These Tomatoes will be the death of me!

[nooby]

Hi all, again... Second post of the day!

If you read my first one then you will know I am a) a worrier and b) very impatient!

I had some grafted tomato plants in my Poly and when we had a burst of early lovely weather back around easter I planted them in the ground, in the poly... Rightly or wrongly I had read that if they had started flowering it was ok. Plus they were fairly tall already.

I have some questions. I have 4 in total and all are getting really big, somewhere between 2-3ft.

• 2 of the plants have ALWAYS looked a bit droopy, and some of the leaves are curled upwards on the top. They have grown fine and have flowers but no matter how much I water, or not water they just don't look as happy as the the other 2. Any thoughts? I have been feeding every 2 weeks with a balanced 777 fertilizer - Liquid growmore.

• Also all of the plants have tons of flowers on, Some open up, some don't, but theres not even a sign of one measly fruit. Is it too early? I am I expecting too much? I think the temperature and humidity is ok although I am not an expert. I leave all 10 mesh windows open all of the time.
  
  
• I have been giving the stems and branches a little shake to help with pollination and will get a little battery toothbush. Am I worrying too much?

• One last question... They all seem to have 2 main stems, albeit one longer than the other. I cant remember it being like this with my tom plants at home... Is this normal? Do I tie both to the support canes? I only have the taller main stem supported.

Thanks in advance as always!

[Snoop Puss]

First things first: what varieties are you growing? Or are they all the same?

Some varieties tend to be droopier than others. Plus, some varieties have a greater tendency to fork than others.

Tomatoes don't need hand pollinating. Insects like to get in on the action but toms are self-pollinating. Don't do anything that might damage the flowers.

When flowering and fruit are setting, they need a fertiliser that contains more P and K than N. Have a look for something that is less balanced. Or add a bit of hardwood ash from a fireplace or woodburner if you have one. This is P and K rich and has the added benefit of also containing calcium, which helps to counter blossom end rot.

Tie in both the main stems but keep removing the side shoots.

It's still early days yet. It would be a shame if the plants were to be the death of you before the toms are ready to pick.

[nooby]

Ha ha! Thank you!

They are both grafted. I cant remember the actual name sorry, that probably wont be much help. 3 are large dense ridged beef toms, like the continental ones. I had them last year at home in pots and they were incredible. And one is a yellow cherry type.

I had read that buzzing them or giving them a little soft shake helped but I am happy not to touch them other than pinching out.

In terms of fertiliser again I read that on here I think, and to use a tomato fertiliser once the first truss had set... So much different information to take in. Should I used a tomato feed like tomorite instead?

[Snoop Puss]

Something like Tomorite sounds like a good idea, especially when you've got fruit that have set.

[Penellype]

I find that with my indoor grown Shirley tomatoes it helps to tickle the flowers gently, to try to simulate a bee. If I don't do this I find a lot of the flowers don't set. However the balconi tomatoes seem to require less of this treatment so it may depend on the variety.

[It never rains..it pours]

Hi all, again... Second post of the day!

If you read my first one then you will know I am a) a worrier and b) very impatient!

I had some grafted tomato plants in my Poly and when we had a burst of early lovely weather back around easter I planted them in the ground, in the poly... Rightly or wrongly I had read that if they had started flowering it was ok. Plus they were fairly tall already.

I have some questions. I have 4 in total and all are getting really big, somewhere between 2-3ft.

• 2 of the plants have ALWAYS looked a bit droopy, and some of the leaves are curled upwards on the top. They have grown fine and have flowers but no matter how much I water, or not water they just don't look as happy as the the other 2. Any thoughts? I have been feeding every 2 weeks with a balanced 777 fertilizer - Liquid growmore.

• Also all of the plants have tons of flowers on, Some open up, some don't, but theres not even a sign of one measly fruit. Is it too early? I am I expecting too much? I think the temperature and humidity is ok although I am not an expert. I leave all 10 mesh windows open all of the time.
  
  
• I have been giving the stems and branches a little shake to help with pollination and will get a little battery toothbush. Am I worrying too much?

• One last question... They all seem to have 2 main stems, albeit one longer than the other. I cant remember it being like this with my tom plants at home... Is this normal? Do I tie both to the support canes? I only have the taller main stem supported.

Thanks in advance as always!

777 fertilizer will be fine, also in some cases (especially in pots which yours arent) they need calcium to stop end rot and magnesium for leaves.
If have tons of flowers you may want to remove some of the flowers from the truss ends so they have less to fill so get complete ones earlier.
Some varietirs have curled leaves, Alicante I have found to be worst for it, but output is same as others.
Only one main stem here but grafted maybe different, no experience of them