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Is anyone else's tomatoes quite small this year. Some of mine are really really small. Is there a reason as to why this happens?
Grow them the same way every year. Weather maybe?
Grow them the same way every year. Weather maybe?
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Hi Scoot, what variety are you growing.
And when your back stops aching,
And your hands begin to harden.
You will find yourself a partner,
In the glory of the garden.
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I was thinking the same yesterday when looking at my Oh Happy Day at the allotment. Last year these were big beefsteak tomatoes but this year they look a much more normal size (2nd year I have grown them so no other years for comparison). I think the very up and down temperatures this year have not helped at all and I suspect last night will have slowed things further - we got down to 6.5C here.A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard NimoyComment
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Not noticed any difference with mine, I'm growing Black cherry, Gardeners delight, Shirleys, San marzano and for the first time Ildi but they're small toms anyway.Location....East Midlands.Comment
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My tomatoes are pretty small so far too which I also noticed, and very slow and all still green. I have a mix of everything small to large. I did plant them out late, but the sizes are small, the beefsteaks look like money makers, and the money makers look like cherry types.Comment
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Short answer -yesComment
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Snap, even down to planting them out late, 1st July.Originally posted by chillithyme View PostComment
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I noticed the same,this is kennilworth King George,the low down truss has big tomatoes,the trusses higher up some flowers were aborted during the heatwave & little pollination,it was too hot for the bees,at one point it was 38 degrees here -
Location : EssexComment
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It seems this is happening to a few people then.
The varieties I'm growing are sungold, gardeners delight, pink charmer and rosella.Comment
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I started my tomatoes really early this year. First time trying to plant some outside (won’t be doing that again). As well as being really small and mostly still green I have had loads of forking in them. The worst is my gardeners delight but also the red cherry and sun gold.Comment
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Not happening to mine either - I'm getting some lovely sized toms. Although I have been deleafing heavily as I've a serious amount of green toms that aren't ripening.Originally posted by Bren In Pots View Post
Always a good crop of my black icicles but I'm getting aheavy crops from each plant - most plants I have trained two main stems.
Though same as JJ - I had many several non pollinated flowers on the super hot days. GH temps were really high.Last edited by Scarlet; 13-08-2019, 10:08 PM.Comment
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Same here this year.
No problem with the size, just really slow to ripen.
And when your back stops aching,
And your hands begin to harden.
You will find yourself a partner,
In the glory of the garden.
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