[Martin70]

Yay, found my first ever green toms over the weekend - now there are quite a few appearing.

[Growing4mykids]

Started my alicante and minibels on 2nd feb on a south facing w/sill, both went onto the patio as soon as they could, alicante's are 3 foot with plenty toms fruiting and more flowers, minibels have gone mad, they're a foot high and look like they're going to outfruit the alicante's, plenty of cherry toms a-coming 

[Daamoot]

I've had one very tasty black sea man tom so far but apart from that the plants aren't doing too well.  The lower leaves of the sea man have black spots over them so I'm a tad worried its infected with something nasty and I have quarantined it.  I have one marmalade tom almost ripe and a couple more growing so going to sample it this week.  The side shoots which I potted are coming on though, about a foot high so hopefully more flowers will come soon.  Any tips for encouraging flowering?

[mumofstig]

Any tips for encouraging flowering?

Feeding with liquid tomato feed  The extra Potash (aka Potassium) usually does the trick 

[Buddleja]

I've got lots of tiny little green gardeners delight - or should that be gardeners delights? - on most of my plants. 

9 plants indoors, 3 outdoors. Some are moneymaker. But outdoor ones are way behind.

Is now the time to pinch out the growing tip? And does that just mean lopping the top off? All my plants have four trusses now, some starting a fifth.

So excited, cant wait to taste my first homegrown ones.

[Headgardener22]

A LOT BETTER THAN LAST YEAR!!

Flowers on everything except Marvel Stripes. Fruit set on many different varieties. Plants are all about 3ft high and growing strongly.

How come some people already have fruit? I didn't get any until mid August last year (unheated greenhouse) and don't think it'll be any earlier this year as everything seems a couple of weeks later.

[bravemurphy]

My tigerella are going mad the third truss has got around 25 flowers on it (should I thin the truss out a bit ?)

Fruits swelling fast now cant wait.

[Fairy Plotmother]

My Alicante, all outdoors, are still only about a foot tall but 1st trusses are forming. My plot neighbour says to spray them now. Do you think he is right?

[A Reyt Tayty]

My tigerella are going mad the third truss has got around 25 flowers on it (should I thin the truss out a bit ?)

Fruits swelling fast now cant wait.

My tigrellas are doing the same Murph. I'll leave the to see if there are any blind ones before thinning them down a bit. They certainly won't hold the weight if they all develop.

[Agatha]

Ooooh, I am so excited...I found my first tomato flower yesterday...it's so small I nearly need a magnifying glass to see it, but it's there.

And to think I said last year's tomatoes took a long time to get going...

[Garryac]

Mine are looking a bit spindly.. the ones in the Polly tunnel at the allotment are flowering and look better , the ones at home in the greenhouse are taller but no flowers yet

[scott87]

Hey, I had 3 red alert and 12 super marmalade. I gave all away bar one red alert as I went into hospital. I started harvesting a few ripe toms last week got another 29 yet to ripen. There's a few turning just need some sun

Scott

[ermck1]

None ripe yet but got fruits that are nearly there on Choc cherry, Jack Hawkins, tomaberry and a yellow one (mystery).
plants in greenhouse are at the top of 6ft canes.

Dont forget to feed them well now!

M

[Totty]

Have eaten 4 sungold now. The plant is in a tiny terracotta pot and getting fed every day.

Totty

[Yorkie]

Have eaten 4 sungold now. The plant is in a tiny terracotta pot and getting fed every day.

Totty

Unless the feed specifically tells you to feed daily, this is not necessarily a good idea.

Overfeeding can lead to the plant being unable to absorb some of the nutrients which it needs.  And of course it costs more than it needs to.

Stick to the recommended feeding regime