Tomatoes - Is it terminal?

[tim]

Ask Emma - she has 57!!

And, anyway, 8 of them are peppers, 8 aubergines, 8 cus,and some chillies. Is that better? = Tim

[tim]

[kingkano]

If you cant find a use for a tomato your not trying hard enough hahaha chutney, pasta sauce, soup (freeze gallons of it), think :)

Although I am wondering.  I had 10 plants last year, and 4 of them I only got green fruit going (late ones) - this year I have avout 30 (4 varieties) - think I've overshot?

How much fruit does 1 plant give?

[tim]

"8lb indoors (cold)- 1/2 that outside" = Tim

[Doris_Pinks]

The size of my freezer and cupboard storage seriously limits what I can keep kingkano! :'(  And Tim, how wonderful all those peppers, aubs etc! ratatouille all round! ;D
I have space for 4 toms in the greenhouse, 3 aubergines, (might try and squeeze another in) and a couple of peppers, and a cue :(,  but on the plus side I am growing Ferline toms as recommended by Ina, so may actually  get a crop from outside! DP

[tim]

Yes - just used the last Ratatouille last w/e with 15 to lunch!!

Now for the aphid attack?? = Tim

[Doris_Pinks]

Tim    Oh yes, had forgotten about that! I am going to try and use nettle spray to see if it works! Last year I didn't get a single pepper, all looked beautiful from the front, but had been hollowed out from behind by big FAT green caterpillars, I suppose if we had eaten them they would have tasted of red peppers! Will try again tho.
Do you grow your cues, aubs and peppers the same way as your toms in the tall bags?

[Moggle]

Thanks again everyone for the tips. Now for my update:

2 toms went in to 1/2 growbags, they look about half way between Tim's two rows, not as low as the ones on the left, but I did my best.

2 were planted deeply in normal grow bags, with an 8" ring of plastic to raise the soil level a lot.

I already had 2 planted out like this.

One has gone in to a big 14" square pot, and one in to a 6" pot, in case one of the other ones really is terminal and goes to the big allotment in the sky.

Still a bit more of the spots, and some are now yellow. I'll try to post some more pics soon.

[tim]

Doris -  this year, yes. Previously 'on the flat'. = Tim

[Doris_Pinks]

Tim, will be interested to hear if you get a better crop this year! Let us know please  ;D

[ina]

The leggiest of them all hahaha.
My other tomatoes were planted in the greenhouse before they got leggy but these two had to stay on the window sill because it was too cold to put them out on the balcony, so they got very leggy.
After plucking them, I gave them a chimney to grow roots in.

[tim]

WOT - no clogs?? = Tim

[Moggle]

Ina, they make mine look good  :D

How long after that stage would you expect them to flower?

[tim]

Moggle - worried about your spots!!

Can't get this to you privately, so here goes = Tim

[Moggle]

I will check these against what I've got this afternoon, and see Tim, but neither of these really matches up with what I've got I don't think.

It may be time to post another photo and get a decent close up of a leaf.

Thanks for the info.

[tim]

- upside & downside =  Tim

[Moggle]

OK I finally got some photos with leaves mostly in focus.



On the plus side however, they seem to be enjoying being in bigger pots, the tops are still healthy, and most of them look like they are going to flower (as far as I can tell that is).

Does this shed any more light on the problem?

[tim]

OK - & on the underneath??

Looks like scorch - but that's not possible. If you can't get an answer, are you a member of HDRA? I could send them the photos? = Tim

[Moggle]

Tim, the underside of the leaves doesn't look noticeably different from the tops.

I'm not a member of the HDRA.

Thanks

Moggle

[tim]

Can but try - see my mail. = Tim

[john_miller]

If it looks like scorch, feels like scorch (papery, crumbles when touched), then it is scorch. Seen this too many times for it to be anything else. Given Moggles ambitious hardening off regimen, Tim, it can be easily be scorch.