[chrissie B]

well i thought when i got back to uk all my tomatoe problems would be over but no 4 ft plants loads of flowers and 5 tomatoes same with the cherry toms so im pulling them up , they have got dark patches starting on the stems so i give up i wil get mine from asda in future   oh and if thats not bad enough the wind blew them over as well .
disheartend 
chrissie b

[Yorkie]

You have my sympathies.  You are not alone ... 

[mumofstig]

yes, generally, it has been a bad tomato year (and not just tomatoes, a lot of things haven't liked the cool temperatures this year!

I hope next year is warmer 

[NN2Blue]

well i thought when i got back to uk all my tomatoe problems would be over but no 4 ft plants loads of flowers and 5 tomatoes same with the cherry toms so im pulling them up , they have got dark patches starting on the stems so i give up i wil get mine from asda in future   oh and if thats not bad enough the wind blew them over as well .
disheartend 
chrissie b

Sorry to hear that, though I was in Alnwick one weekend recently (when Newcastle United's game was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch - I was in a tent  ) and if it always rains like that in Northumberland I'm surprised the plants don't drown in the ground. 

[Debz]

I have 12 plants and have only had about 12 tomatoes in total.  Furry mould is now moving in so the plants are on their way out.  Will try again next year though because there is nothing like home grown tomatoes in my opinion.

[Charl89]

same happened to me, not doing them again.

[DD.]

I find it hard to believe that you can't grow tomatoes in the Channel Islands! 

[tosca100]

It's unfortunate that your first Summer back in GB just happens to be such a bad one for growing. It's certainly greener than usual. Don't give up though, home grown toms are so superior to bought.

[Goosegirl]

For some reason, I can't get the proper tomato taste as mine always seem to be watery despite feeding regularly, and watering when the top of the tub in the greenhouse is dry. If I don't water them then, they wilt. I will have one last go with some sweet cherry types my OH loves, plus a Roma type; then it's off to Booth's.

[Plottered]

1st time in many years of tomato growing that ive had to wait this long for tomatoes to even start ripening and now that they are starting the "one" that was ready was absolutely tasteless....roll on next year. 

[totalnovice]

I have had one cherry tomato - and it was pretty pants to be honest. Have written this year off as a bad year and will try again next year. 

[Charl89]

I find it hard to believe that you can't grow tomatoes in the Channel Islands! 

we had them all wipped out by blight this year i was clever enough to keep 2 plants at home in pots but they are still green and been like that for over a month.

[DD.]

Sounds like a case for.................

http://www.bayergarden.co.uk/products/product.aspx?productid=188&categoryid=17

[madcat]

I've just spotted the first lot of late blight ....  on a tomato plant I was taking to the compost as it was so pathetic I wasn't going to get anything but at least could recycle the compost! 

[LilacSandy]

I have about twenty plants that are now just dripping with fruit but it is all still green.  I rely on my toms for pasta sauce for the year but I am sure that blight will strike me before they get a chance to ripen.  I always keep three or four plants in the green house but they are a dismal lot this year and all the leaves are turning bright yellow.

A real bad year this year, also my peppers outside are a real no show.