Comments on: Side Shoots on Tomato Plants http://tomatolover.com/side-shoots-on-tomato-plants/ Learning to Grow Tomatoes Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:23:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sally http://tomatolover.com/side-shoots-on-tomato-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-1283 Sally Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:27:41 +0000 http://tomatolover.com/?p=960#comment-1283 Hello. It doesn't sound normal! That's a lot of height growth in 2 months - are you feeding them with a lot of nitrogen - that will have them growing lots of leaf but not get them in the right growing phase for fruiting! Where you are growing sounds very different from here in the UK - so I am so sorry not to be able to offer specific advice. By the way I love the idea of just seeding them by squashing ripe fruit into the soil- very direct action! Here in the UK that's how home growers would often seed their potatoes - just by scattering the peelings onto the soil. Good Luck and apologies for not being able to offer specific help. Hello. It doesn’t sound normal! That’s a lot of height growth in 2 months – are you feeding them with a lot of nitrogen – that will have them growing lots of leaf but not get them in the right growing phase for fruiting! Where you are growing sounds very different from here in the UK – so I am so sorry not to be able to offer specific advice.
By the way I love the idea of just seeding them by squashing ripe fruit into the soil- very direct action!
Here in the UK that’s how home growers would often seed their potatoes – just by scattering the peelings onto the soil.
Good Luck and apologies for not being able to offer specific help.

]]> By: Ian Terwin http://tomatolover.com/side-shoots-on-tomato-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 Ian Terwin Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:38:22 +0000 http://tomatolover.com/?p=960#comment-1281 I have been struggling to grow Tomatoes for quite a few years they grew to bearing and the plant die's. Being stubben I treated the soil heavelly with Compost LAN & Superphosfate and have sprayed weekly with a Trace eliment and insectiside. The Plants are over 2 mtr high and over 2months in growth. very few vine tomatoes to date and those that have flowered are taking a long time to develope. The seed originated from over ripe long life vine tomatoes, I had planted/spread into the soil by squashing the fruit. I this normal????? I have been struggling to grow Tomatoes for quite a few years they grew to bearing and the plant die’s. Being stubben I treated the soil heavelly with Compost LAN & Superphosfate and have sprayed weekly with a Trace eliment and insectiside. The Plants are over 2 mtr high and over 2months in growth. very few vine tomatoes to date and those that have flowered are taking a long time to develope. The seed originated from over ripe long life vine tomatoes, I had planted/spread into the soil by squashing the fruit.

I this normal?????

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