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17 Mar 19, Gerrard Kavanagh (Australia - temperate climate)

Have harvested lots of good tomatoes including green ones yesterday. Most plants dried and look like they are dying back. However some appear to have started some healthy looking new growth. Do I pull them all out and get ready for peas or other nitrogen rich crop or see what happens with the new growth?

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20 Jan 19, Nick (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Is it too late to plant tomatoes in late January in sydney

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06 Mar 15, (Australia - temperate climate)

Yellowing leaves mean it is underfed which happens easier in pots. Feed with lots of compost and dynamic lifter. Use liquid fertiliser as well. A quick acting and compost and dynamic lifter will keep the plants going longer term

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25 Sep 14, John (Australia - temperate climate)

Do the smoke-tobacco carries a fungus disease .

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16 Aug 14, Matt (Australia - temperate climate)

Its to hot and humid in Sydney to grow tomatoes well in Dec /Jan Get your plants going early inside and grow from Aug to Nov then have a break then start again in Feb when temps just drop a little .Cherry tomatoes will do much better .All tomatoes don't like being moved so try and seed them where they will stay and don't water the foliage and smokers shouldn't touch the leaves or the plants at all they hate it.And the ones you neglect and that come up by themselves will always do better than the ones you put your heart into. They also need calcium (egg shells).Dont touch them!

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08 Aug 14, Don (Australia - temperate climate)

I live on the lower north shore in sydney and every year I plant my tomatoes and they start to flower in abundance as there a no bees here I go around with a small paint brush and try and pollinate them going from flower to flower but being as careful as I can doing this exercise ,I disturb them and they fall off and only a few make it to a tomato stage where am I going wrong a frustrated tomato grower.

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23 Jul 14, Sagala (Australia - temperate climate)

Watch out for bugs and pests as they can leave little holes in the tomatoes so be careful when picking

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12 Aug 11, Coogee (Australia - temperate climate)

To be honest, our water supply is polluted with high concentrations of fluoride. also, persistent con trails being sprayed over the city and coast are detrimental to the the health of the plants. Try using filtered water and keeping them out of the rain.

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15 Apr 11, leon (Australia - arid climate)

Hi i have been trying to find out earlyest date i can plant tomatoe seeds in perth western australia would it be after the shortest day of the year? I can bring them up on a window sill if its to cold just wondering about the sun longth.

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11 Mar 10, Simi (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I had that same problem from a few weeks all that rain we had.. sorted itself out now just make sure good drainage and have a look at how much you are watering. To much and they will split.

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