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  • Few tomato questions

    Never really grown tomatoes successfully before, so am trying again, all outside on top balcony 4 floors up.

    Gardeners delight, are already beginning to produce flowers, should I leave them or remove, plants are about18inches? Have been pinching out side shoots. In tomato bags.

    Red pear, how big will these grow? In flower buckets

    Tumbling toms, I have 2 in hanging baskets, but others just in ordinary pots, about 7/8 inch across , and now wondering if I should quickly move these to the bigger 'flower buckets', and also is it ok to have these on the floor? Tiny flowers also forming

    The others I have are Minibel, assume same conditions as Tumbling toms?

    I potted them up, a couple of weeks ago, so assume don't need feeding just yet?

    Thank you
    Last edited by Dorothy rouse; 22-05-2014, 09:15 AM.
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  • #2
    Don't remove the flowers Dotty, they're your Toms.....................it may be a good idea to put you tumblers into flower buckets if that is going to be there final home. Start feeding when the fruits form.
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    • #3
      This may help you for next year Dotty:

      http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ato_11405.html
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      • #4
        All my cordons are grown outside on the patio in 18 inch+ terracotta pots (which are about the same size as flower buckets I think). I usually let them grow to the top of the supporting cane (about 6 feet) then top, so they can concentrate on fruit not height

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        • #5
          I don't want to thread hijack, but this doesn't warrant it's own thread really and it's a related subject. I have 3 pots of tumbler tomatoes which are around 14" tall. After seeing this thread I'm wondering if I should have pulled out the growing tip before now to get more horizontal growth. Should I still look to do this?

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          • #6
            Short answer Yes pinch out the top leader this will make for a sturdier more compact plant. I topped my Tumbler about a fortnight ago and already have a small tom.
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            • #7
              leave the flowers!!
              from memory, the red pear grew very tall, so if you want a more compact plant, take out the main stem, and let it bush a little bit.
              As long as you keep on top of the sideshoots and don't let them go mental it'll fruit just as well on a few of those than on one tall stem.

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              • #8
                I'm growing Red Pear too, from goggling it, it's unclear what kind of tomato it is - some say it's a beefsteak and some say it's a cherry.... ?
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                • #9
                  Done what you said, BM and Potty, now watching them grow!
                  DottyR

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                  • #10
                    Think the packet said 'May need support' , and intermediate, bushy I thought, only grew them cos the seeds came free, doing ok.
                    DottyR

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                    • #11
                      Pretty sure it's indeterminate (cordon) type.
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                      • #12
                        Red pear is a cordon tom plum type, grew them two years back but changed to black cherry as they go better with mature cheddar.
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                        • #13
                          um...the ones I grew were a cherry plum tomato. There's a yellow variety too.

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