Tomato Growing 2025

@Butterfly6 , if you have been planting into the same soil for 8 years that may well be the issue. My father used to talk about soil becoming "tomato sick". I've since learned that as toms are the same family as potatoes they are subject to many of the same diseases. This means there can be a build up of eelworms, root viruses and other issues. You may need to dig out the soil, to at least one spade depth, and exchange it for some from elsewhere in the garden that has not grown potatoes or tomatoes in the past couple of years. Either thst or grow them in bagged compost in pots as mentioned above.

 

Definitely, greenhouse needs new compost. I had the same issue. Now every February I add home made compost. This year I added fertilizers: bonemeal and fish, blood and bone. And sown phacelia to improve the soil. Plus I check greenhouse in winter for soil not to dry completely.

 

No picture but I harvested some Minibels today and made a tomato and pesto sauce for my lunch box pasta. Delicious.

 

I am now picking a few Outdoor Girl and Veranda Red every day. Flavour is very good.

 

I'd agree about the soil in the gr'house probably being the problem. It may seem a sudden change, but it's probably been deteriorating over time, and this year has just been a bridge too far for them @Butterfly6. A pity though.
I've been picking a few of the Toddler ones I've grown this year for the first time, but I'm not terribly impressed. Had some in a salad last night, but there didn't seem to be much flavour. They might get better though...
The other new one - Garnet, is slow, but they're ripening a bit more now. I doubt the outdoor one will do much though, but it was surplus stock, so it doesn't matter too much.
The Sungolds have also been slow, but have been their usual nice juicy flavoursome selves when I pick them. They don't usually make it to the kitchen - lovely picked off the plant and eaten there and then

 

A mix of varieties - Gardeners Delight, Maskotka, Rosella, Golden Bumblebee, Yellow Pear, Blue Bayou, Sakura.

 

My tomatoes have just started ripening but nowhere as much fruit as usual. As I live on my own I have just about reached a point where I am thinking about freezing a few. The large fruited Big Mama is nowhere near ripe yet, always late to ripen. My plants have suddenly produced large trusses of flowering sprays on the top growth. I am going to take a chance and let them carry on, might get some green tomatoes late. The blossom end rot seems to have stopped as well.

 

I only have six plants in Dordogne, France but they are doing pretty well growing outside. It's been very hot here, late 30s but I've watered them.

 

I have only grown Roma tomatoes this year, they are very poor even though they have irrigation. They seemed to have early blight and didn't put on much growth, when they did get going they took ages to produce fruit and then with the high temperatures they have sun scorch as I didn't get them covered, also they now have more blight! Oh well there's always next year!

 

Some from today, mainly outside so they will ripen without getting chomped on by birds/squirrel etc

 

If you like plum toms I'd recommend Crimson plum f1, they are one of the most productive I've ever grown, and I dont water.
Supposedly blight resistant.



Sunscorch and blight seems like two different ends of the scale.

 

@pete I agree Crimson plum are excellent. Yes they are blight resistant, but of course that doesn't mean totally immune, just that they will last longer than others under attack.

 

Well yes none is totally immune to blight that is why they say resistant rather than proof.

 

Another fan of Crimson Plum here! Super productive, really tasty and somehow has had very little blossom end rot despite being in the same compost that seemingly caused a crazy amount of BER in the other plants.

Had the first Dr Wyches yellow of the year today - absolutely delicious!

 

I picked my first ripe Ola Polka today. Very pretty yellow tomatoes and lovely flavour.