Tomatoes 2010

[Kirsten]

I thought there was already one of these threads... maybe I missed it?

Anyway, I have sprouts today finally - eight oregon springs, and two yellow pears :) I'm excited! Some of these little sprouts are quite silly and keen on tying their little stems into knots. *shakes head*

[Kirsten]

Here we are at exactly one week post-seeding:

http://i41.tinypic.com/atvuxv.jpg

[Foz]

:cheerleader: they are doing well.

I just started mine 3 days ago after i got back from my hols

[Tania]

You have the first two leaves :GreenThumbs:
I think mine will sprout soon too. I will try to post pics tomorrow

[Foz]

:D some of mine have already started growing! yay will post pics soon

[Kirsten]

Week 2 pictures. Uh, I have a LOT of tomatoes. There are still three more that didn't fit into this picture.

http://i44.tinypic.com/2uq2806.jpg

[rubmanhayat]

http://www.muslimgrower.com/discussionforum/showthread.php?t=222

Just a thought...should these be merged. This way all the info will be in one thread unless we have a separate one for every year. Thanks

[Foz]

i think theres a seperate one for each year

[rubmanhayat]

kool :)

[Tania]

kool :)If you had a bad year previously, you will be spared to remember it :p

[Kirsten]

If you had a bad year previously, you will be spared to remember it :p

haha that's true! I forgot all about my tomato woes of 2008 until I looked back through that thread in 2009. :rolleyes:

[rubmanhayat]

I haven't grown anything other than my mango plants, so I have no previous haunting memories : ) I shall try this year Inshallah.

[Kirsten]

Inshallah you have a great tomato year! :)

[Riz]

i sowed 10 moneymaker tommie seeds last night... ill update when they germinate :)

[Tania]

I shall try this year Inshallah.You should sow them now.

[~Obsidian~]

http://www.muslimgrower.com/discussionforum/showthread.php?t=222

Just a thought...should these be merged. This way all the info will be in one thread unless we have a separate one for every year. Thanks
See this (http://www.muslimgrower.com/discussionforum/showthread.php?t=225) thread.
i think theres a seperate one for each year
:ty:
If you had a bad year previously, you will be spared to remember it :p
:p
haha that's true! I forgot all about my tomato woes of 2008 until I looked back through that thread in 2009. :rolleyes:
Squirrel wars? I remember that!

I sowed some moneymaker and plum roma seeds a while back, still waiting for germination.

[rubmanhayat]

sowed 6 seeds of Super Beefsteak tomato variety. Will post when they germinate, Inshallah : )

[Riz]

hey good luck with your tomatoe grow, i take it you will be growing in pots etc...

please when you have some time read the stickies in this section as guidelines :)

here is one of the stickies growing in containers


http://www.muslimgrower.com/discussionforum/showthread.php?t=12

[ze leetle elper]

Cut up a tomato from the fridge and chucked the seeds into a tray lol :p Few weeks later I have loooads of seedlings which are beginning to produce their 3rd leaf yay mashaallah! :D

[rubmanhayat]

Cut up a tomato from the fridge and chucked the seeds into a tray lol :p Few weeks later I have loooads of seedlings which are beginning to produce their 3rd leaf yay mashaallah! :D
Now how'd these tomato seeds be different from the ones I bought in a packet other than the variety?

[ze leetle elper]

Short answer: they are not! :p

[ze leetle elper]

Here's my tomatoes so far...I know I tend to overcrowed every pot lol I prefer to do this and then thin them out later :p

[Riz]

mashallah zee , i am really impressed... great germination job

i am still waiting for mine to germinate indoors its been nearly a week now !!!!

:GreenThumbs::GreenThumbs::GreenThumbs:

[~Obsidian~]

Mine have germinated (as of three days ago), but I forgot to plant the minibel seeds :o so I've got the plum roma and moneymaker varieties atm.

