Growing some early toms 2018

[It never rains..it pours]

Thank you all for the info on Shirley, fortunately the recent ones have tasted much better but still not as good as the others

[Ms-T]

Picked my first toms
minibel outside and peace vine in g/h.
next will be the yellow pear.

[robbra]

Picked my first toms
minibel outside and peace vine in g/h.
next will be the yellow pear.

Nah,not at all jealous, honest.
rob

[Small pumpkin]

Picked my first toms.

Snap Ms-T
I pick my first tomato from Bartholomew today.

I'll be honest I've grown tastier tomatoes. Hopefully the others will improve with age like a good wine ...............but probably not

[robbra]

Snap Ms-T
I pick my first tomato from Bartholomew today.

I'll be honest I've grown tastier tomatoes. Hopefully the others will improve with age like a good wine ...............but probably not

You're eating his/her offspring, I'm lost for words...apart from cannibal.

[veggiechicken]

I'm hoping to pick Rambling Red Stripe tomorrow. Getting excited at the thought of a fresh tomato; the first taste of tom in 2018.

[monkeyboy]

Any thoughts on what's happening to my toms? Is it just heat and dehydration?

[veggiechicken]

Are you feeding them?

[Penellype]

The 2nd photo looks like magnesium deficiency. Give them a feed of something like Tomorite before it gets any worse. The affected leaves won't get any better though.

[monkeyboy]

Are you feeding them?

The 2nd photo looks like magnesium deficiency. Give them a feed of something like Tomorite before it gets any worse. The affected leaves won't get any better though.

Fed twice weekly with tomorite. Watered daily - I don't know if I'm watering so much that I'm washing the nutrients out of the soil.

[Jungle Jane]

Has the plant on the lefts stem bent over to the left? It looks like they’re a bit squashed in there,are they touching the top of the roof? It helps to remove some lower leaves,anything under the first truss of tomatoes,this helps air circulation & stops water splashing back on the leaves when you water them etc

[Jungle Jane]

Older leaves help feed the newer leaves & do end up looking a bit tired,I’ve got a leaf like that in my wall basket tomato

[Earthgirl Jen]

Fed twice weekly with tomorite. Watered daily - I don't know if I'm watering so much that I'm washing the nutrients out of the soil.

monkeyboy I'll sympathise with you and say I have leaves just like that on some of my toms... I'll get you a pic tomorrow. Your tomatoes are fine If you are watering once a day and water is running out of the soil then you may be watering to much.
Toms are 'fickle' things... To much water and fruit can grow and swell too much due to the heat and split at the bottom, water to little and the 'bleeding blighters' will give you blossom end rot...

I water (at this time of year as I know the pots will have filled with root) once early in the morning, enough to know that the pot is wet... I then water again in the evening just so the pot is wet again... That way in my mind they have just enough to get on with growing without having to endure a flood. I also 'cheat' and have a cheap moisture meter from wilkos

[Scarlet]

Is it in a plastic grow house? I think that’s hour problem - they are getting cooked. When in a GH they are often shaded and have reasonable airflow 1 those plastic things have neither. Generally I don’t think it would be a problem but this is strange weather. It’s much to hot to be behind plastic.

[It never rains..it pours]

From memory Tomorite doesnt contain magnesium. Epsom salts is easiest way but I use that at planting and in each feed, and still get some deficiency on bottom leaves.