Anyone ever grown these ?
The leaves are doing funny twisting things. Kinda curling under and twisting as well.
I've had a good look for bugs but can't see anything. I hoping this is "just what they do".
I do miss SS. Come on girl, give me some inspiration here.
;D
http://www.victoryseeds.com/catalog/vegetable/tomato/images/pineapple_fruit.jpg (http://www.victoryseeds.com/catalog/vegetable/tomato/images/pineapple_fruit.jpg) Have a look at this KP. Don't know if it'll help though.
Mine have sprouted ;D They've only got the 1st leaves on though so can't help you X
I've grown Annanas... and many toms do that, as long as there is no wee beastie present it should be ok...
they look ill roflmao.
mine are curling under at the edges with a bit of a kink (oower missus). They're the only variety doing this and they're right in amongst loads of others.
but thanks for the pic, i'll have a little google myself.
;D
thanks saddad. i've been lifting up all their leaves having a right good look. i bet they're thinking "ffs leave me alone".
Give me a sec and i'll take a pic for you Trixiebelle.
;D
That's a copyrighted photo Grawrc :D
Victory Seed Co. are gonna GET YA :D
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this one's not !! roflmao
anyway grawrc's one is old. can't STILL be protected surely. ;D
I can see A4A in the background! :D
Mine have only just sprutted MrsKP. But I'll keep an eye out for similar curly tendencies!
this thread if i'm not mistaken ;D
Mine were sown on 27/2.
We'll have to swap notes as we go. I'm keen to get a good crop of these spesheel toms for obvious reasons.
;D
Hey Mrs KP! I'm very much intrigued by what looks like empty milk cartons for your tomatoes - do you grow them in there until it's time to transplant, or do they stay in the milk cartons?
Always looking for new ideas, hope you don't mind me picking your brains
pick away my love.
I'm always running out of pots and JRP and his recycling ideas pointed me in the direction of milk bottles. I don't plant JRP's way though (as I could never quite get to grips with it).
My only problem that I can see atm, is that when I need to pot up (to renew some goodness in the compost i.e. now) I'm going to need something much deeper. I haven't quite figured out how to get around that problem yet and was wondering if I could just give them a bit of a feed and keep them in the pots they're in until it's black bucket ring culture time and plant them deep up to the first leaves (seed leaves or true leaves - another quandary).
If I could get away with it, I'd only pot up once, but obviously need to get some nourishment to them.
I've used this method for my whole tom crop so far so really need to think of an answer ... and fast ! (actually not the whole crop, just seen some that are in small black pots, sown a month earlier than the milk bottles and only half the size !! :o). Now I'm wondering if a) i've mucked up the sowing dates b) the extra leg room in the milk bottles has given them a good head start. Off to look in the diary now. lol
;D
Hey Trixieb it's only a pointer, I didn't actually upload the photo. They ought to be glad of the publicity imho. :P ;)
Is the pic of the `problem`?-they look perfectly healthy to me.
I sometimes have customers who have never seen potato leaved varieties and they do ask if they should look like that
They are a potato leaf variety, don't worry it is OK, the leaves look more floppy that the others, XX Jeannine
"potato leaf" ????? i thought i was getting a pineapple !!!!! :o ;D
many thanks peeps. no i've never seen a potato leaf variety (didn't even know they existed), the twisting and curling effect was starting to worry me and made me wonder if i was doing anything wrong.
I have lived and learnt and shall worry no more.
;D
well see once you know what you're looking for, you can find everything.
Trixieb see here
http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/tomato/2004111539004321.html (http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/tomato/2004111539004321.html)
Many thanks once again, cleo and Jeannine. That's some new, interesting and v. useful I've learned this weekend.
;D
just an observation, i've just run my fingers through my babies that are sitting on the window sill next to me.
don't you just LOVE the smell of tomato plants ??
