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    Am I just being impatient? my tomato plants have been fruiting loads over the last few weeks. All 5 bushes are laiden with big tommies, however, they're still green!

    How long do they take to turn red?!
     
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    It'll be a little while just yet Snowbaby so hold tight,some nice warm sunshine will see them right:dbgrtmb:
     
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      I have 3 cherry and 2 plum plants, the leaves on the plum ones are yellowing and curling, is this bad?
       
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      P.s. my gut feeling is it's due to needing more water but I can't water them enough in this hot weather were having! I've tried putting an empty squash bottle in the pot of each plant, pierced a small hole in the bottle so water trickles out. I fill the bottles in the evening and water then plants in the morning
       
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      What method are you using? Grow bags, containers, the soil or what? Obviously some methods need a lot more watering. Also do you have them in a greenhouse or outdoors?
       
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      They are in pots, ouside
       
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      Well they will take a little while longer to ripen being outside. I wouldn't worry about leaf curl, it's caused by variable night temperatures, it shouldn't affect them.

      Obviously pots take a fair bit more watering than having them in the soil. It sounds like you are doing the right thing with your watering regime.
       
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        By the way, my outdoor tomatoes haven't ripened yet even though I'm much further south (and a little warmer), I hope they will in a fortnight. I think most people on here saying they have ripe tomatoes grow them in greenhouses.
         
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          Is raining drizzly here tonight so they should get a better watering from that!
           
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            I have picked 4 Maskotkas from the window box over the last 2 days. One or two of the patio plants have a tom or two going from dark to light/lime green...:dancy:
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              Can you do the trick of putting Banana skins near the green fruit, to hasten ripening, with outdoor Toms? or will the Ethylene just blow away?
               
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