I have researched the topic a bit, and get some contrary advice: from
don't feed until you see flowers to if you don't feed regularly grow
bag toms, you'll get blossom end rot.
Help! Should I feed before I see flowers? Only my totem bush plant is
showing its first.
What about those that have none?
TIA

Cat(h)

"Cat(h)" <cathy_ie [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have researched the topic a bit, and get some contrary advice: from
> don't feed until you see flowers to if you don't feed regularly grow
> bag toms, you'll get blossom end rot.
> Help! Should I feed before I see flowers? Only my totem bush plant is
> showing its first.
> What about those that have none?

I wanted to ask about feeding as well.

I have some tomato plants growing in pots in the greenhouse, the pots were
filled with the contents of grow bags, the master of the housr tells me I
should be feeding them, but what with, and how do I feed them, and how
often?

Alan

Alan Holmes wrote:
> "Cat(h)" <cathy_ie [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1150114534.499083.29440 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> >I have researched the topic a bit, and get some contrary advice: from
> > don't feed until you see flowers to if you don't feed regularly grow
> > bag toms, you'll get blossom end rot.
> > Help! Should I feed before I see flowers? Only my totem bush plant is
> > showing its first.
> > What about those that have none?
>
> I wanted to ask about feeding as well.
>
> I have some tomato plants growing in pots in the greenhouse, the pots were
> filled with the contents of grow bags, the master of the housr tells me I
> should be feeding them, but what with, and how do I feed them, and how
> often?
>
> Alan

Proprietary liquid tomato feed is available everywhere here -
supermarkets, garden centres, etc. My understanding is that you need
to feed toms that are grown in pots or grow bags - less so toms that
are in well prepared and manured open soil.
My bottle at home states that I should feed every two weeks - but it
doesn't say when I should start. I have read in some places that I
should start from when flowers appear, and other places seem to
indicate an earlier start.
I am currently feeding every couple of weeks, and watering every couple
of days, as my toms are growing outside in growbags, and we are
currently having a heat/dry wave.
I would like to know if I am doing right or wrong.

Cat(h)

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>
> Alan Holmes wrote:
>> "Cat(h)" <cathy_ie [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1150114534.499083.29440 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> >I have researched the topic a bit, and get some contrary advice: from
>> > don't feed until you see flowers to if you don't feed regularly grow
>> > bag toms, you'll get blossom end rot.
>> > Help! Should I feed before I see flowers? Only my totem bush plant is
>> > showing its first.
>> > What about those that have none?
>>
>> I wanted to ask about feeding as well.
>>
>> I have some tomato plants growing in pots in the greenhouse, the pots
>> were
>> filled with the contents of grow bags, the master of the housr tells me I
>> should be feeding them, but what with, and how do I feed them, and how
>> often?
>>
>> Alan
>
> Proprietary liquid tomato feed is available everywhere here -
> supermarkets, garden centres, etc. My understanding is that you need
> to feed toms that are grown in pots or grow bags - less so toms that
> are in well prepared and manured open soil.
> My bottle at home states that I should feed every two weeks - but it
> doesn't say when I should start. I have read in some places that I
> should start from when flowers appear, and other places seem to
> indicate an earlier start.
> I am currently feeding every couple of weeks, and watering every couple
> of days, as my toms are growing outside in growbags, and we are
> currently having a heat/dry wave.
> I would like to know if I am doing right or wrong.

I haven't fed tomatoes for years - they grow in greenhouse borders (soil
never changed but scratched in and deposited on by hens during the winter
for the last few years) and in garden plots - four year rotation only, no
feeding as such.

We get a lot of tomatoes - this year I've sown and planted about thirty
plants of different kinds, I'll dry and freeze those fruit which overface us
for immediate consumption. I buy tomatoes very rarely and then only local
ones, even they are nothing like as good as our own :-)

Lots and lots of water though. Daily watering. There are butts all round the
garden and the greenhouse has a perforated hose just under or on the soil,
fed by a butt taking water from the house roof.

I might be doing all the wrong things of course!

Mary
>
> Cat(h)
>

Mary Fisher wrote:
> I haven't fed tomatoes for years - they grow in greenhouse borders (soil
> never changed but scratched in and deposited on by hens during the winter
> for the last few years) and in garden plots - four year rotation only, no
> feeding as such.
>
> We get a lot of tomatoes - this year I've sown and planted about thirty
> plants of different kinds, I'll dry and freeze those fruit which overface us
> for immediate consumption. I buy tomatoes very rarely and then only local
> ones, even they are nothing like as good as our own :-)
>
> Lots and lots of water though. Daily watering. There are butts all round the
> garden and the greenhouse has a perforated hose just under or on the soil,
> fed by a butt taking water from the house roof.
>
> I might be doing all the wrong things of course!
>
> Mary

I dare say you would have noticed :-) These will be (cross fingers and
toes) my first crop since I gardened with my Daddy too long ago for
comfort - and in a very different place where neither grow bags nor
green houses were ever needed for a successful crop.
(nostalgic sigh)

Cat(h)

"Cat(h)" <cathy_ie [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>
>> I might be doing all the wrong things of course!
>>
>> Mary
>
> I dare say you would have noticed :-) These will be (cross fingers and
> toes) my first crop since I gardened with my Daddy too long ago for
> comfort - and in a very different place where neither grow bags nor
> green houses were ever needed for a successful crop.
> (nostalgic sigh)

In my experience - and I've probably been very lucky - there are few easier
plants than tomatoes.

I only grow crops I succeed with, I can't be bothered with things like
carrots or peas, much as I love them, because I've never had good crops. I
suffer from idleitis.

Mary
>
> Cat(h)
>

"Mary Fisher" <mary.fisher [at] zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Cat(h)" <cathy_ie [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>
>>> I might be doing all the wrong things of course!
>>>
>>> Mary
>>
>> I dare say you would have noticed :-) These will be (cross fingers and
>> toes) my first crop since I gardened with my Daddy too long ago for
>> comfort - and in a very different place where neither grow bags nor
>> green houses were ever needed for a successful crop.
>> (nostalgic sigh)
>
> In my experience - and I've probably been very lucky - there are few
> easier plants than tomatoes.
>
> I only grow crops I succeed with, I can't be bothered with things like
> carrots or peas, much as I love them, because I've never had good crops. I
> suffer from idleitis.

Oh dear, I do hope it isn't catching!(:-)

But I have to say, that when I do grow peas none of them ever get into the
kitchen!

Alan

>
> Mary
>>
>> Cat(h)
>>
>
>

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>

>>
>> I only grow crops I succeed with, I can't be bothered with things like
>> carrots or peas, much as I love them, because I've never had good crops.
>> I suffer from idleitis.
>
> Oh dear, I do hope it isn't catching!(:-)
>
> But I have to say, that when I do grow peas none of them ever get into the
> kitchen!

My father grew wonderful peas, not all of those got to the kitchen either.
The ones I've tried to grow always suffer from what I imagine is mildew.

I'd love to grow parsnips too and salsify, the one I did manage was
wonderful and a daughter grows the best parsnips I've ever tasted, she's my
inspiration but her skill isn't catching :-(

Mary
>
> Alan
>
>>
>> Mary
>>>
>>> Cat(h)
>>>
>>
>>
>
>