[rubmanhayat]

I am still waiting on this one. Now that I have found out that beefsteak variety kinda gets huge, the picture on the packet was kinda deceiving, I am thinking of trying to germinate plum variety as well.

[Riz]

yeah huge and potentially juicy so good for desi cooking and pasta sauces.. i am sticking with the money maker variety though.... last years crop was still green on the vine and it was October and the weather changed so i lost the whole crop, well made compost out of it......

[Foz]

i did 16 moneymakers (10 for my mum) they have all germinated! :cheerleader:

all doing well...will post pic soon....

[Riz]

good germination rates fozia...

I really hope we have a good summer this season, but i say that every season too .... last season i didn't do to well with the tommies.. :peace:

[rubmanhayat]

All germinated :) I expected 6 but there are 7. wohooooo :)

[rubmanhayat]

My first tommies : ) Should it be ok if I thin them next week or it'd be too late and they be all tangled?

[Riz]

very nice... yeah pot them individually.. usually clear pots aren't ideal because the roots like darkness, but they are babies so you should be ok for now :)

that's what i did last night with mine

here is a pic

[ze leetle elper]

Mine have produced their 3rd leaf now yay mashaallah! So gonna seperate then and pot them individually today inshaAllah!

[Foz]

heres one of mine...they are all roughly this size now

[rubmanhayat]

Mashallah this is gr8. Will you leave it in this size pot or repot in a bigger one?

[Foz]

i think for now i will just leave it in this pot...should be ok until i plant them outside

[Kirsten]

Yay for everyone who has seedlings! :)

Here are mine, at 4 weeks:

http://i42.tinypic.com/25avq.jpg

[felicity]

It's been weeks but mine have sprouted anything yet.

[Tania]

It's been weeks but mine have sprouted anything yet.They need warm to sprout, may be thats their problem. I read in my book and its true for germination the tomatoes seeds needs 10 days.

[Riz]

is that perlite in the soil k !!? :)

[Kirsten]

No - crushed egg shells for calcium ;)

[Kirsten]

Pic fro this morning - 5 weeks. A bit behind schedule from last year but I'm not too worried:

http://i39.tinypic.com/eqxq0x.jpg

My friends in Southern California have fruit already! I'm so jealous!

[Tania]

Pic fro this morning - 5 weeks. A bit behind schedule from last year but I'm not too worried:

Your seedlings are only 35 days old and according with my book, they should have the first flower when are 55 days old.

[rubmanhayat]

2 weeks after my last post. looks like these are growing slow :( I had covered most of the seedling when I separated them. 3 more just like these.

[Riz]

Here are my 8 "moneymaker" tommie seedlings, they are kept at the windowsill and i turn them on a regular basis so they dont swoon to one side while chasing the rays of the sun... cant wait to put them out come mid may...

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/tom2.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/tom1.jpg

[felicity]

For some reason, the seeds failed to germinate, Is it too late to sow some more

[Riz]

No its not too late, you still have time to sow the tommie seeds :)

[~Obsidian~]

For some reason, the seeds failed to germinate, Is it too late to sow some more

Not at all - around this time last year I was noticing sprouts from my old tomatoes that had rotted in the ground, they reached the fruiting stage as well (although they didn't complete it). To help speed it along give them regular feeds and make sure you control the growth.

[Kirsten]

My goodness, did not realize that yesterday made seven weeks.

Here are the ones that I've definitely decided to keep for myself:

http://i43.tinypic.com/16i8u8k.jpg

There are still 9 more plants (18 in total) that are still of much smaller size. I'm definitely keeping 12 for myself, so I'll probably spread out the wealth around friends once I decide which of the other three to keep. I'm still sad that one of my biggest and best looking yellow pear tomato plants got decapitated yesterday in a freak act of nature :(

[Tania]

The tomatoes in the warm bed (straight before i plant them):
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8597/im008047.jpg (http://img59.imageshack.us/i/im008047.jpg/)
and one seedling:
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/4127/im008060.jpg (http://img580.imageshack.us/i/im008060.jpg/)

[Foz]

ive planted mine outside too

I gave 10 to my parents and they all doing well outside

i kept 5 but one couldnt stand the cold and has withered away :violin:

the others are ok though:D

[Kirsten]

Mine are so spindly :( they're barely capable of standing up on their own! I think I'll just probably have to plant them super super deep...

