In This Week’s Newsletter …
Season Update
Tomatoes in segments – new varieties and plant nutrition.
De-Leafing Tomato Plants
Moderation is the best plan.
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Season Update
A few surprises and disease resistant varieties to look forward to next season.
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De-Leafing Tomato Plants
There’s more than one approach, but which one is best?
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Nick
Hi Alan,
Epsom salts (magnesium) is usually added for leaf health and tomato taste and it is one of the important nutrients that tomato plants need.
Most good tomato food brands include magnesium, and the best time to add extra would be after the flowers have set fruit. The best way is to foliar feed it – applying it to the root zone can cause issues with other nutrients.
Epsom Salts or Magnesium can be bought in most garden centres.
Regards,
Nick
bill
my first year growing tomatoes all went well until now !
some of my tom i grew in the greenhouse have started to turn brown underneath
any suggestions
thank you bill
Nick
Hi Bill,
It sounds like Blossom End Rot when the underside or blossom end of a tomato turns brown/black because it runs out of calcium when growing. This is a very common problem and to avoid it, you need to spray weekly with Chempak Calcium when the tomatoes first start to form.
Regards,
Nick