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Title: Feeding Tomato's
Post by: gonz on April 21, 2008, 13:52:06

Hello everyone

Can someone tell me when to start feeding tomato plants. It says on the bottle after the ' first truss has set'. What does that mean?

Thanks

Title: Re: Feeding Tomato's
Post by: manicscousers on April 21, 2008, 13:55:01

truss is first flower stalk, we don't start feeding properly until they have small fruits :)

Title: Re: Feeding Tomato's
Post by: gonz on April 21, 2008, 13:57:18

Thank you. Some of the jargon on bottles/packets can be a bit confusing to a newbie like me :D

Title: Re: Feeding Tomato's
Post by: manicscousers on April 21, 2008, 14:14:58

not just new people, I assure you ;D

Title: Re: Feeding Tomato's
Post by: Tee Gee on April 21, 2008, 15:17:08

This is not one of my best bits of photography but it might be of sufficient details to show you what is meant by the term; truss set

Note the embryo fruit has just appeared.

(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd27/tgalmanac/Veg/Tomato1x.jpg)

Title: Re: Feeding Tomato's
Post by: gonz on April 21, 2008, 15:39:17

Thats great, thanks a lot. 1 picture can explain everything!!!!!!! ;D

Title: Re: Feeding Tomato's
Post by: midlands miss on April 21, 2008, 17:00:26

oh oh! does that mean that if someone (me) had inadvertantly fed them before this time then they may die or something

Title: Re: Feeding Tomato's
Post by: manicscousers on April 21, 2008, 17:03:20

hiya, midlands miss, welcome to the site, I don't think it's a problem, just gives a bit of leafy growth, we grow our toms hard ;D

Title: Re: Feeding Tomato's
Post by: midlands miss on April 21, 2008, 18:34:51

thanks !! oh thats good then. have you guessed I am a bit of a newbie!!

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