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03 May 19, Green thumb (Australia - temperate climate)

Try a new area. Dig the soil and add compost/manure or fertiliser. Add some Epsom salts to the soil - buy at supermarket. As the plants grow up to 600-800mm tall, pick off the bottom few leaves and suckers. Always leave the top 6-8-10 leaves. Tie plants to a stake each 300mm in an 8 configuration around the plant and pole. Water in the morning and water at the soil level. When a tomato plant grows and you prick fruit, the bottom leaves die. Little plants need a little water each day or two - big plants need a good deep watering 2-3 times a week, unless it is summer they may need more. My toms are 1.8m high, green as anything and not a dead leaf yet. Fruit developing.

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25 Jun 19, Green Thumd (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

These tomatoes were seeds from seedlings given to a seed seller who grew them out and harvested the seeds and sold them. They are from Guyra Glasshouse (NSW) - biggest tomato grower in Aus I read. These plants have been unbelievable. I grow them on trellises 6-7' long - 3 plants to a trellis. I have 3 trellises about 2.5' apart running N -S and another trellis at my house. The middle trellis of the 3 hasn't produced too many tomatoes - shaded by the others but gee have all the rest produced heaps. I don't know what variety they are (a hybrid) but they produce a lot of fruit and no disease or grubs. Have picked about 40kg and still have approx. 25-30 kg to pick.

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18 Apr 19, karen (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

re: end rot_ always put calcium of some kind in the planting hole then feed with powdered calcium and maybe spent coffee - diluted, a couple of times in the growing season. I collect all my eggshells and use, powdered, for all the mandrake plants, especially the ones in pots - once a month application for potted plants.\

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08 Apr 19, Di Gates (Australia - tropical climate)

I have been planting tomatoes in my veggie patch, but the fruit never goes a nice bright red, they are always blotchy orangey red. I have tried different varieties, but they all do the same thing. Is it the soil, or too much sun, or the bore water which is quite hard? They taste ok, just look unattractive. I was going to try growing them in pots this year, then at least I can rule out the soil.

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16 Feb 19, Peter (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

my roma tomatoes have got a big brown spot on the very end just as it starts to show colour, what would you say that is ?

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19 Feb 19, Carmen J. (Australia - temperate climate)

Looks like is lacking calcium, normally we put fertilizer but we forget to put calcium, get some dolomite or some rock dust.

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25 Jun 19, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Use Epsom salt - a teaspoon in the hole at planting and even sprinkle another on top of the soil a few weeks later.

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18 Feb 19, mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Blossom end rot by the sounds of it. Buy some Epsom Salts and put in your garden - from supermarkets. Couple of $$ for 1 kg.

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20 Aug 19, Marie B (Australia - temperate climate)

Epsom salt is magnesium sulfate and doesn’t address the lack of calcium. For this coming spring you can buy calcium at Bunnings or your nursery but if you add finely crushed eggshells in your soil and let it degrade over the winter months you will not have to buy calcium again. Boiled eggs water and fish bones buried in soil work wonders against blossom end rot.

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28 Dec 18, stephen musgrave (Australia - temperate climate)

tomatoes look healthy have plenty leafs but not many fruit

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