Yellowing tumbling tom

[Marb67]

So how do you account for my other home grown toms in smaller pots that look green and healthy ?

When I bought that plant home, I knew in my head as soon as it went over the threshold of my garden this would happen. And it did exactly as I feared. There is no logical reason why this should happen when all the other plants at that nursery are healthy and green.

Too many negative vibes.

Always expect the worst and then if it doesn't happen it's a bonus.

[Nicos]

Getting nice toms but don't like the sickly foliage. Went back to the nursery I bought it from today and they are still selling them for £4.99 a basket in the polytunnel. The only difference is theirs are huge, green healthy plants now and even though mine is in the exact same compost and container, it has to go downhill. I just don't get it

Ask them what they are feeding theirs with…and how often - that might be making the difference?

[Marb67]

It happens e wry time. As soon as I get it over the threshold It just goes downhill from the outset. Otherworldly things at work here I think.

[Marb67]

Why oh why oh why do they always end up like this? Fed with above suggestions etc and still sickly, withering foliage. It would have been cheaper to buy the Tom's in Waitrose.

[smallblueplanet]

Perhaps not for me to suggest, we've only ever grown 'tumbling' tomatoes once and they were crap. It's lots of effort to keep a small pot correctly fed and watered. Indeterminate tomatoes whether in pots, the ground and/or the greenhouse have been the only ones we bother growing.

[Marb67]

But I have other Tom's in smaller pots doing much better.

[Nicos]

Ask them what they are feeding theirs with…and how often - that might be making the difference?

Did you go and chat with them? Might be worth still going and showing them your photos. They may be able to advise what you could do differently next time?

[Marb67]

But again, my other toms in pots are much healthier. Feeding with the same feed etc.

[Nicos]

All the more reason to chat with them. Maybe there is something in the base of the pot to aid drainage or more likely hold a small reservoir of water….? Have you looked?
Just a thought…..

[Marb67]

Well, I cannot fathom what is happening to the stems of my Tom's. It's not blight but something else weird. Being fed with tomato feed and not just comfrey but it hasn't stopped this. So it's not just the tumbling Tom but also an outdoor Alicante.

[Penellype]

Some of mine sometimes do that - I have no idea what causes it. You want to pick the ripening tomatoes - they fall off very easily once the stalks go brown and can bruise or split as they fall. Keep an eye on the stalk area after picking as sometimes the fruit starts to rot from that end.

[Marb67]

Again, 3 home grown tumbling plants going yellow for absolutely no reason. Fed with Tomorite every week. They have cropped well, and still are so would you cut the leaves off ?

Thanks.

[rary]

Yes remove the dead leaves, when I grow the basket tomatoes I always add soil in the mix as it helps hold the moisture longer, as you're basket was bought from a nursery I wonder if their watering and feeding is more regular, you could always try adding a weak feed to every watering and personally I would stay with the comfrey, feeding too much to plants can create a number of different problems and what you feed effects the growth and taste

[Marb67]

Thanks. I used to feed comfrey only but was advised on these forums that its not enough and I need something like Tomorite The plants are in large pots and not bought from a nursery like last year. I grew them from seed. I still have some comfrey on the go though and add here and there.

[rary]

As I added a layer of seaweed to my tomato bed I possibly get additional minerals and nutrients for my tomatoes. so if anything I would recommend a seaweed feed which still cuts out any chemicals