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    Hi
    Please can you tell me if they are suppose to look like this.

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    Thank you.

  • #2
    Mine's like that too - but much smaller
    My seeds are from nellie-m with a note:-

    "Be warned: the plants look pathetic. Wispy foliage, always hanging down as if about to die of thirst, but watering doesn't help........its just the way it looks, At first I was tempted to pull them up and plant some others, but I'm glad I didn't. Here is a large tomato that doesn't need ages to ripen, tastes great, produces well and looks fantastic. Do give it a try."

    Reassuring, isn't it!

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    • #3
      Thank goodness for that i really was worried about what i had..ha ha.....Thanks V/C

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      • #4
        I want to see the tomatoes off that plant. It sounds great. But he does look very sorry for himself

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        • #5
          yes he does...both of them...V/c did you tie them up or let them drop.?

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          • #6
            I've found this with Black Russian toms.The plants always look horrible spindly things but the tomatoes are gorgeous!
            My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
            to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

            Diversify & prosper


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            • #7
              If that had been mine it would have been repotted in a 10 litre pot and the stem would have been 1/2 buried.
              Having read VC's post I would still do it.
              Last edited by fishpond; 27-04-2017, 07:01 PM. Reason: typo
              Feed the soil, not the plants.
              (helps if you have cluckies)

              Man v Squirrels, pigeons & Ants
              Bob

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              • #8
                I never interfere with anything that droops
                Apparently, its the same as Striped Roman - more at http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ml#post1492313
                and Striped Roman - Tatiana's TOMATOBase

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                • #9
                  You tie up the main stem, and when it' s bigger the stem will beef up a bit, but the leaves always look droopy. There are a few of these droopy varieties about - you get used to them in the end


                  Snap VC !
                  Last edited by Thelma Sanders; 27-04-2017, 06:58 PM.

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                  • #10
                    Yup, Black Icicle are the same........sulky Bu99ers.............
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                    • #11
                      Yup, Purple Ukraine was the first 'whispy' I grew - and I thought it had some truly horrible disease!

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                      • #12
                        i now know what you mean.

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                        • #13
                          I didn't know how big the toms got...one of them is bigger then my hand.

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                          • #14
                            I'm growing them too but my toms are nowhere near that size!!

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                            • #15
                              but... on a six ft plant i have 4 very big toms..only 4.ha ha
                              Last edited by Ms-T; 10-07-2017, 08:53 PM.

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