Hello,
I have 200 tomato plants in 1.5 litre pots.
I have not fed them anything yet.
I have them in a potting compost that says "not suitable for lime hating plants".
They are yellowy/green colour, and not very big.
Question 1. What's wrong with them? Is it that they need feeding or something wrong with the PH or a mineral imbalance?
Question 2. When will the vegetative state end, and how will I know?
See what they look like by clicking here:
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200? Professional? You've grown them before??
Where are they? When did they go into the pots?
1.They do NOT need feeding yet.
2. How are you watering? At that stage, about a pint every few days?
3. The pots are too small - I suggest - for full growth.
they may need a feed but i would let someone with more experience with pampering toms answer that one, mine are simply bunged into the soil outside mid May to June weather permitting and i prepare the soil before hand so the most i need to do is water when there is a prolonged dry spell.
Quote from: robototitico on June 16, 2009, 12:06:08
Question 2. When will the vegetative state end, and how will I know?
I'm not sure what you mean.
Blimey - My better half thinks Im nuts with 30 plants. 200 would cover my entire plot.
They dont look that bad just small - tom4 looks just fine
When did they go in - it looks like a couple to three weeks ago?
Where are they - indoor/outdoor/greenhouse
Im not sure what you mean by vegatative growth as toms will continue to grow during the flowering period - If you mean when will they flower then I would say you are still several weeks and a good bit of growth away yet.
It looks as if you may have stated a little late - I would expect to have flowers if not the start of fruit on most of my plants.
I would agree with Tim that you will need to up the pot size. My garden toms are in Wicks 99p buckets!
Apart from them being a bit late they look fine to me-they will need to be potted on in due course.
And it`s a bit late to be selling them -I sow hundreds every year and by mid May I`m glad to see the back of them.
But I recover when I see the frut on those I grow for myself :)
Those tomatoes look fine :) Sometimes when you grow them undercover then they can look a little pale. Also it depends on the variety of tomato you are growing.
Are you growing Heirloom types?
And 200 :o thats a heck of a lot of tomatoes.
TheSnail