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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Lizann on August 05, 2009, 15:04:21

Title: Sour tomatoes
Post by: Lizann on August 05, 2009, 15:04:21
My cherry tomatoes are very sour.  Got the seeds free from Gardeners World magaine, I think.  Is there anything I can do to sweeten them up, feed them with something?
Title: Re: Sour tomatoes
Post by: GRACELAND on August 05, 2009, 15:12:09
um don,t thinks sow could try watering with sugar  but might bring in all sorts of nastys bees wasps ants


over to someone else any ideas
Title: Re: Sour tomatoes
Post by: tim on August 05, 2009, 15:22:51
Apart from the usual high Potash feed, a bit of sunshine wouldn't come amiss!!

But you may find that they improve as they get into their stride.
Title: Re: Sour tomatoes
Post by: GRACELAND on August 05, 2009, 15:26:14
sunshine wouldn't come amiss!!

We were due some today so the forecast said not much here yet  ::)
Title: Re: Sour tomatoes
Post by: Lizann on August 05, 2009, 15:26:39
WEll, Tim, I'm in Scotland so sunshine not likely!  Saying that, it's been quite a nice day. Thanks.
Title: Re: Sour tomatoes
Post by: GRACELAND on August 05, 2009, 15:27:26
Lizann

Get yer sun lamp out there for them  ;D
Title: Re: Sour tomatoes
Post by: Lizann on August 05, 2009, 15:30:37
Temp 20 degrees and sun shining in Scotland just now!  Maybe I should take the shading off the greenhouse???  Put shading up (homemade, rough and ready) early on as weather was scorching. Do you think it's time to take it down now?
Title: Re: Sour tomatoes
Post by: GRACELAND on August 05, 2009, 15:47:39
well The forecast down here is Warm and sunny so  i will leave mine on

although i have not shaded all mine just where the hottest sun gets in
Title: Re: Sour tomatoes
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on August 05, 2009, 18:58:14
A neighbour of mine was complaining about bitter toms the other day. He blamed the flood, but floods always get blamed for everything. Even the greenhouse toms have blight now, and it's all down to the flood!
Title: Re: Sour tomatoes
Post by: thifasmom on August 06, 2009, 00:36:47
I remember back in 2003 my neighbour had an extra growbag and tom plants so he gave them to me to grow some cherry toms for my daughter. His cherries tasted disgusting bitter and just plain horrid, they were inedible, mine were fine. they were the same variety (? which) and the same brand growbag and both lots were grown outdoors. the only difference is I'm sure he would have fed his where as I didn't and his ripened before mine, up to this day neither of us could figure out why his were inedible :-\.