This is a Ruby tomato. It grew perfectly normally until it was about 50cm high then the growing point just degenerated into a very long leaf frond - which I hope the picyures show. It has not produced any side shoots either. I have one other (Amish Paste) that has done the same and one other Ruby that has done the same except it looks like it is producing a side shoot near the top. Each has one truss of flowers. The one in the photo keeled over today despite having some support I can't really see why. I am 99.9% certain I have not removed the growing points accidently. All my other toms are fine but I did have quite a few forkers in one slightly colder corner of the poly. Th'ese three are spread down the length of the tunnel. As the post says any ideas or comments, please? (Should say I havn't grown tom's before.)
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Tomatoes - not forking, no growing point and no side shoots - any ideas?
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One of mine has stopped itself after producing a truss. But it was an armpit and is also putting out its own armpits. Not much help to yourself tho' ...........strange year this......S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
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Couple of guess's for you, Hormone damage you have transfered something to the plant when you touched it. Virus can produce stunted grow and fern like leaves.
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Thanks for the replies, I'm not being awkward when I say the following (!):-
Originally posted by taff View Postthey don't look very healthy. They may have got frosted and just given up.
Originally posted by Potstubsdustbins View PostCouple of guess's for you, Hormone damage you have transfered something to the plant when you touched it. Virus can produce stunted grow and fern like leaves.
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They are what is known in the trade as 'dead'...looks more fungal than viral. Would be a good idea to remove and burn anyway.
Did you have other successful toms nearby? Try these....
What is airflow and humidity like?
Problem could be with the roots? What were they planted in...is it well drained? have they been overfed? overwatered? chilled? are there black patches on stems (ie is it blight?)
Any of above ring bell?
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Ooh... that is nasty.... dunno what's killed it though contamination in compost or some sort of root-eating pest........ SOme tomatoes can be pretty badly behaved in their growth habits... Berkeley Tie Dye for instance, though the all time winner is Black Krim, a purple Polish beefsteak... I've had one with four leaves that has bifurcated, grown blind into a leaf, grown blind into a truss and then thrown a growth point off the truss... I've had them throw growth points off the end of leaves before and this year one managed to trifurcate on me....
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Originally posted by taff View PostI've never seen anything like it or read anything like it, so i can't help sorry.
There seem to be a couple of Ruby types. Are these the F1 cherry type? Or the plum cherry?
Originally posted by Paulottie View PostThey are what is known in the trade as 'dead'...looks more fungal than viral. Would be a good idea to remove and burn anyway.
Did you have other successful toms nearby? Try these....
What is airflow and humidity like?
Problem could be with the roots? What were they planted in...is it well drained? have they been overfed? overwatered? chilled? are there black patches on stems (ie is it blight?)
Any of above ring bell?
Originally posted by chriscross1966 View Postthough the all time winner is Black Krim, a purple Polish beefsteak... I've had one with four leaves that has bifurcated, grown blind into a leaf, grown blind into a truss and then thrown a growth point off the truss... I've had them throw growth points off the end of leaves before and this year one managed to trifurcate on me....
I'll just wait and see what the others do and what sort of harvest I actually get from the healthy Rubys.
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I have a couple of Amish Paste in my tunnel and they're quite normal but I think I only sowed about 3 or 4 seeds so not a very good sample. I think they were also from Real Seeds.
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