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RE: cherry tomatoes

Posted 81 days ago

Hi Rod
My cherry tomatoes are finished now - I let them go from last year and they were not looking good when I came back from a 2 month holiday over winter. Unfortunately I am the only gardener at home, my husband, who stayed at home, didn't look after them. I'm looking forward to some roma tomatoes coming up in the front garden, and a french sounding one that I always forget the name of. I'm expecting seedlings to come up from the seeds dropped from my neglected cherry tomatoes after a good drop of rain, once I've re established and refreshed the garden bed they were growing in.
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RE: cherry tomatoes

Posted 81 days ago

oh yer those roma tomatoes simply marvous....well my cherry tomatoes are abot 5 ft high and just heathy as and full of fruit.i also just planted carrots and radish, spring onion, chilli ....and their all growing fast.....

RE: cherry tomatoes

Posted 78 days ago

Hi Rod. Great to hear from you, I put in some hierloom tomatos this year..... Green Zebras only problem is Im not quite sure when they will be ripe. LOL silly me.
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RE: cherry tomatoes

Posted 72 days ago

Hi Rod! What are you feeding your cherry tomatoes? My Apollo tomatoes aren't doing very well - I've just sprayed some Seasol and I remove the bottom branches, but they're still taking a while to grow. Do you grow from seed? I'm very new to the whole gardening thing so any advice you or (anyone) can give me would be much appreciated. Thanks

RE: cherry tomatoes

Posted 71 days ago

Goose, Seasol isn't a fertiliser, so it won't help that much (it's a soil conditioner, which means it helps plants to grow roots, so it is a good thing, but it might not be that terrific for tomatoes).

Try a liquid food such as Nitrosol or some kind of seaweed or fish-based liquid food. Good old Dynamic Lifter pellets, or cow manure would be great. If you're not fussed about organic gardening, even stuff like Thrive or Miracle Gro works fine.

Tomatoes are pretty greedy at first, so give them something, plus make sure the water supply is nice and even (ie, never any long dry stretches).

Good luck!
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RE: cherry tomatoes

Posted 69 days ago

Hi rodh. I'm solving misstrish's prob. re Green Zebra tomatoes.They are ready to eat when they turn slightly yellow between the stripes.Also softer if you give them a gentle squeeze.They taste GREAT!Don't freak out when you cut one open. They are meant to be green inside.
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RE: cherry tomatoes

Posted 66 days ago

Thanks Ozmac - I've given them some Dynamic Lifter and hopefully I'll see some good growth in the weeks to come. While at Bunnings, I noticed they also have Rooster Booster - does anyone know of this and how it compares with Dynamic Lifter for example?

RE: cherry tomatoes

Posted 64 days ago

Goose

I noticed the Rooster Booster at Bunnings, too. Rooster Booster has an official organic certification label (BFA) so it must be just pelletised chicken poo and nothing else, so that's a good thing. The 25kg bags of Dynamic Lifter also have the same BFA certification. I haven't tried Rooster Booster but it has to be pretty good if it's just pure chicken poo and so it's probably very similar to DL.
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RE: cherry tomatoes

Posted 62 days ago

sorry i havnt replied sooner, well i use dynamic lifter in new soil mixed really well ,i had an old container of cherry tomatoes , squashed them into the ground about 3 months ago and u should see them now, huge as well as the pellets i also use this tomatoe and insect food spray just for tomatoes,all natural , garlic ect smells nice and the plants love it.

I go to bunnings every saturday morning for new seeds and stuff, i call it my church..hehe...