Tomatoes going wrong - again!

-taff

You're not likely to get edible red tomatoes from the flowers that are on there now, it's too late in the season. What you can do is pinch out the growing tip and any sideshoots [ I can see one there at least] , give it a feed and wait and see what happens.

jonesMUFCforever

Davesnave said:

jonesMUFCforever said:

strip off leaves on sides to give as much sun on to toms - then all energy will go to growth of toms rather than foliage.

 I'm unclear abut this.If not from the leaves, where is this 'energy'  to come from?

The sun. By now I will have taken off any leaves around clumps of toms and any without any flowers to let in the most amount of light and sun. 

Davesnave

jonesMUFCforever said:

Davesnave said:

jonesMUFCforever said:

strip off leaves on sides to give as much sun on to toms - then all energy will go to growth of toms rather than foliage.

 I'm unclear abut this.If not from the leaves, where is this 'energy'  to come from?

The sun. By now I will have taken off any leaves around clumps of toms and any without any flowers to let in the most amount of light and sun. 

 With a completely mature plant up to maximum height you might take many of the leaves off, but that plant isn't mature. As taff says, the remaining flowers should be removed, but stripping an immature plant won't result in more 'energy,' since the plant produces its nutrients in the leaves.

Mojisola

jonesMUFCforever said:

Davesnave said:

 I'm unclear abut this.If not from the leaves, where is this 'energy'  to come from?

The sun.

But it's the leaves that turn the sun's energy into plant food.

It was traditional to take off the lower leaves of tall tomato plants and that can help with air circulation but you've got to keep enough leaves to power the rest of the plant.

silvercar

This is what I’ve done. Hopefully a compromise on what everyone has suggested. All the yellow flowers have gone and the leaves that were blocking the sunlight. I’ve left some other leaves in case they are necessary.

Davesnave

silvercar said:

 I’ve left some other leaves in case they are necessary.

Leaves are necessary if you believe in photosynthesis and want to get your SATs question about plant nutrition right at Key Stage 2!

Farway

Davesnave said:

silvercar said:

 I’ve left some other leaves in case they are necessary.

Leaves are necessary if you believe in photosynthesis and want to get your SATs question about plant nutrition right at Key Stage 2!

OT but my son in law was furious when he failed some tick box quiz or other because he said seeds did not require dark to germinate