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[Martin B]

Hi,

My tomatoes are continuing to grow well but the bottom layer of leaves are turning yellow! It looks quite bizarre, is it normal? I think it may be because they have been moved slightly but by no more that 1/2metre. When bonsai trees are moved they shed their leaves and some go yellow. Is it a similar thing.

 

I have also elevated my strawberries so that the chooks do not eat them or get to them before I do. The actual plant is growing over the pot and trailing down the stack of chairs it is on. Will these result in more strawberries later in the year? Also the leaves in which I have picked strawberries from are beggining to obtain brown spots- any ideas?

 

Kind Regards

Martin

[Craig]

Martin,

 

I've grown quite few tomatoes and the yellowing of the leaves is normal, just make sure there getting lots of water at least twice a day in this weather with food regulary.

 

Can't help on the bonsai though.

 

Craig.

[Martin B]

Thanks Craig!

[Eyren]

Yeah, mine do that too - I just snip them off if they get really shabby, so as to discourage disease (not sure if it's the right thing to do but it hasn't done any harm yet!).

[Nicola O]

A lot of gardeners recommend removing the lower leaves on tomatoes even if they are not going yellow as it lets extra light in around the lower fruits and helps them to ripen.

 

I've done it every year, can't swear it really makes a difference but it hasn't done any harm.

 

Nicola

[Cinnamon]

Martin,make sure you give your tommos some liqued feed,to make sure they are getting all the nutrients they need

 

I harvested my first handful of little golden cherry tomatoes yesterday

[The Dogmother]

I've got a couple of green tomatoes so far, weeny ones. I am going to lift a sack of my tatties this weekend to see if they're ready yet; the plants still look like quatermass, but I want to see some tatties.

[Martin B]

I'm going to remove the leaves as suggested. The tomatoes are only small and green at the moment!

[The Dogmother]

Mine too Martin. I have just moved my plant out of the chooks reach too as they were pecking at the leaves

Edited July 13, 2006 by Guest

[Martin B]

My rabbits were nibbling on them!