[Tania]

Its usually to plant them deeper. :o

[ze leetle elper]

I have given up on my tomatoes lol. Last year I had so many I didn't know what to do. This year they just won't grow!! and when they finally do germinate and sprout...it a SLOOOOOOWW process argh! At this rate I will have fruit in December lol! :D

anyhoo I cheated now and bought 2 plants from the high street (80p each yay!) which are a nice size (about 2 handspans tall already mashaallah!) I put them in the ground today, hopefully they will suceed where others have failed. :cheerleader:

[Riz]

mine are still indoors and growing really well against the windowsills... still in the same tiny pots too, they have doubled in size from the previous pics, I didnt do to well with the tommie grow last season 80% of the fruit was still green and it was nearly autumn.. hope this season is better, but at the end you are at the mercy of the weather, if we get a decent summer they will turn red on the vine in early to late august..

[LUCPOTTER]

Mine seem to be doing well the top half but the lower part is getting yellow and brown spots :down: any ideas what it might be ?
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7126/tomatoes003.th.jpg (http://img138.imageshack.us/i/tomatoes003.jpg/) http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6074/tomatoes001.th.jpg (http://img694.imageshack.us/i/tomatoes001.jpg/)

[Riz]

do you use tomato fertilizer or nutrients.. i would get some from BnQ and use it...

[Kirsten]

Yeah, it looks like a lack of nutrients to me. Also, how much and how often are you watering?

[Riz]

my tomato seedlings are getting bigger in real small pots, half the size of the regular seedling pots

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC01174.jpg

[LUCPOTTER]

Thanks for the reply Riz and Kirsten,
I was watering about every 3 days but now I am just checking by sticking a finger in the soil to see if its damp so this week I don't think I have watered them at all, I started last Sunday with tomato fertilizer and plan to give them another feed this Sunday,
I am growing them in a empty salmon box(big white things) in a greenhouse on a south facing wall, Thanks again for the info :)

edit : I water maybe 2-3 cups of water

[Tania]

The last tomatoes from the warm bed. I also sowed between rows beans:
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/8224/im008067.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/i/im008067.jpg/)


Riz your tomatoes has very good size of stem

[rubmanhayat]

Salaam-O-Alaikum Every1,

Mine are slow. Not sure if i'll see tomatoes this season :( These 4 are the best out of 7 that I have. I am planning to put them in bigger pots this weekend.

[Riz]

they look ok to me hayat :)

[Riz]

need more compost.. need to plant the tommie seedlings outdoors now and leave them out for good.. will get some on the weekend...

really pleased with the seedlings even though they have been indoors for a while, last few days they have been outdoors, get them acclimatized and hardened off...

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC01339.jpg

[ze leetle elper]

My 2 lonely tomatoes lol! Here's hoping they survive to fruit! :p

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59/zeleetleelper/garden/DSC03510.jpg

[Riz]

zee..

Lets hope we have a hot summer and they will ripen on the vine... i have garlic and radish growing in the veg patch so no room there...

i have 9 seedlings and they are getting root bound in the small pots, so today i replanted 2 in the deep green trough... and the rest i will do tomorrow when i get more compost from BnQ..

[rubmanhayat]

Riz,

Will a trough be enough for that tomato plant or you'll repot them once they get bigger?

[Riz]

yeah plenty hayat..

i grew tommies in grow bags season before last and got great results... they are staying in the troughs permanently

[Riz]

but the golden rule when growing in pots is "the bigger the container the higher the yield"

but if space is an issue and you dont have a veg patch, this is the best solution IMO

[rubmanhayat]

Thanks. I'll try to put 2 in a trough and hope for the best :)

[rubmanhayat]

Here are all my tomatoes. Only one seems to be taking off and rest are trying to catch up. The top 3 on the right are Cantaloupes. They still flowering but no female flowers.

