[JayG]

The smaller the tomato, and the greater the temperature and water variations, the more likely they are to split.

Trying to keep the GH/PT temperatures from reaching extremes, and avoiding alternately dehydrating and flooding your toms whether outdoors or indoors is about the most you can do.

(Split tomatoes if ripe are still perfectly edible as long as you eat them before mould starts to attack the edges of the split, although I have to admit that within reason I eat or cook them anyway!)

[RJR_38]

Thanks for the info. They are cherry tomatoes and outdoors so I can't really do anything about the temperature or water other than to make surer they are watered when it is dry. Just have to hope the rest ripen soon - there are a few hundred on the plants 

[Auntiemogs]

Nicely.

2 nearest are Moneymakers, then 2 Tigrella, then 2 SanMarzano.

Crikey!   

Please share the details RT (growbag/feeding&watering regime etc), I am seriously impressed!  Mine have taken over the greenhouse and have no where near as much fruit.  In fact, I feel quite inadequate as a tomato mother now! 

[devonbarmygardener]

Nicely.

2 nearest are Moneymakers, then 2 Tigrella, then 2 SanMarzano.

Crikey!   

Please share the details RT (growbag/feeding&watering regime etc), I am seriously impressed!  Mine have taken over the greenhouse and have no where near as much fruit.  In fact, I feel quite inadequate as a tomato mother now! 

I too am feeling inadequate

On a happier note - the few 'Roma VF' toms (that didn't get blossom end rot) I grew from seed are starting to turn a peachy orange colour

But in general, apart from the gartenperle toms i haven't actually got many fruits -not even on the grafted.

Maybe the soil isn't deep enough - they're in the Tomorite growbags with growpots added.

[BobE]

Maybe the soil isn't deep enough - they're in the Tomorite growbags with growpots added.

Im using Tomorite extra deep growbags with growpots.  Ive put more compost into the central core.  But, I think the good harvest is because Im using the conservatory.  Its so much warmer overnight.  Ive been picking for two weeks whilst the three in the GH are still very green. (Also in growpots on growbags).  I may be wrong but I think its down to overnight temperature.

[A Reyt Tayty]

Nicely.

2 nearest are Moneymakers, then 2 Tigrella, then 2 SanMarzano.

Crikey!   

Please share the details RT (growbag/feeding&watering regime etc), I am seriously impressed!  Mine have taken over the greenhouse and have no where near as much fruit.  In fact, I feel quite inadequate as a tomato mother now! 

Big pots with bottoms totally removed, sitting on a grow bag with holes cut out where pots sit. Three smaller pots fitted in the same way per grow bag between toms to make sure roots get plenty of water.
A litre of water per plant (into the pot itself) in the mornings and make sure the small pots keep the growbag well moist. More water in the afternoon according to the weather. If it's been really hot, probably another litre.

Feed with the Levingtons slow release pellets, three to a pot. Occasional liquid feed to supplement, perhaps once a week or so. Used at a dilution of 5ml to a litre, giving each plant a third of a litre. My outside toms which haven't been fed with the pellets get half a litre of liquid feed at this dilution every morning with more plain water added mid day and again late afternoon as dictated by the weather conditions.

I always add a little bit of potash and crushed eggshells to the final potting mix.

When doing seedlings, I only do one per pot in a half pint plastic pot. As the seedling grows, I add potting mix around the plant. This saves moving the plants to repot them deeper as they grow. I find this give a good hefty root system, which I think is a big part of it.

[snowdrops]

Deeply impressed ARTy. If I could have that many on each plant I wouldn't need so many plants. :blink:

[devonbarmygardener]

I've made a note of that for next year.
Thanks

[Growster...]

Gave all ours a feed today - Tomorite, nettle and comfrey tea.

Greenhouse toms are everywhere up to six trusses, and bruschettas are just the norm almost every day... Mrs G picked a huge Black Krim today, and mixed it it with the others, and the colour was divine!

So far this year, so good eh? Still could change though, so fingers crossed!

[GreyScales]

I've been very pleased with the yield of my tomato plants. The two beefsteaks have been relentless; keeping both my family and an elderly neighbour in big tomatoes for weeks I'm disappointed in the alicante though, as they are quite small and very slow to ripen, I've barely had any alicante at all so I'm hoping they're going to end up extending my season if not cropping well right now. Otherwise I won't bother with them next year.

My beefsteaks doing so well has led to some problems however. The weight of the fruit is causing the plants to lean forward, it's bending the bamboo canes and I've been forced to add additional canes in an effort to keep them upright. I actually found one of the plants had fallen over one particularly windy day and two undeveloped tomatoes had broken off, which thankfully ripened in the fruit bowel. These are 44cm pots, so it takes some weight to knock them over.

Will have to rethink my supports next year if it is anything like this.

[Wiltshire Worms]

2 orange ones now..officially colour checked

[lettice]

My tomatoes are having a great year in greenhouse and outside.
For red ones, been picking Tigerella and Red Zebra this week
Other red varieties cropping well, but green at mo are Moneymaker, Christmas grape, sultana, tamaki, tangella and blooming butcher.
Picked a good crop today of snowberry yellow toms, and sungold/golden cherry orange toms.
Have some yellow garden peach cropping but still green.

My Italian ones are cropping very well too, loads, but all green at mo of San Marzano, Cuore di Bue and Costoluto Fiorentino

[Springlands]

One sweet million is finally beginning to turn - will be keeping a close eye on it. 

[JayG]

Sweet million (grafted) have just turned - had the first one today and it is amazingly sweet.
Not bad skin thickness either but I don't want to pay for grafted toms next year.

Glad I didn't pay for the extra vigour of grafted Sweet Million DBG - these were my two plants a few days ago, grown from seed and clearly not happy with having to put up with a mere 8X6 greenhouse! 

[devonbarmygardener]

I'm glad my grafted toms were free - yours look way better than mine Jay!!