Too late to plant tomatoes?

[Likac66]

some of my early sown tomatoes have totally stalled and really are of no use at all. I have some lovely healthy plants of varieties I sowed later - San Marzano, Black cherry and Marmande.

I was thinking I might re-sow the varieties that stalled: red cherry, tigerella, golden sunrise and pearl. Is it too late to start tomatoes from scratch? Any tips for getting them to grow quickly so they don't fruit too late and have a chance of ripening on the vine?

Thanks.

[rustylady]

You say they have stalled. Any idea why? Any pictures?

[veggiechicken]

I hope its not too late, Likac, I sowed most of mine yesterday

[daviddevantnhisspiritwife]

I hope not, I did 3 varieties serveral weeks ago and forgot to do more. I will be doing some tomorrow and hoping they catch up.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Many gardeners don't sow their toms until this time of year anyway so plenty of time yet.

Pop up a pic of your problem toms and someone may be able to suggest something.

Potty

[Likac66]

The problem tomatoes have gone to my mum. She is a brilliant gardener and has repotted them and has put them in her greenhouse. If they start to grow she's going to donate them to her WI sale and I might have a few back. If they don't grow, she'll just compost them.

I think it might have been the compost I used. It was a multi-purpose one and the texture of it felt very woody and dry. The later sowings went into a finer compost.

I'll try to sow a few of each again this week.

[BarleySugar]

I'm planning on putting in some more varieties now I've moved the previous seedlings from the heated propagator. I didn't have room for the pots inside, so I left them in the heated propagator inside the cold greenhouse, covered by fleece, not the plastic top, and they look fine, so now need to prick them out!

[BUFFS]

i sowed some more toms on saturday,some black russian,subarctic plenty and another with a russian sounding name,just preparing for the summer to finish end of april,same as last year,the olympe,alicante and moneymaker are about 4/5ins tall now,so hopefully we will see loads of pasta sauces going into the freezer in the autumn as we are starting to get a bit low on them now,only 10/15 left now,peppers now starting to take off with the increased sunshine,so should have nearly 20 sweet and 25 hot into the greenhouse soon,moved the peach tree and built 3mtrs x1mtr of shelving to give them more room and found an old circular vent(from before we moved 14yrs ago),the type with the fan rotating freely,found two and was able to make one good one,thats saved me buying a new wax auto one and will stop the new house overheating too much WHEN summer does come...

[weekendwellies]

mine havent germinated yet, I sowed them a couple of weeks back, and thinking of sowing some more just in case they dont. but it has been very cold and the ones i sowed were out in the grow house (unheated, shelves with a plastic cover over) so havent benefited from being on a windowsill in the house or growlights. Still hoping they will come through for me now it is getting warmer and brighter, and just popped out to water them.

[Veggielot]

Plenty of time left, you always buy some plants later if need be, but I wouldnt expect you would have to.

[Noosner]

Sorry to go a bit off topic but has anybody grown Torenzo tomatoes before? I thought they were supposed to be tumbling ones but mine look more like ordinary tall ones.

Also, all my Moneymakers, in various different locations, have gone purple - even the ones on the kitchen windowsill, which is the warmest and sunniest place I've got (though it is windy here so they may have caught a draught). My other toms (Latah, Sungold, Vilma, Tumbling Tom, Torenzo, Green Zebra and Belle) haven't got that problem. Do you think I sowed the MMs too early (back in March)? Are they known to be a bit delicate? Any advice would be much appreciated!

[rustylady]

Tomato 'Terenzo' F1 Hybrid - Tomato Seeds - Thompson & Morgan

If they really are Torenzo then they are bush variety. They will look the same as other varieties to start with, the difference is that you don't remove the sideshoots.

My Sungold are looking a bit purply - the others are fine. They are all in the (unheated) greenhouse. They were in very small pots, so I've re-potted them this morning. Maybe yours could do with a feed.

[Noosner]

Thanks v much Rusty Lady, I hadn't thought of feeding them (doh!) and will do so tomorrow.