xChicken04x Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Hiya everyone, sorry if this is on the wrong board, feel free to move it! We have been growing tomatoes for about a month now and have made some big tomatoes that are yet to ripen. But i have noticed over the past week that the leaves are starting to turn black. we have been watering them about twice a day but still cant figure out a reason why they are turning black. does anyone know why? thanks for any replies xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 dont know sorry - but I think I would be tempted to pick them off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Sounds like blight to me, but I am no expert. Pinch a leaf off & take it to a local garden centre....they normally have someone in the know around. You may be over watering - mine only get a water once evry couple of days while its not boiling hot (they are in a greenhouse) I am usually well into a glut by now, but this year I am yet to have a single tommo ripen due to the lack of sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Same here cinnamon - we dont have anywhere near as many tomatoes as usual. and no red ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 thanks for the help , should we pick the tomatoes off then? or maybe try them with tomatoe feed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anjuli Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 We have lost our outdoor tomotoes and potatoes due to blight in the last week or so. I think due to all the rain....The tomatoes in the greenhouse are fine thogh, not red yet but look healthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 No sign of any tomatoes at all on any of my plants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 We've only got a few - and they're still green I don't know why the leaves are black......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 thanks for the replies, i picked on of the green tomatoes today hopfully it will ripen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Hi, My outdoor tomato plants look terrible. Plenty of little green tomatoes but the leaves are withered and black so not looking hopeful My Mum reckons it is due to the weather - hot and sunny then tipping it down, then dry and warm etc etc. Luckily my spare room looks like a greenhouse due to tommy plants so I should get a few tomatoes at least Feel sorry for guests though - I call it a "themed" room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 That all makes me feel much better - mine are just as you've all described. I thought it was something I had or hadn't done to them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 My toms are just flowering - so late & lagging behind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 My tomatoes look really healthy, on account of them being outdoors but with large open ended plastic bags over them to protect them from the weather Not many tomatoes though, probably about half a dozen on each plant, all are green at the moment too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolinep Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 That all makes me feel much better - mine are just as you've all described. I thought it was something I had or hadn't done to them! Our outdoor ones are the same as yours Snowy, whilst the ones in the greenhouse are fine n green but no ripe tomatoes yet I thought we had done something wrong too and had put the tomato plants too near the potatoes. Must be the weather though as a lot of us are having the same probs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 Just thought i would give you a update, the Tomatoe plants have officialy died, they went black and shrivled and are now in the bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Back from holiday and my sweetpeas are fantastic!!! I picked several vases' worth and still have hundreds! The tomatoes on the other hand are all black, shrivelled and nearly dead! I planted them away from the potatoes as blight can affect both plants. But the tatties have had it too! I pulled up 4 plants and had a good few handfuls of ok sized potatoes. Still have another 11 plants to pull up. The tomato plants will be pulled up today . 11 plants going in the bin!!!! (that has scuppered my plans for hundreds of jars of tomato and chilli jam). P.s don't put the black leaves/plants in the compost bin. The blight spores will contaminate the compost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 oh dear! that's the joy of gardening ... you win some, you lose some. I am a tomato novice, mine are growing well but I think I should have picked off more of the side shoots as there's a lot of leaf, not much fruit. I've only ever grown 'tumbler' tomatoes before, and you don't need to thin them out. Sounds like yours had some disease though, nothing to do with how you looked after them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 True Olly! The beetroot are fab, as are the runner beans, chard, onions, brussels, courgettes, pumpkins, carrots (from Lesley), sweetcorn, lettuce, cucumber and radishes! You can't have it all i guess! Good news though! I just remembered a tumbler tomato i planted in a pot! Its doing well! Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 My Tumbler tomatoes are doing just fine and we have had quite a few so far with as many more to come. Usually I struggle with the watering, but this year it has been just fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 We've got blight as well and we'll have to dig up all the potatoes. It lloks as if it might have spread to the tomatoes, which were looking healthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
