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Old 19-11-2005, 12:54 AM posted to aus.gardens
Chookie
 
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Default what's wrong with my tomatoes?

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Hope wrote:

I'm going to go with sunburn for now as I haven't seen any fruit fly

and the fruit is maggot free, just all grey and zombie looking like in
the photo.

What do you mean that the frut hasn't filled out properly Chookie?


The fruit is misshapen. Generally, tomatoes fill out evenly all round -- they
start with the basic tomato shape and get bigger. That one didn't. Now it
could be that it's a less regular variety -- some are more prone to shape
variation than others -- but it could also be due to the sunburn itself or to
irregular watering. Just a thought.

Just wondering also -- has anyone used a complete covering of shade cloth?
Will it keep fruit fly away?

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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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