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Is it possible to have too many tomatoes to a truss? This year it's the Shirleys that are at it. Normally 8-12 to a truss, but one of them is going crackers and has over 30 flowers on one truss. Is it wisest to nip some off to get better fruits from the remaining ones? Last year it was the tigrellas that did it and I think I tried to leave too many on for the plant to cope with. What would be an optimum number of fruits to the truss? I'm also getting the curly foliage thing on foliage growing past the second truss. Any way to sort that one out?
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I've got curly foliage too, so will be watching this post. Also, how many trusses do you let it produce?Nannys make memories -
Usually 5 trusses. Smaller fruits such as gardeners delight I allow more.Originally posted by Nannysally99 View PostComment
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Shirley are renown for having very heavy trusses of quite large tomatoes, Last year I had one break off under the weight so I gave the other heavy ones some support. I let mine go to 7 trusses which helps reduce the weight of the others I suppose. As for curling leaves, its common and doesn't seem to signify anything as far as I know.photo album of my garden in my profile http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...my+garden.htmlComment
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We should ask the National Truss......Comment
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I let mine do whatever the hell they want. But make sure you add extra support if the branch gets too heavy.Comment
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Bill:
I don't mean individual leaves curling. I mean a full branch of leaves which curls up like a corkscrew. Usually happens when I get past the second truss.Comment
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Curly leaves can be down to big swings in temperature or, like I had a couple of years back, the result of (what appeared to be) clopyralid in the compost. Hope it's not the latter.Location ... NottinghamComment
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I think the compost is fine. Other stuff I've done in it is very happy.Comment
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I'm growing sun baby for the first time this year, and the trusses must have around 30-40 flowers per truss, but as they're are cherry tom, I'll let them all grow and see what happens?Comment
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Curly foliage, when the whole of the top of the plant curls under and inwards and is a strong dark green is usually simply due to the plant growing strongly with plenty of nutrients. Tomatoes usually do this when they become established after repotting, particularly if it is warm and sunny.
My shirleys regularly produce fruit which is too heavy for the truss stem, which bends down, but it doesn't seem to do them any harm. I tend to get 4-6 to a truss , but I am asking the poor things to live in 2 litre pots on the windowsill so I think that's probably enough for mine to cope with.Last edited by Penellype; 15-06-2014, 01:18 PM.A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard NimoyComment
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That is interesting, I have some gardeners delight which are going great guns but recently the top growing tip has become more of a green ball of interwoven shoots and leaves. Will this sort itself out? or should I be trying to prune some of it away.Originally posted by Penellype View Postphoto album of my garden in my profile http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...my+garden.htmlComment
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I'm wondering whether it's too much nutrients. When I pot up into final pots, I always add a desertspoon of FB&B to the compost, along with some of that slow release stuff. For that reason, I'm holding off any further feeding, even though My first trusses have set on some plants. The last 2 years, I used the Levington slow release plugs which worked well, but I couldn't source any this year.Comment
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I can empathise with the curly, bright green, almost serrated edged plants. I have had those. I generally assume that's the tomato being happy. I, personally, keep feeding as new trusses form. To keep the plant in a nirvana like state.
No such thing as too many tomatoes. I've deliberately gone for quite a few, as I would like to make some chutneys and relishes!Comment
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When I'm talking a lot of tomatoes to a truss, I'm talking in excess of 30 fruits to a truss. On a plant like a Shirley, thats an awful lot to try and keep from snapping the truss at the joint.Comment
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