Tomato Growing Thread 2023

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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    I'll just grow my usual incas and a few Crimson crush.
    I'm very stingy with tom seed and only sow the amount I need, so usually a packet lasts me a few years.
     
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      'Subjugator of Love' looks very similar to 'Sunstream' which I grew on my allotment back in 2014.
       
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        The screenshot is from Tomatofifou in France, so I suspect it's just an unfortunate translation.
         
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          I did a search for this tomato & the only images I found are from this French site.
           
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            Does anyone here graft tomato plants?
            I was thinking of trying it this year. I grow my tomatoes in polytunnel beds, same place for the last 4/5 years. I've been noticing less tomatoes with each year that passes.
            I use comfrey liquid for feed.
             
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              Maybe a grammatically off-kilter translation of Crushed Heart? Screenshot_2023-01-11-21-39-37-181_com.android.chrome.jpg
               
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                @Aidan mc

                If you keep growing tomatoes in the same soil there is a build up of pathogens resulting in weak growth as you have found out. One solution is to swap the soil with fresh, for example from a border that hasn't had tomatoes or potatoes grown for at least three years.

                Depending on the rootstock chosen, grafted tomatoes will have extra vigour and resistance to certain soil-borne diseases and allows tomatoes to be grown in the same soil year after year with no degradation in performance. I grafted my own for a few years.

                Then I followed advice from other members and found that using Mycorrhizal fungi produces a good comparable result for much less hassle.

                If you still want to go down the grafting route have a look at my thread:
                Tomato Grafting
                 
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                  I can explain. I was looking for the Pasilla Baijo peppers and the rest just sort of fell into my basket.;) IMG_20230112_060345.jpg
                   
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                    @JWK Thanks John. Thats interesting about the Mycorrhizal fungi.
                    Do you just use it when transplanting out? What type do you use?
                     
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                    Best used when planting out into thier final position, you sprinkle the powder at the bottom of the planting hole so it is in contact with the roots.

                    I use empathy RootGrow, a pack lasts me a couple of years. Make sure you buy the right version for tomatoes.
                     
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                        Is this it?
                        Tomato Starter 6 Biscuits - Empathy
                         
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                        I just use the standard Empathy product with everything I plant except annual flowers. For tomatoes and other pot grown plants I then mix in a slow release fertiliser. I don't bother with water retaining crystals as I have questions about how biodegradeable they are. When I did use them in hanging baskets having dumped the plants in the compost bin and the compost on the veg plot I still found the water retaining crystals the next summer.
                         
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                          The one I use is labelled for Edibles, it may also be for shrubs too.
                           
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                            Did anyone benefit from applying trichoderma in the greenhouse compost?
                             
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