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05 Jan 19, Mike Logan (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Maybe too much N. Depends how tall they are now.

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11 Dec 18, Peter Smith (Australia - temperate climate)

Growing tomatoes for years now and keep getting small holes like a grub mark as the fruit is rippening and then goes rotten what treatment if any can be used

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13 Dec 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I had similar problems - I used some spray from Aldi - don't know if that did any good. Then used tomato dust and I also used some yellow sticky fly cardboards. I think that stopped it a bit. Some kind of grub was in mine.

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09 Dec 18, Lida (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi,my tomatoe seedling grow well up to about 30 -40cm then all the new shoots and leave curl up and plant stops growing ,can u please help?

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10 Dec 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Sounds like tomato yellow leaf curl virus. Go on the internet and read about it. A couple of tablespoons of lux soap flakes in some hot water and dissolve then add to 6 l of water and spray all over and under the leaves. The leaves look like the fingers in your hand all curled up.

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20 Nov 18, Andrew S Cowell (Australia - temperate climate)

Just a quick piece of advice...avoid planting too close to cabbages, trust me, you'll have spindly tomato plants!

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20 Nov 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Normally you wouldn't plant tomatoes close to cabbage if planted north - south. The tomatoes would shade the cabbage for half the day. Try and plant tall crops together. If you want good strong tomato plants dig a trench 12-15

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23 Sep 18, David Perry (Australia - temperate climate)

What temperature should the soil be to plant out tomatoe seedlings in Melboune? It is now Sept 23. Is it too early. Thank you.

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03 Oct 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

You could probably grow tomatoes all year - I do in sub-tropical area even though it says seeds in Aug Sept and seedlings Oct to Jan. This website is only a guide.

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03 Oct 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

The guide above says plant seedlings out Oct to Jan. Your answer is there.

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