Tomatoes, tomatoes everywhere

Since my last post, just 12 days ago, tomatoes have been popping up from everywhere. Its great to see these tiny green blobs slowly grow larger and larger, and each day there seems to be a few more. The photo shows the largest so far, which are easily 3cm radius. Each pot, containing 4 or 5 plants, is covered in flowers, which hopefully should all become fruits.

The most important things to consider now are regular watering, weekly feeding and cutting the top stems off. Having read a few magazine articles and now through my own experience of growing these plants, if you dont stop them growing (take bits off) they will just keep on growing. My older tomato plants are now about 4ft tall. By taking the top growing stems off the plant is allowed to concentrate its energy into producing the fruits.

I also have 5 younger plants growning in individual pots, 2 outside and 3 in the green house. They are also developing flowers but not so many. The foliage is much less than the older plants.