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31 Oct 11, Digger Dave (Australia - temperate climate)

Every year I plant a tomato plant in August (cover from frost), then plant a couple in October, I fertilize when I plant them with blood and bone and then again every two months, Last year the eary plant grew over nine feet tall and I had tomatos before christmas

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18 Nov 11, ian (Australia - arid climate)

i always fertiilze every 10 to 12 days as you will always good growth and a healthy plant will always bear goood fruit or veg's

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26 Sep 11, Lisa (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

When it says potatoes and tomatoes shouldn't be planted together does that just mean same bed? or same time? completely new to gardening thanks

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18 Nov 11, ian Mckay (Australia - temperate climate)

no don't plant after one after the other always leave a years between as you may end up with namato's, i always leave a year or somethimes two between planting either between planting of either of them.

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26 Sep 11, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

Lisa, it means that they should not be planted in the same bed.

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01 Sep 11, Nik in Melbourne (Australia - temperate climate)

Is is time to plant tomato seedlings out in the patch yet? Also, a patch I have does not get full sun till the middle of the summer. Should I delay planting tomatoes there?

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08 Oct 11, Tracey in Melbourne (Australia - temperate climate)

Basically from the start of October to early November is considered tomato planting time in Melbourne but exactly when to plant out your seedlings depends on the microclimate of your garden. If your veg plot is sheltered from cold wind and gets lots of sun, or you have raised beds (which warm up quicker than an in-ground garden), or you are growing your toms in large pots (again, warmer than in-ground beds), then you can get away with planting them now. I have a heavyish clay-based soil which tends to take a little longer to warm up, so will not be planting mine out until around the end of this month. As far as planting in less than full sun, the minimum recommendation for plants like tomatoes is usually given as 6 hours of sun a day, so your patch doesn't necessarily need to get sun from dawn to dusk. If it's currently getting 6 hours you can proceed as per usual. I have a spot in my garden that is shaded by a shed in winter/early spring, which I'll be using for a tomato plant this year. I'll pot up the tomato seedling destined for that spot (an early fruiting variety) into a bigger pot as necessary, and plant it out mid-November, by which time the space gets about 6 hours and the seedling will be a good size.

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27 Aug 11, Bill (Australia - temperate climate)

My dogs like to eat manure and blood and bone drives them nuts, so last year I used mushroom compost together with liquid fish fertiliser on the tomatoes. Had a staggeringly large crop.

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24 Aug 11, Moshe Ioh (Australia - temperate climate)

Is it possible to use mushroom compost (alkaline) with tomatoes (liking acidic soil)? Has anybody used this technique and what were the results?

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23 Aug 11, MICK (Australia - temperate climate)

DO YOU PRUNE GRAFTED TOMATOS THE SAME AS A NORMAL TOMATO

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