Tim Jesson wrote:
"Ophelia" wrote in message
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Well, I have some flowers now She all begin to feed them?


Feed any time after the flowers start to form AND the plants are in
their final position. There are secondary and tertiary hormonal
effects in the plant caused by the change in nutrients - planting in
the final position (with greater root space and nutrient capacity) and
at the right stage of development kind of keeps things in balance
throughout the stages.

Potatoes which are the same genus prefer a general feed before
flowering and potash/nitrogen after. There is a great deal of debate
about this aamongst commercial growers who all get very similar yields
(!). But the trick is to encourage the roots and tubers rather than
the small fruits - the opposite with toms.

In my experience, feeding before planting out tends to delay fruit
production a little by stimulating extra leaf growth when the roots
are starting to struggle for space - but never enough to be material
unless you are a commercial grower.

Tomatoes are tough, resilient plants for all the pampering they get
from us enthusiasts and the basic rule is feed with a bespoke tomato
feed at planting out time after the flowers start to form. As
mentioned by another poster, you can't do better than tomorite.

Thank you very much for that! I have saved it for future reference!