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30 Mar 16, Mike (Australia - temperate climate)

Feed with nitrogen rich fert. You can use store bought liquid fert. for quick fix or dig in manure around the base of each plant. There are lots of ways to help boost the minerals in soil, Google is your friend.

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14 Mar 16, philip hope (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Bright yellow leaves at the tip of the plant what is the soil deficient in? I live just outside of Gympie

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28 Apr 16, Tania (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi Phillip, yellow leaves tend to mean you need more calcium in the soil.... try some chicken manure.

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10 Mar 16, Dave McGinlay (Australia - temperate climate)

I have an amazing Roma Tomato plant that is now in it;s third flowering & has produced over 200 tomatoes over the past 18 months(I just trim off the dead foliage) Lately some of the fruit has a very small round hole in them & when cut open reveals a heap of tiny eggs. Could this be some kind of wasp.? I am picking them a bit earlier now as the culprit can;t seem to put a hole in them if they are slightly unripe. Regards Dave McGinlay

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15 Mar 16, Jacqueline Comber (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Sounds very much like fruit fly...we can't grow in Sumner because of these.

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08 Feb 16, Max (Australia - temperate climate)

my Oxheart tomatoes have worms inside them but no entry point how is this possible. It's frustrating as I'm throwing out a lot. Is there something I can do to avoid this /

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09 Feb 16, Cecile (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

If I remember correctly, moths lay their eggs in the flowers of the tomato plant, so as the fruit develops from the flower, the eggs mature inside the growing tomato

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29 Jan 16, Robyn (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Should I pick the flowers off my tomato plants while the plants are still small?

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28 Apr 16, Tania (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi Robyn. Picking off the flowers while the plant is still young gives more energy to the roots and leaves. i always pick off the first two trusses to allow for more branching.

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10 Jan 16, Jenny (Australia - temperate climate)

I am growing my first tomato Beefsteak or something like that can anyone tell me why do the leaves fold in or curl inwards ?? Is this because of too much water ??

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