[Riz]

is that the only window you have for all them plants hayat !?

[rubmanhayat]

I have 4 windows of that size & all taken. In one I have my two mangoes with pineapple, second I have my big mango with 3 cukes, Third is in this post & fourth I have a trough in which I have corriander waiting for germination. I know it's not enough. I am planning to build something on the roof, like a huge cage and put my pots in there.

[Riz]

some more of my tommies in pots

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC01680.jpg





http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC01675.jpg

[Riz]

got a few flowers on one of the tommie plants


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC01760.jpg

[rubmanhayat]

Wow, Mashallah this is great. I didn't think tommies would flower this early. I thought they would go a few feet before they flower. How big is this one? My cantaloupes are flowering and they are hardly 5 inches so it could be just my imagination since I have no experience growing tommies :)

[Riz]

the plant is around 12 inches in height, the other 5 tommie plants are just growing green at the moment, We had 2 days of great sunshine last week and everything in the garden started to bloom, but since then it has been cloudy...

its best to give the tommie plants nutrients if you're growing in pots and containers espically if the leaves are looking lime green.. you can go natural or use chemicals, i have a bottle of nutrients in the draw so i will be mixing that with water next time its feeding time for the tommie plants...

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC01898.jpg


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC01899.jpg

[Kirsten]

Very nice Riz :)

Some of the self-seeded "weed" tomatoes from last year's fallen fruit have already started fruiting. The ones I went to a huge effort to plant and care for, nothing! So frustrating ;)

[LUCPOTTER]

Mine seem to be doing well under glass. but my cucs and melon have had bad mildew but seems to not have effected the toms yet

Money maker

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/8360/008xb.th.jpg (http://img810.imageshack.us/i/008xb.jpg/)

sunbaby

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/1184/007q.th.jpg (http://img823.imageshack.us/i/007q.jpg/)

Plum

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/9240/006f.th.jpg (http://img809.imageshack.us/i/006f.jpg/)

Shirley these have small green fruit on atm : )

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5585/004la.th.jpg (http://img822.imageshack.us/i/004la.jpg/)

[Riz]

good job luc.. they are looking green and healthy...

if you grow in pots and containers you might want to feed them once weekly with some tomato nutrients.. In the ground the roots go down deep and plenty of goodness in the soil, but in pots you may wish to give them a little boost once a week, so i am mixing some nutes in with the water once a week..

as you can see the bottom leaves are yellowing lack of NPK , but the rest of the plant looks lush and healthy..

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC02339.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC02340.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC02341.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC02367.jpg

[Riz]

the tomatoes plants in the pots are growing lush and green too :)


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC02453.jpg

[Foz]

my parents tomota plants which i gave them are huge...mine arent so big.

[Riz]

they are getting there foz

i have my first fruit :)

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSC02465.jpg

[rubmanhayat]

It's becoming a vegetable patch in my apartment :)

[Riz]

^ aww looks like mini jungle hehee good work !!!

more flowers budding on my tommie plants.....

[Foz]

my mums 10 plants which i gave them

[rubmanhayat]

:( mini jungle...without any fruit/vegetable. Its kinda embarassment...:( some females flowers on cantaloupe but no fruit set. All male flowers on cukes & na'in on tommies :\

[Riz]

inshallah you will get some flowers on the tommie plants soon enough... keep checking though sometimes they just appear overnight :)

[Riz]

hayat..

i was looking at your pics , and i think the containers for the tomato plants are too small, you need to repot them in bigger containers so the roots can grow on...

