[Tullywood Farm]

I wonder if anyone else has had a bad crop of tomatoes this year.

I am wondering if it is lack of sunshine?

Mine were the worst ever - last year was terrible too, the year before I made so much chutney and sauce as I had far too many tomatoes.

Anyone and advice?  Similar problems?

Julie

[Lizmar]

Yes Julie my plants are the same - no ripe tomatoes yet and the fruits are really small.  Even the bushes didn't grow as tall - usually I am nipping the tops to slow them down and to get a good crop, but not this year.  I thought we had enough sun to get them going the beginning of July, but they didn't bother themselves.

[Rosemary]

Ours are poor too - in fact this very morning, Dan said, in a fit of pique, that he wasn't growing tomatoes next year.

[northfifeduckling]

I honestly can't complain, but I must say that the previous years were absolutely miserable! I planned putting them into the greenhouse this year  (which is still unfinished  ) I first kept quite a few plants in the caravan, then covered them under tomato tunnels, so there are actually some big fruit on them and the odd one now turning orange. I think it just was not hot enough for outdoor toms at the crucial time.  I'll grow them in a proper polytunnel and greenhouse any time! You can always make green tomato chutney - or remember Fried Green Tomatoes  lol ?

[clumbaboy]

It must be a bad year for tomatoes, even mine in the greenhouse are poor, very small fruit. My father has an allotment and nearly every outdoor tomato plant has succumbed to some disease or other, all the potatoes are suffering with blight as well, even the resistant types, some very upset gardeners there!!

[Troubled Waters]

hmph. Just commented on this in the vegetables bit.  My outside toms have all died off and the unripe fruit rotting on the vine.  Mum's were the same. she said they went really quickly and looked like they had been sprayed.  Ones in greenhouse are fine but taking an age to ripen. Must be the wet weather and lower temps than usual.

The spuds all died off really quickly too and not such large crops.  Did anyone else suffer with bad spud crops?

[Tullywood Farm]

I was really upset as I had gone out and bought lots of new varieties 
striped green, yellow, orange, plum orange - all of them in the greenhouse,
I have had half a dozen tomatoes, and none of them have grown taller than 2 1/2 ft.

Usually there trying to take the roof off the greenhouse by now!!!

Julie

[sabrina]

My plants have done very well on growth but the tomatoes are still green just had a few red ones. Getting worried thats all I am going to have

[JD]

Very disappointed in my spuds this year a really poor crop. So bad might give them a miss next year.
JD

[doganjo]

My plants have done very well on growth but the tomatoes are still green just had a few red ones. Getting worried thats all I am going to have

Mine are the same - and not many of them either.  I might just have enough for one jar of green tomato chutney

[Sassy1]

Tried some different varieties this year, quite a few tomatoes, but the caterpillars have made short work of most of them. NEVER had caterpillar problem before. Potatoes were good, but around here no one has had any success with carrots - even in pots!

[doganjo]

Oh, my carrots are good!  One lot of potatoes had scab but scraped it off and they were fine, haven't tried next type yet.

[HappyHippy]

I didn't have any tomatoes this year, but hoping my crop next year will be ok.
My carrotts were cr*p, didn't even get 1 !
The tatties were ok (grown in old compost bags) got about 1Kg per seed tattie (but only planted 4 due to lack of space!) no signs of blight on them either (maybe the bags stopped too much water getting into them?)
My onions, shallots & garlic are going great & nearing harvest. Peas were a little dissapointing, turnips good (but a few split, perhaps the rain?) My beetroot, spring onions and leeks are looking good, but my very promising row of mixed salad seedlings were descimated in one night by the slugs ! Grrrrr
Also very poor results from the strawberries (2nd year) but they did put out loads of runners, so I've got plenty more for next year 

[kevkev57]

Same here in Belgium. Late to ripen and the bushes are sick looking.

Kevin

[r+lchick]

Mine are in the greenhouse and they are just ripening up now.  They are a good size but not very many.  I read about green tomato chutney but gave them a second chance and now they are ripening very well.  I also cleaned all the white off my greenhouse to get maximum light. (Obvious I know).  But for months I had very good plants, loads of flowers but no fruit.