tomato plant

[gardencarer]

Hi its me again
The tomato plant my friends son has grown and my niece has grown were grown at the same time My nieces is three times bigger the my friends sons what can i do with my friends sons i feed them all once a week with tomato feed and water them when the soil is dry.
thanks Maureen
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[gardencarer]

[littlebabybird]

sorry i cant help,i'm sure some one wil be along who can

welcome to A4A

lbb

[gardencarer]

Thanks LBB

[pigeonseed]

are they the same variety? Otherwise could be that one's a slower maturing or just smaller variety.

[gardencarer]

Thanks there are both Shirley i will get my hubby to take some pics of them both
Will it still grow to a decent size if i keep feeding it.

[ceres]

Didn't you say in another post that they've been grown in different places in different conditions?  If so, it might never catch up.  I wouldn't use tomato food until the first fruits have set but, that apart, watering and making sure they have a warm light place is pretty much all you can do.

[gardencarer]

Yes my nieces has been over my house near the outside wall along with mine and my friends sons on the kitchen windowsill 4 doors away and his was re potted with garden soil that was full of clay and my nieces was re potted with compost i have re potted my friends in a bigger pot with compost and put it in my greenhouse

[davyw1]

You don,t water the plant when dry,  you don,t let it dry out it should get a little drink every day to keep the soil moist

[gardencarer]

Hi Davyw1
   The little plant of my friends sons i have put outside with the other 1 that belongs to my niece about 2 hours ago as it has rained i will leave it out for a while longer then put it back in the greenhouse i do water them regularly but we have had so much rain of late i put them it outside

[gardencarer]

Here is a photo of the two plants

[tim]

Oh, dear!!

1. The wee one looks sick. As said, neither should be fed at this stage. If just moved from food-less clay soil in a small pot, no wonder. Does it have any bugs on it?

2. Watering. Soil should "never be less than 65% of its full capacity". Standing in the rain may do little good.

3. Big one seems to have 5 shoots, whereas it should only have one.

4. Other than the lower frond, the leaves (see your other post) do not look grey.

[gardencarer]

Thanks Tim
Idont understand about it having 5 shoots and should only have 1 what should i have done to to stop it.The small 1 has no bugs on it will it still grow and does it need to be put in the greenhouse.

[tim]

An indeterminate variety like Shirley should only have one main stem.

This will have leaf fronds & flowering trusses coming out of it at 6-12" intervals.

Any shoot emanating from the join between the main stem & the leaf frond is nomally cut out. It seems that yours weren't.

A sideshoot develops into another stem producing flower trusses.

Yours looks as though it has some 5 such stems? If so, I would take out all but 2 at their base.

And if outside, pinch out the growing tip of any shoot when you have 3 - at most 4 - flower trusses.

Does that make sense??

[gardencarer]

Thanks Tim
I understand i will do that when the wind dies down abit very windy in the north east today.I only have a portable green house and my hubby didnt attach it to the wall and when i woke this morning it was over the other side of my garden i has some radish seeds in trays and they are scattered all over my lawn.He has now attached it to the wall
maureen.