[Riz]

tommies getting bigger :)

[rubmanhayat]

Mashallah this is great. I think i know what seems to be the problem. Since they are in the windows they do get some daylight but no direct sunlight hittin 'em. I gave away three to my friend and his are flowering already and they are grown way too big compared to mine. So I might take these and keep at his house. They moved to a bigger house and have a back yard now. I think it's too late to start tilling it. May be next year, Inshallah. Meanwhile, I'll have all my plant there till winter and see if I'll get any fruit/vegetable.

[Riz]

yeah hayat prolly because lack of quality sunlight :)

some of my tommies are turning colour :)

[Riz]

:cheerleader:

[Dunemist]

Some of mine have got black bottoms. Think it is a case of lack of water and lack of nutrients. I have been a poor "mother" to them lately - been so busy. Will have to pay more attention to the little darlings or I'll lose them all. The best producers were a variety called Ananas. Bought these in France in 2008 and sowed the seeds this year. They are big, fat, juicy, and lovely. They don't look too pretty but they taste great.:D

[~Obsidian~]

Sounds like a typical case of blossom end rot (http://www.nvsuk.org.uk/growing_show_vegetables_1/tomato-blossom-end-rot.php), what a shame!

Ananas hey? Would appreciate a picture! I'm expecting a strange looking tomato seeing as ananas means pineapple in german :p

[rubmanhayat]

...and my blurry tomoto plant. No flower yet again :( They were indoor all season, therefore, didn't grow upto that mark. Got hit by rain, let's see if they get some flowers now. This is the first year, I am a 'lil disappointed but Inshallah next year will prepare ahead of time.

[~Obsidian~]

Fertiliser dude, seriously (if you aren't already). I had a second generation tomato plant sprouting in my garden last year and although it was a late grower, it flowered at a small size (and in a tiny pot actually).

[ze leetle elper]

The giant beefeter tomato plants I got from the shop months back have now fruited and they are huge! Unfortunately I wasn't home for long periods, many were eaten (very red and ripe!) some exploded LOL :p

The cherry ones are lovely and big but still green, so trying to get them back upright (they fell down with all the wind) so they can ripen :GreenThumbs:

[~Obsidian~]

Hahaa I remember growing those! How are you supporting those badboys?

[rubmanhayat]

Fertiliser dude, seriously (if you aren't already). I had a second generation tomato plant sprouting in my garden last year and although it was a late grower, it flowered at a small size (and in a tiny pot actually).

:) If you see the pic in post 83 I had them in very small cut up milk galons. Just repotted them last week in that trough. I am not using any fertilizer for now. Will go check out home depot and get some. This is beaksteak variety. If I get any of 'em how do I support them considering them grow huge? :D

[~Obsidian~]

You call those very small? Monsieur my pot was smaller! Which is why I emphasized that they flowered in spite of the size of the pot with the help of the fertilizer.

I tried using a bamboo cane to support those and it didn't work, had to tie the plant to a very stout stick in the end. The tomatoes get so big and so heavy that you'll probably need to put a support network in place as opposed to relying on a single stick - perhaps two very stout sticks, one on either side?

[rubmanhayat]

I will get some fertilizer today and look out for some support system. Monsieur?<--- :)

[~Obsidian~]

Monsieur = Mr. (I spout all kids of randomness sometimes, sorry!)

[Riz]

some tommies Turing red on the vine :)

[rubmanhayat]

Yay, after 4 months I have some flower buds showing up :) One bloomed yesterday and since I had to bring all my plants down 'coz the dayum owner found out :\ I tried to pollinate it by hand. Let's see if it gets any tommies.

I haven't grown anything other than my mango plants, so I have no previous haunting memories : ) I shall try this year Inshallah.

...and I guess I'll have some memories from this year that will haunt for a while. Losing my mango plants, cukes ended up being Cantaloupes, gnats :eek: Yup :) one cuke plant that I gave to my friend ended up getting some female flowers and turned out to be cantaloupes. I lost mine by moving them up on the roof and then back again in the apartment : )

[Riz]

my tommie grow has come to an end, got around dozen tommies of each plant grown in containers :)