tomatoes in container- have i somehow ruined it!

[Scoot]

Yes

Indeterminate Toms are usually grown as cordons - a single stem with side shoots removed. Though no harm in training two stems.
Determinate Toms are grown as a bush - much shorter and more compact than then the cordon variety, no side shooting required.

I'll try and let the odd side shoot grow on the toms I have outside the growhouse and see what happens.

[Potstubsdustbins]

If you let an extra shoot grow don't forget it will need extra feed and water especially in a container.

[Scoot]

Yeah, I was going to do that but thanks for the heads up anyway.

[Beso]

Hmmm.. I was going to suggest you might be over watering.... mainly because i think I damaged some of my plants doing that.

But that is always the problem, too much water or too little?

However twice a day seems enough to me, were I you I think I would water less and see how they faired, the worst that can happen is they wilt, in which case you can simply water more.

Over watering is more of a problem imo, if it rots the roots for example, however your plants seem fairly healthy so you can't be doing too much wrong.


Aptly named Tomatoking seems to think overwriting can cause leaf curl, what you do know is under-watering will not cause leaf curl, we all know it cause plants to wilt. Having said that googling "leaf curl" with "overwatering" is bound to produce some hits, as it probably would with any word under the sun!

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