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Post by traveller on Aug 13, 2021 21:05:59 GMT 1
Because I knew I’d be stuck in UK for most of summer I planted some tomatoes in a grow bag, I can’t remember the varieties but one is definitely a cherry type and some of those are already ripe, I know nothing at all about gardening but bought the tomato feed and watered it in every ten days, should I not bother now the fruit is there and just leave them to ripen?
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Post by ibis on Aug 13, 2021 22:11:40 GMT 1
Have you ever bought a tomato at the shop/supermarket or been given one to eat?
What kind of fertilizer did you give it?
LIDL €2 chemical formula for a cap full = 5 litres water?
Miracle grow ?
Worm castings - bat guano?
That will decide if you want to eat it
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Post by houpla on Aug 13, 2021 22:29:58 GMT 1
Because I knew I’d be stuck in UK for most of summer I planted some tomatoes in a grow bag, I can’t remember the varieties but one is definitely a cherry type and some of those are already ripe, I know nothing at all about gardening but bought the tomato feed and watered it in every ten days, should I not bother now the fruit is there and just leave them to ripen? Growbags don't contain much plant food, and what there is only lasts for about 4 weeks. If you want your tomatoes to keep producing, keep feeding! The high potash content will also help the fruit to ripen as days get shorter. HTH
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Post by Crystal on Aug 13, 2021 22:33:08 GMT 1
Ibis - I think the OP wants to know if he should stop feeding the plants - not if he should eat them. edit - I see Houpla answered at the same time!
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Post by catrose on Aug 13, 2021 22:37:03 GMT 1
If they have not produced more flowers, and there’s no sign of buds, then they have produced what they are going to produce so carry on watering them but you can save your feed for next year. But if any flowers or developing tomatoes keep goimg.
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Post by ibis on Aug 13, 2021 23:14:29 GMT 1
Ibis - I think the OP wants to know if he should stop feeding the plants - not if he should eat them. edit - I see Houpla answered at the same time! You feed the plants on what the packaging says; ie. the directions for use.
If it says once every 4 weeks then if the plants need water ( dropping leaves) then you give good old plain water to quench its thirst.
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Post by ibis on Aug 13, 2021 23:18:12 GMT 1
If you feed with fertilizer over and over again thru out the growth and / or flowering cycle you will just end up with build up of excess nutrients in the soil and plant which is not good for you or the plant or the soil
Follow the directions on the fertilizer for best results
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Post by exile on Aug 13, 2021 23:33:09 GMT 1
General fertilisers are just that - general - and their instructions are similarly very general. Not at all helpful regarding when to stop feeding specific crops.
So yes if there are flowers, buds or ripening fruit still, then continue to feed.
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Post by Polarengineer on Aug 14, 2021 8:15:16 GMT 1
The best feed is none of the above. Avoid manufactured products. Just cut nettles, stuff them in 15ltr of water in a bucket and let soak for a couple of weeks. Strain out the mush (stinks like chicken sh...) and use one cup full in a watering can topped up with water to feed your tomatoes. Feed till you crop. All natural stuff and no problem with chemicals.
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Post by exile on Aug 14, 2021 9:00:58 GMT 1
The best feed is none of the above. Avoid manufactured products. Just cut nettles, stuff them in 15ltr of water in a bucket and let soak for a couple of weeks. Strain out the mush (stinks like chicken sh...) and use one cup full in a watering can topped up with water to feed your tomatoes. Feed till you crop. All natural stuff and no problem with chemicals. While I don't disagree with the advice on using nettle soup as a fertiliser, can I pull you up on the no chemicals/just natural stuff. Nettles are full of chemicals. They are 100% composed of chemicals. And some of them are just a bit nasty to humans. If you ever had a nettle sting you will know what I mean. As for natural is good, chemicals are bad. Deadly nightshade is natural. Water is a pure chemical. You chose which to consume today.
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Post by Polarengineer on Aug 14, 2021 9:41:02 GMT 1
As we are all made up of atoms, we are, of course, surrounded by their combinations into molecules making up the natural chemicals to which you refer. However, my referrence to "manufactured" chemicals as opposed to natural stuff is to persuade against the use of and avoid the entropy involved to produce such chemicals.
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Post by traveller on Oct 3, 2021 14:51:59 GMT 1
Must be beginners luck but have just returned home after five weeks to find tomatoes all ripe bar a few lovely and sweet and a good crop will definitely give it a go again next year.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2021 15:30:44 GMT 1
From your last post can I assume your toms are outdoors and in France. Our neighbours always seem to get good crops. Corgettes becoming marrows etc etc. He swears by using the blue stuff - Bordeaux mix for all in his garden.
If it were the UK, then by Sept any remaining flowers or smallish toms then they will not grow whatever.
I used to nip off after 3/4 trusses in the UK. Is this the same in France as going around they are only abt 1 m high?
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Post by houpla on Oct 4, 2021 6:16:23 GMT 1
Just to clarify Bordeaux mixture is a fungicide. It's used to prevent or cure fungal diseases like tomato blight, oïdium, powdery mildew etc. It's not a fertiliser. As for stopping plants after so many trusses of fruit, when I've tried that they just sprout again and go crazy
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Post by traveller on Oct 4, 2021 8:34:19 GMT 1
It was in Uk.
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