Planting tomatoes - Claire's Allotment part 44
Tips, Tricks
How to plant your tomatoes in your allotment, with some tips on side-shooting.
Comments
-
I'm really confused anout Tomatoes, Do they grow ok outside in the UK? I thought theyneeded to be in a greenhouse. Will it be better to keep them outside during the day? Is there a set time to flower? IMine are about 7 inches tall and it is the begining of July, Should I expect flowers by August?
-
Never mind. We all learn something new every year. This year mine was what I thought were aubergine seeds, turned out not to be. I have no idea what they are.
-
It was a page that discussed crop rotation and talked about having beds for families of plants, and then talked about keeping families separate. It didn't expressly say that Tomatoes and potatoes couldn't go together or that they could, just that you should only plant families together. I think the issue was that it was not specific enough and so without anything to inform me, I saw that tomatoes and potatoes were part of the same family and merrily planted away. Oh well!
-
I've just subbed to your channel, I look forward to seeing how you get on. Have fun.
-
There are lots of plants that go together, but tomatoes and potatoes really don't. They should be kept as far away from each other as possible, and never plant them after each other the following year, leave at least 2 years gap. Where did you read that information? It's a big no, no! Hope everything goes well this year for you.
-
I have subbed to your channel and my own novice exploits are charted on my own channel as I stumble my way through, usually making every mistake in the book. I am learning fast though and your videos are proving very useful for me. Thanks for continuing to take the time to put them up and help out the clueless newbies like me. Feel free to drop by and see the progress I am making if you find a spare bit of time.
-
Oh Claire I wish I had found this video before I started planting. I received my allotment at the beginning of June and started digging. I planted out 3 varieties of potatoes first (International Kidney, Maris Bard and Charlotte) whilst my tomatoes were started off in pots, then I found a page which said Tomatoes and Potatoes can be planted together. I found this too late. I am hoping the potatoes are nearly ready to pull up so might get away with it.
-
@bboychi1 Money maker are the easiest of Tomatoes to grow as they produce loads of fruit. I always grow what I think looks interesting. To be honest, I can't find the empty packets. I know that I got a multi pack, which had 6 varieties in, varying from yellow, red, small and large. I also got Jumbly from Victoriana Nursery Gardens. Look at their website as they have very interesting bits and pieces.
-
@treefrog2108 thank you for the help. my peas are doing great now and the tomatoe plant seems to be doing fine too, theres a couple of tomatoes appearing.its all very exciting.:)
-
@treefrog2108 That's ok. Glad the peas worked.
-
@treefrog2108 I'd leave the tomato plant alone, make sure you feed and water well. The flowers will appear indue course, and when they do start to feed. Don't use the upside down planter next year, I'm personally not a big fan of them. They'll be fine for nasturtiums or sweet peas next year.
-
@treefrog2108
-
also just wanted to say you helped in the past with my pea growing, so thanks,sorry for the double or same posts if they appear on other vids as sometimes the posting dosent work for some reason and then youve found you've posted twice.:)
-
hello claire, i have an upside down tomatoe plant , was considering transplanting it to a pot to grow normally. I've seen a few reviews that upside down growers arent ideal. the problem is the plant has a big hoop in it as it is trying to grow upright, now if i transplant it do you think it would take too much effort from the plant too up right itself and it might not produce fruit.? also it is growing well, but no signs of tomatoes or flowering yet,will it it do this of its own accord?
-
@geordiesumner I watches episode 3, the potato video. What can I say... very interesting. It's always best not to focus on just 1 persons advice. Don't agree with garlic from the supermarket though. I did have a chuckle though when he mentioned the tyres.
-
Sound like a wonderful idea, I may try it this year. It may be a little harder to weed, but will look very pretty with a variety of leaves and vegetables coming up together.
-
Don't know anything about growing in England, but maybe some American methods may work there. Rather than row planting your small seeds try wide row planting. Broadcast seeds over a leveled area about 6-12 inches wide. Saves on space. Sow radishes with your beets, turnips, carrots etc. They will come up quicker and provide shade for the slower starting crops. Plant indetermiate tomatoes and grow them in cages. No need to sucker and they keep growing and producing until frost. Nice videos.
-
No not at all, the tomatoes still taste the same. Blight starts with brown patches on the stem, and rapidly spreads. If caught early it can be contained. There are various medicines out there for blight, go to the garden centre and see what they have. The bottom leaves sometimes loose colour, feed them with tomato feed as soon as flowers start to appear.
-
I think you've misunderstood what I've said. There needs to be 1 main stem and off that stem I allow 4 fruiting trusses. If you don't cut out the side shoots then they take all the goodness from the plant and you end up with a less quality crop. Some tomatoes however, do not need side shooting. See the back of the packet for more information about which to side shoot and which not to.
-
Hi, Claire: It sounds like you're restricting your indeterminate tomato plants to one leader per plant. That's a little extreme. My experience is that you can allow up to 4 leaders (many commercial growers do 2 leaders per plant), and then pinch off any subsequent ones. You'll get many more tomatoes this way rather than forcing only one main stem, and they'll be just as tasty. Cheerio!
8m 1sLength in seconds