blight when I grew them outdoors but me and my husband built an epic green house. I have noticed that this year it's taking a while for the fruit to be rippen. Is it taking longer than normal this year. Is anyone else have the same issue?
Yes, Sabrina, I have about 100 beautifully sized specimens - all green. Last year was my first year in a greenhouse, but I thought they had started ripening long before this. As yet, haven't worked out what the reason could be.
@@gracecotton9819 yeah in Ireland the weather is a lot warmer but we still had frost up until May.
Mine are taking a while to ripen too, I have 8 different varieties and I've only had one tomato so far
I lost 40 plants to blight last year. I was heartbroken.
@@WaddedBliss probably not enough calcium, which causes blight/rotten end
😢Hello Ben,
I have to ask you, where can I buy Allium ursinum, or BaerLeek.
I tried in Germany and they do not ship to Canada. I am devastated.
I hope you can help. Thanks Ben.
Have you tried searching for wild garlic or ramsons too/ Try searching under all its different names.
@@GrowVeg Yes Ben, I have. Even worldwide on the internet. Amazon found me out of Ukraine. some out of Ukraine. however, most of the seeds are duds. The only place I found potentially good ones from Germany but they don’t send to North America.
I really want to get some.
I get the big tall stem with big leaves but no flowers yet. Going to switch the soil and put in full sun
Full sun and offering a liquid feed will definitely help. :-)
I go out and vibrate my flowers by hand while I'm out there.
Can you give me advice on the use of Epsom salt and Aspirin? I have heard things, but I am not sure if what I listening to is accurate. I am trying vertical gardening with my zucchini, half died to boring beetles, I cut many out, but didn't get them all. It is frustrating. Can you provide any help?
I've never used Epsom salt but have repeatedly heard positive things about this - so maybe worth trying. I recommend using aspirin in my other recent tomato video: th-cam.com/video/wp88vjPNKZ8/w-d-xo.html And check out our guide to squash vine borers: www.growveg.com/pests/us-and-canada/squash-vine-borer/
Please can you share liquid name? On my one plant I saw tomatoes. Three weeks but didn’t ripe yet. Still on green color. Any suggestions? Others plant tomatoes tiny size.
I use a mix of Tomorite and Vitax liquid seaweed for my tomatoes, but any good tomato feed should help.
Great video. Confirmed some of my suspicions! My tomatoes have stopped growing :( a lot of the flowers have shrivelled up. Think it’s due to magnesium deficiency from over feeding and heat. Given them a little Epsom salt and hoping for cooler weather! Will they bounce back do you think?
I'm hopefully they might Sylvia. They can bounce back quite quickly once they're getting all the nutrition you need. Make sure you're feeding them a regular liquid tomato feed, which should have all the macro and micronutrients they require.
@@GrowVeg I should add I've got lots of green fruit...do they tend to ripen up do you know?
I have many beautiful plants and green tomatoes but they aren’t ripening. What’s up? They get plenty of sun. I’ve taken to picking them green and then ripening them in a dark space. Seems to work well.
The usual advice is make sure they're properly fed with a tomato feed. Prune off side shoots and excess growth if the tomatoes are vining types to help them concentrate their energy on fruit production. Sometimes it's just a question of patience though.
Thanks for this! I think I need to move my tomatoes, they aren’t flowering very much 😢
I use the ultrasonic toothbrush method - seldom lets me down!
I have problems getting my tomatoes to ripen to red here in Manchester...Any tips please
sunlight and heat.
@@dogo8076 My greenhouse is getting both and they are still green. Hoping this current heat-wave will do the job.
@@dogo8076 Thanks
Two years ago my tomatoes stayed green all summer. A friend's mother told me to stop watering them and pile the dirt up high around the stalk. That did finally get them turning red, although I was weak and kept watering them a bit.
@@watermelonlalala What a good tip! I had wondered about cutting out water for a few days, but I didn't know about piling up the dirt around the stalk.
I’ve had very poor set in my greenhouse, about 5 tomatoes in all, but outside all tomatoes were doing fabulously well, lots of trusses, now overnight every outside plant has blight. No tomatoes this year!
So sorry the outside ones have got clobbered.
Are the tomatoes vulnerable to extensive heat like 25 degree Celsius or above? My tomato plants are between two wooden fences at the corner, I think it gets very hot due to heat trap, that's is the reason plants are not producing any good fruits. Any ideas?
