[Bernard]

Greece is a country made largely of limestone.

Hi Ray
You don't happen to have peat over the limestone do you? The Yorkshire Dales are all limestone but the rivers that run off are acid because of the peat cover.

[chrissie B]

thanks for the advice raycrete
the only thing i'm going off is books and Internet ,our first year growing was great but the second the toms didn't do too well at all and when we pulled them up the roots were all lumpy , the cabbage and the like were OK roots were normal , but it just seems to be problems with the toms , i must be the only person in Greece who Carnot grow them :cry: .
how do you do over there in crete  , are you there all year round .
Chrissie b

[Raycrete]

Hi Chrissie,

Yes we are here all of the time, permanent residents of the island of Crete.

Next spring, buy some tomato plants locally, they sell them everywhere. Plant as normal. Keep a couple of plants and get a large plastic pot. Fill it with the normal compost that you buy in a bag at a garden centre or local co-op and plant the last two plants in that. Make sure that they are all watered throughout the summer. The difference between the plants in the pot will show the difference in your soil. If they all die or are useless then it is you who is doing something wrong.

Good luck

Ray