:P
Aye yer sent fer hen.....................sniffin yer mato plants indeed ;D ;D
Thank goodness for this thread KP. Got some potato leaved ones up and coming myself. I shall know not to panic now. ;)..and yes I love the tomato smell too.
Just love the avatar Jaggythistle.
at least i haven't named them individually jaggy ......... yet ! :P
At least emaggie and i are on the same wavelength ......... we'll be on the same ward soon.
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They are looking great... panic over... by the way it is a monster plant and fruit...
8)
just counted, i've got 6 of the ickle darlings so i might try a couple outside. i'll start building the scaffolding now !
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at least i haven't named them individually jaggy ......... yet ! :P
At least emaggie and i are on the same wavelength ......... we'll be on the same ward soon.
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Hello again :D
So does the usual 'pinching out' apply to PL tomato plants?
I think so as I'm sure SS said they're indeterminate.
;D
They are an indeterminate,,so yes prune, thye are also beautiful,a glorious bi colour in case anyone out there doesn't know what they look like. Xx Jeannine
What does indeterminate mean?
It means the tomato will grow on and on and on if unchecked. In our case it is stopped by the frost or we nip off the growing tip. Another word for vine or cordon
Determinate on the other hand means the plant will grow to a certain height depending on the variety and will stop growing,the final tip is actually a fruit truss.Another name for determinate is bush.
This is why we prune indeterminates and we don't prune determinates.
If you don't prune indeterminate a lot of energy goes into unwanted foliage.
If you prune determinates you will have a loss od fruit.
So one is exactly the opposite to the other. XX Jeannine
Thank you Jeannine ... but I have absolutely NO idea what you mean ;D
I think I'll just plant them in big pots and see what happens!
Trix X
Trixie, let me try it another way.
When your tomato plant grows, it has a growing tip and all the upward growth comes out of that tip ,think of that type of tomato plant as a climbing bean, forget the side branches for now, just think about the tip. An inderminate plant will just go on growing higher and higher, sending out side branches as it goes,just exactly the same way a climbing bean would.
Now think of a dwarf bean, it's growing tip grows for a while then the plant stops gaining height ,in the case of a bean about 2 feet.No matter what you do, you will not make that bean grow any higher because it cannot. Think of this as a determinate tomato.
The indeterminate tomato grows and grows like the climbing bean.
The determinate tomato grows to a fixed height and then stops.
Each variety of tomato fall into one category or the other,so if you know the name of yout tomato you will know if it is determinate or indeterminate.
Is that any better XX Jeannine
I will tell you about semi-determinates another time XX
Trixie, I should have added.
If you have established that your tomato plant is an indeterminate one, then you need to prune it by pinching out the suckers growing between the main stem and a branch Someone will havea picture. Most people also pinch out the growing tip when the plant has 4 or 5 trusses (bunches of fruit or flowers)
If you are sure your plant is a determinate one then don't take anything off it,just leave it alone.
XX Jeannine
Prune Supersprouts Pineapple plants
Thanks Jeannine ;D
Between the two differently worded explanations I eventually got the drift ;D
But Super's plants don't seem to have the suckers between the main branches?
Oh well! I'm potting them into their permanent beds next week so we'll see what happens :)
Trixie X
PS Pineapple are delicious!
I'm hoping so Tim :)
If they fruit this year will I be able to save the seed for next year?
Never saved tomato seed before.
Well, it's not an F1.
THANK YOU ;D
Trixie, the suckers will come as they plant grows XX Jeannine
Just reporting back about Super's Pineapple toms!
I had 6 plants that looked really healthy but the flowers never developed into fruit :( Many of them just rotted and fell off and then we got blight.
HOWEVER! We did manage to get 3 toms off a couple of plants.
Two of them I've given to my neighbour Ahmed to save the seed for next year and me & Grandad Jack shared the last one.
It must TRULY be the loveliest tomato I have ever tasted :) Especially since it came from the Supersprout Seed Stable!