Here in British Columbia the high temperatures have ranged from 24C to 42C since June 16 and the overnight lows around 20 or more since the end of June yet I am picking a few Evan's Extra Early tomatoes from my 4 plants almost every day. The Ultra Girls are very pale green and not sizing up but I think that is due to a lack of water; certainly no lack of sunshine and heat. I grow borage all around my garden (it's a welcome weed) which helps attract bees - also marigolds and calendula which self sow too.
25 Celsius doesn't seem that hot for tomatoes. I think they'd be fine up until the early 30s.
I'm worried that my plants have stalled. They dont seem to be growing much more and I'm not sure if the fruits are staying kind of small. We'll see. They started off great.
Plants need a boost in nutrition. Add three cms of fresh compost around the base of the plant - it is known as top-dressing. Then water the compost in. Good luck!
Make bee-like buzzing noises at the at the same time as shaking the canes for extra tomatoes 🍅 👍🏻
I am a newbie. In my region, it was HOT then cool all the sudden. I see one flower. Maybe not enough bees?
The flowers would appear irrespective of the bees. So it may just be that the flowers will start being pumped out once the plants get a touch bigger and it warms up again. Certainly feeding your plants with a liquid tomato feed could help.
@@GrowVeg Thank you
It's a misconception that insects buzz by beating their wings. The buzzing is caused by the air passing over their spiricules which are small holes along their abdomen
Interesting - seems I've also fallen for the common misconception then. Thanks for sharing this.
Hi,every time I try growing tomatoes,it gets affected by leaf minors,what would be the reason for Minor and how to avoid it,-- from india
Check out our guide to leaf miners: www.growveg.com/pests/us-and-canada/leaf-miner/
We've had so much rain in France since May that the tomato plants now have mildew 😭
So sorry to hear that Andrew, what a shame.
My tomatoes have stayed green for WEEKS AND WEEKS!!
Hoping the sun shines soon for you Helen.
My tomatoes were doing well but now they have developed some brown discolouration on parts of the stem and I think they are starting to die . They are well watered and fed growing in sunshine outside of the greenhouse. What could this be?
That sounds very much like late blight. Google some images to compare.
Hi Anne. Yes, I'd agree with Tony - it does sound like blight has struck.
I have plenty of tomatoes. They just seem to be ripening slowly or maybe I am just impatient?
Keep them properly fed and watered. If you're doing all the right things, it's simply a question of patience. I'm also waiting on mine to ripen.
@@GrowVeg They are all starting to ripen!
I have lovely green tomato plants but no flowers.
The soil could be too high in nitrogen, stimulating foliage growth over flower and fruit production.
@@GrowVeg thank you!
We pray for less wind here. I can’t imagine needing more.
They have only just started flowering after I got the electric toothbrush out.
We had a very, very wet rainy season here in Japan this year. The allotment was totally waterlogged and my big red tomato plants came down with blight. There were lots and lots of tomatoes, none of them edible. I threw them in the rubbish bin, not on the compost heap. The giant Momotaro Gold tomatoes don't seem to have been affected even though they are growing in the same bed. I also have a variety of smaller and cherry tomatoes - yellow, red, orange, purple and striped - all of which are thriving.
Now the rainy season is finally over and the sun is out again with a vengeance, will my blighted tomatoes recover? Or should I give up on them for this year? Is there anything I should add to the soil to kill off the blighty beasties?
If a plant is infected with blight it is highly unlikely to recover, so I would be inclined to remove these plants in case it spreads. Be sure to plant in a new area next year, in case of any lurking spores. Though in most cases blight is airborne and carried on the wind from other areas.
Thank you for the quick reply! Not what I wanted to hear, but good to know. I’ll remove the blighted ones to save the others.
I have some that have sizable fruit and then I have some that are just starting to get a couple of flowers.
I unfortunately got the blossom end rot on 6 young tomatoes. GRRR, had to pick them off and throw them away.
This is caused by a lack of calcium, so make sure this is addressed to avoid the problem in future. Good luck with the rest of your harvest. :-)
What is going on on the bottoms of my purple Cherokee tomatoes? They look so strange, all bumpy and holey. I checked and apparently it’s normal?! Is it really?
These are the areas from where new roots sometimes sprout, along the stem. If the plants seem healthy enough I wouldn't worry.
@@GrowVeg they seem OK! Thank you for responding!
I use a q tip on my tomato plants and have 6 plants that are each growing over 40 tomatoes with one having53 tomatoes growing on it👍
That's a smart move - clearly works a treat!