I need help with tomatoes they never seem to grow that well in my
greenhouse or outside in the garden and them that do produce well are
fairly tasteless, what am I doing wrong?

From: (Herbert Snowden)

I need help with tomatoes they never seem to grow that well in my
greenhouse or outside in the garden and them that do produce well are
fairly tasteless, what am I doing wrong?

What are you doing?

(Frankhartx) wrote in message ...
From: (Herbert Snowden)

I need help with tomatoes they never seem to grow that well in my
greenhouse or outside in the garden and them that do produce well are
fairly tasteless, what am I doing wrong?

What are you doing?

I wish I knew once the first truss set I feed with a tomato fertilzer
every week and when the fourth truss set I feed every other watering I
have changed the greenhouse soil dug in compost. What else can i do?

I wish I knew once the first truss set I feed with a tomato fertilzer
every week and when the fourth truss set I feed every other watering I
have changed the greenhouse soil dug in compost. What else can i do?

Sounds like you are overfeeding.

in article , Herbert Snowden
at wrote on 5/20/03 12:09 PM:

I wish I knew once the first truss set I feed with a tomato fertilzer
every week and when the fourth truss set I feed every other watering I
have changed the greenhouse soil dug in compost.

This is a sentence?

Bill

(Frankhartx) wrote in message ...
I wish I knew once the first truss set I feed with a tomato fertilzer
every week and when the fourth truss set I feed every other watering I
have changed the greenhouse soil dug in compost. What else can i do?

Sounds like you are overfeeding.

Thank you for that help I will keep the feeding down to once a week at
all times and see what happens I dare say I am expecting too much from
the plants.
I will say what kind of a crop I get as the season go along.

Thank you for that help I will keep the feeding down to once a week at
all times and see what happens I dare say I am expecting too much from

Once a week? Madness.
i fetilize with Espoma Plant Tone tilled in about 1-2 weeks before planting out
and that's it until late in the season when a little fish emulsion boost MAY be
added.

I've had a terrible day... this post just cracks me up - I actually
laughed out loud after your reply

On Wed, 21 May 2003 02:12:50 GMT, Repeating Decimal
wrote:

in article , Herbert Snowden
at wrote on 5/20/03 12:09 PM:

I wish I knew once the first truss set I feed with a tomato fertilzer
every week and when the fourth truss set I feed every other watering I
have changed the greenhouse soil dug in compost.

This is a sentence?

Bill

On 22 May 2003 03:44:14 GMT, (Frankhartx)
wrote:

Thank you for that help I will keep the feeding down to once a week at
all times and see what happens I dare say I am expecting too much from

Once a week? Madness.
i fetilize with Espoma Plant Tone tilled in about 1-2 weeks before planting out
and that's it until late in the season when a little fish emulsion boost MAY be
added.

I agree. Except possibly in the case of a very sandy soil,
where everything washes right through it.

I fertilize tomatoes with Tomatoes Alive! from Gardens
Alive! - when I remember it. Then I don't fertilize them
again. At all.

They are planted in fairly rich soil this year, as I've
amended our heavy clay with spent-mushroom soil.

Pat

(Frankhartx) writes:
From: (Herbert Snowden)
I need help with tomatoes they never seem to grow that well in my
greenhouse or outside in the garden and them that do produce well are
fairly tasteless, what am I doing wrong?

What are you doing?

Perhaps growing the wrong variety? Try growing a mix of the small
cherry ones as well as a medium sized variety. I find that even when I
plant seeds from a tasteless store-bought 'plastic' tomato the fruit
off that homegrown plant still turns out to be delicious--so I can't
identify with your disappointment. Picking the fruit before it colours
results in something with reduced flavour, but not so much that it
could be described as 'tasteless'. Just make sure you keep the tomatoes
out of the fridge or they WILL lose much of their flavour.
--
John Savage (news reply email invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)