When are my toms ready?

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Tickhunter

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When are my toms ready?
« on: May 21, 2009, 19:26 »
Hi

I have 2 tomato plants and they are both flowering but only one of them is producing fruit.  There are about 4 small green toms on it. The other is taller but has no toms.  I feed them once a week and also have 2 strawberry plants in the same trough.  Any ideas why only one of the two is producing toms and how long it will take until I can eat them?

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Trillium

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Re: When are my toms ready?
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2009, 04:19 »
The majority of toms are red when they're ripe, unless you chose other colours eg yellow, orange, green, 'black', white, pink or striped. Plant type also determines maturity times; naturally a cherry tom will ripen sooner than a maincrop tom. The amount of light the plants get also determines ripening time; you don't mention this point so we can't guess. Overall, it's unlikely you'll see a ripe tom before July regardless of size.
It almost sounds like you're overfeeding your plants as well. Once a week feedings is a lot and toms are notorious for putting on lots of green growth rather than flowers and fruit if overfed.

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Ivor Backache

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Re: When are my toms ready?
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2009, 12:33 »
Average 10 weeks from flower to fruit.

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peterjf

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Re: When are my toms ready?
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2009, 13:19 »
people dont usually feed tomatoes untill they see the 1st pea sized tomatoes showing , then deed every 7-10 days


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