What is happening to my toms ?

[Marb67]

Well I just don't understand why on earth this is happening to my indoor toms. The flower stems are yellowing and falling off. Feeding (comfrey) and watering to the required amount

[burnie]

I just remove that from the plants, tumbling toms seem to be more prone to it, they are in pots or hanging baskets, I put it down to wear and tear(probably a deficiency of something)

[Marb67]

They are in the ground in my greenhouse with new compost.

[nickdub]

Doesn't look like anything serious - could be lack of pollination due to cold weather or dry air, so part of the truss does not develop.

[Snoop Puss]

That happens to my toms too, Marb. I've always assumed it's because the plant can't support all the flowers that blossom or get pollinated, so it 'abandons' some. I regard it as natural loss. By the way, are you sure they're getting enough P and K?

[veggiechicken]

Happens to mine too - on stems where the flowers have not been pollinated. Just snip them off.

[Potstubsdustbins]

There were in new compost but not now the nutrients will have run out about week 6, I would feed them tomorite.

[Marb67]

I do feed them Comfrey

[Potstubsdustbins]

Yes that is why I suggested a known value feed, not a guesstimate.

There has been quite a discussion on comfrey tea all over the world, a lot of organic gardeners swear by it but science does not.

Recent analysis reveals it is not a 'dynamic accumulator' a plant that is better at accumulating of NPK than others in fact it is very average.

In some reports not all by any means dry NPK averages 3-1.5-5 whilst a tea made with 6kg of leaves and 90ltrs of water averages 0.014-0.0059-0.34.

This could be worth while when used in a plot along with other measures but I don't think it stands up as a sole feed it certainly would not be good enough for me as I grow in containers.

[Marb67]

Monty Don seems to endorse it.

[Scarlet]

If your plants are dropping flowers I would also give a feed with a bought in Tom feed regardless of what Monty Don says...... It's good to try something else if You have a problem.

[Marb67]

Would blood fish and bone and seaweed help ?

[Scarlet]

Those are slow release fertilisers so in this case wouldn't work so well. A feed that is watered in will work much faster, preferably with the correct NPK for your plant needs.

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=304

[Marb67]

I use liquid seaweed.

[Scarlet]

IIf you get some tomorite in you'll see those plants green up a bit in a few days. Give the advice a go on one plant and your seaweed on another. Come back with the results.