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Old 04-08-2009, 03:12 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 3 Aug, 22:52, Pam Moore wrote:
On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 13:03:38 +0100, "Elcee"
wrote:



Thanks for the interest folks,,,,,,,I am growing in a greenhouse Pam and now
wondering if it is anything to do with the soil
as I mixed some horse manure in.
Thanks
Elcee


Aaahhh! *Maybe!







"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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On Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:17:19 +0100, "Elcee"
wrote:


Hi and thanks for the reply....well in answer to your questions , I am
growing Shirleys from a seed packet and the tomatoes are
ok inside but just small and why I am concerned is I am throwing half of
them away that are as I described marked
and the rest will not last long as we have to eat three times as many a
meal
and of course the skins are a bit tough
with them being small.
Thanks again
Elcee


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On 1 Aug, 13:09, ®óñ© *© *²°¹°-°¹ wrote:
On Sat, 1 Aug 2009 12:31:19 +0100, "Elcee"
wrote:


Hi to all,,,,,,,,hope you can help please,,,I have a problem with my
tomates, being at that most of them only get to the size of about 1
inch
dia.
and then turn red, they also feel rough with like a mosaic appearance.
I have cured the splits by reducing the watering and have my door and
windows open all the time.
Is there any reason for this.


You're growing Gardener's Delight?


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Taking it that you are not growing a small variety then the problem is
due to the flowers not being polinated, this produces what we used to
call "chats". When you gut them open there is no pulp and no seed
inside.
David Hill


You don't say if you are growing them outside or in a greenhouse.
In my experience Shirley don't do well outside and I'm a lot further
south than you.
I don't know if this is anything to do with it or not.


Pam in Bristol


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As I said at the start, cut the fruit open, if there is no seed then
they were not polinated.
QED
David Hill