Tomato and cucumber questions

[brownfingers]

I'm on my 4th sowing of cukes. I have never raised one yet from seed. However, the last two which I set are now galloping and look as though they might get somewhere.

[Yasai]

I grow burpless and pinch out all the side shoots and allow one stem to climb, when its up to the height i want then i allow side shoots to develop.

Sorry to be dim, but when you say "pinch out the side shoots", do you mean in the same way that we pinch out indeterminate tomatoes?

[Yasai]

Oops! Sorry... I should've read to the end of the thread

[Smithyboy100]

I have loads of flowers on my tomato plants but no tomatoes yet been flowers for a while now am i just inpatient or ?


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[veggiechicken]

You're impatient
If they're in a GH, do you leave the door/windows open so that pollinating insects can get to the flowers?
Give each plant a gentle shake daily to help with pollination.
Won't be long now

[Smithyboy100]

Ok thank you


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[Bren In Pots]

If you've got flowers then it wont be too long before your toms arrive, have a close look and you might see very small pea sized toms.

[Smithyboy100]

I can see very small ones where the flower has dropped off but havnt got any bigger in like 2 weeks :/


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[veggiechicken]

Are you feeding them? They need something once they set fruit.

[Smithyboy100]

Feeding them tomato feed like once a week the plants are around 6 feet tall now


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[Potstubsdustbins]

Are they in pots or in the ground?

[Smithyboy100]

In grow bag


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[Potstubsdustbins]

The compost in the grow bag will now be dead and at 6ft tall they are big plants.

If you have 4 to 5 truss's of toms pick out the leading shoot to stop them growing any taller so the plants will have more energy to produce fruit. Up your feeding regime to water then feed and carryon alternately. As others have said tap the supporting canes as you work to help with pollination and things should start to improve.

[Smithyboy100]

Great ill try that thanks all for your knowledge sorry for sounding dumb lol


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[Raybon]

Nothing dumb about your questions.
And we can all make use of the answers!