Hi I'm new and I have a teensy garden and aside from summer hols in suffolk with my great uncle & aunts huge allotment many years ago have zero exoerience of anything.

I bought some 'micro-tomate' from Lidl a while back as well as some Basil, Chives & Mint. I added to them with some dill and coriander from Morrisons (the latter 2 were very spindley). Things were ok, until I wasn't able to be at home unexpectedly due to an urgent family matter and everything's gone a bit squiffy, with things getting eaten, battered in storms, and dried out unwatered in the sun so I am now on a rescue mission for all of them. I had lavender too - but heaven knows if that can ever be revived.

I can't find out what type of tomatoes I have as all it says on the tag of the toms is Lycopersicon lycopersicum with a picture of the sun, a height indication of 100-160cm height and then a dinner plate with a knife and fork and VII - X (is this the amount of toms I'll get? LOL)! Whilst away I received 2 upside down tomato planters I got cheap off of an auction site.

I need help as they have come with no instructions. I have 2 growbags from Lidl, but I don't want to use them at low level as I am pushed for space, and I have lots of snails eating my plants & I caught one of my small dogs with a tomato in it's mouth a few days back (they are poisonous to dogs). I also need to identify what type of small tomatoes these are and if the tomatoes are even going to adjust to being tipped upside down as they already have fruit growing downwards. They look in a pretty sorry state though and I am desperate toplant them today if poss.

It appreaciate it's all very simple to those who know, but I don't want to be too shy to ask and ruin my plants, or not save them. They desperately need repotting, and I was going to put some chives, mint basil and poss dill in the top (although they have come with a lid) as these are looking less healthy than they were before I went away. I know basil hates the sun though and toms need sun - but I did read they were good to keep flies away.

I'm deliberating and feel very silly for asking, but these planters are pretty huge and I've read about toms having two roots at different levels, one set for drinking and one set for feeding. there's also only one bit of sponge in the bottom bit and I wondered if I needed to cut up some more and put in mixed with the earth or just do it as it came?

Forgot to mention I've got parsely as well.

Also that my tomatoes have got warty knobbly bits on the stems where they've grown since I have had them and that when my Mum was here she smoked in the garden (which I've read is bad for tomato plants?).

In article , Learner-Grower
writes
small dogs with a tomato in it's mouth a few days back (they are
poisonous to dogs)


Who on earth told you that? Tomatoes are fine for dogs, mine love tomato
juice as well. Maybe you mean the flowers and fruit on potatoes which i
think can induce sickness.

Tomatoes are definitely NOT poisonous to dogs or i assume they would
also be poisonous to us:!
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:55:55 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

In article , Learner-Grower
writes
small dogs with a tomato in it's mouth a few days back (they are
poisonous to dogs)


Who on earth told you that? Tomatoes are fine for dogs, mine love tomato
juice as well. Maybe you mean the flowers and fruit on potatoes which i
think can induce sickness.

Tomatoes are definitely NOT poisonous to dogs or i assume they would
also be poisonous to us:!

Bunny Guinness on GQT has more than once recommended adding tomato
juice to female dogs' food which apparently stops their urine killing
the grass. Can't confirm it as I don't have dogs. I guess the
poisonous bit is the potato fruit, as Janet says.

Pam in Bristol

I had heard it at my vets, and when I googled it it appeared on several food lists so I have been wary of a few things since.

http://www.starbreezes.com/11/foodsafe.html

http://www.wisegeek.com/which-foods-...s-and-dogs.htm

http://www.submityourarticle.com/art...dogs-26128.php

As I had an unexplained sudden death (I paid for an extensive post mortum) on an otherwise apparrantly health young Chihuahua which devastated me - I have always felt that I would prefer to err on the side of caution. With my dogs also being very small I suspect dosage levels of certain things would be higher to them than say a GSD a labrador or a newfoundland sized dog.

I've replanted my struggling 2 plants the right way up now and put them higher up on a garden utensils container.