aarrggghhhh, killed tomatoes with kindness?

[RippingYarns]

i've got a grow bag with lovely bushy tomato plants in, but no fruit forming

i think i've over-fed them - what can i do to save them, or have i got to put this year down to experience?

[EeyoreIsh]

I think it's just too early in the year. I've got really good growth on mine, but only just starting to get flowers through. And I'm in the sunny South coast.

[RippingYarns]

the flowers are coming to nothing though, i've had dead flowers for over a week and the fruit just isn't forming

i have a hanging basket plant that is teeming with fruit

[MooncupGoddess]

Odd. Are they inside? If so, give them a gentle shake every so often to encourage pollination.

[EeyoreIsh]

Oh :( have you been feeding it?

[EeyoreIsh]

Ah yes, good point about pollination. I have been known to hand pollinate mine with a fine paintbrush

[RippingYarns]

i've been doing all that, these are outside in a sunny place

i've broken them, haven't i?

[EeyoreIsh]

I blame the rubbish start to the year... The weather has probably left your tomatoes traumatised.

Ignore them for a few weeks and you'll probably have a fine crop!

[RippingYarns]

could be, i've chopped all the huge leaves off so hopefully they will pick up again soon

i want to make chutney, and pasta sauce, and greek salads

probs have enough to go in a cheese sarnie

[EeyoreIsh]

Well, that's more than I've got so far. But I think I just need more patience.

[nearlyreadytopop]

should I be chopping the big leaves of my plants? mine are in the greenhouse in growbags and have a few poxy little flowers

[RippingYarns]

I chop them off as lots of leaves use lots of water, and since mine are in a bag, that's effort I can't be arsed making :-D

[EeyoreIsh]

I think two of my plants have blight I'm gutted.

[purplewithred]

flowers coming to nothing tends to mean poor pollination. Gently shake them, mist them with water, brush them with a soft brush or be glad the insects will be around now the weather is improving.

[nearlyreadytopop]

wooo, I have tomatoes! ! tiny green ones do I feed them now?

[RippingYarns]

i think i have some tomatoes coming now too

we shall have chutney after all

[Jux]

Blimey! I'm only just getting flowers.

I saw my first bee in our garden about 5 days ago so I've been buying all the remaindered bee-friendly flowers I can find and planting them all week, for encouragement. Tom flowers would have been wasted a week ago, but this morning I saw at least 5 bees flying around while I watered. (And I've been killing slugs and snails with pellets this year too.)

Hooray! Maybe we'll have tomatoes this year!