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In message , Pam Moore
writes On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:57:12 +0100, Sacha wrote: I'm the least likely member of this group to discuss food growing but has anyone else noticed that tomatoes are watery and flavourless this year? Our are grown in large pots in a mix of soil and compost, in a large glass house. Each year, until this one, they have tasted sublime. This year they ripened late, cropped poorly and taste of nothing much at all. ;-( Mine are delicious!! Grown in the open on my allotment, but this year I am cuttiing them green, and ripening them on trays at home because I am so worried about blight, which has not yet srrived! As soon as a truss begins to colour I pick them. Today I even picked some quite green. The skins are slightly tough, but this is because they have been grown hard, and not had as mucn water as previous years,9 because I can no longer drive and rely on lifts). The flavour is excellent. (assorted varieties) Cannot compare with those grown under glass as I have no greenhouse. Pam in Bristol I've not grown toms before this year, and am quite happy to treat this as a learning year and not get much crop. As part of that I think I may have lost a couple of plants due to blight. Are the symptoms blackening leaves and the fruits go black from the bottom upwards? I also lost a couple of plants, but that was my fault for using too small pots :-( Live and learn. Next year growbags. :-) -- Mike Buckley RD350LC2 http://www.toastyhamster.freeserve.co.uk BONY#38 |
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In article , mike.
buckley writes I've not grown toms before this year, and am quite happy to treat this as a learning year and not get much crop. As part of that I think I may have lost a couple of plants due to blight. Are the symptoms blackening leaves and the fruits go black from the bottom upwards? I also lost a couple of plants, but that was my fault for using too small pots :-( Live and learn. Next year growbags. :-) You may also have blight, but what you are describing is bottom end rot. That is not a disease, but an outcome of irregular or erratic watering. -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
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In message , Alan Gould
writes In article , mike. buckley writes I've not grown toms before this year, and am quite happy to treat this as a learning year and not get much crop. As part of that I think I may have lost a couple of plants due to blight. Are the symptoms blackening leaves and the fruits go black from the bottom upwards? I also lost a couple of plants, but that was my fault for using too small pots :-( Live and learn. Next year growbags. :-) You may also have blight, but what you are describing is bottom end rot. That is not a disease, but an outcome of irregular or erratic watering. Aha, another lesson learned, hopefully with growbags next year they won't dry out so fast. The spot they're in now gets so hot in full sun that the pots can dry out while I'm at work. -- Mike Buckley RD350LC2 http://www.toastyhamster.freeserve.co.uk BONY#38 |
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