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Primrose
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Joined: Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:50 pm Posts: 3400 Location: Bucks.
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 Black Russian tomatoes
First time I've grown this variety but have noticed, with the second trusses now appearing on all three plants, only a maximum of three out of six or seven fruits have developed from the flowers. Is this a characteristic of this variety? The tomatoes look as if they're going to be rather large, and despite a weekly feed I'm wondering whether this is the plant's natural way of preserving its energy.
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| Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:20 am |
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PLUMPUDDING
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Joined: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:14 pm Posts: 1481 Location: Stocksbridge, S. Yorks
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 Re: Black Russian tomatoes
Last year mine all set, but this year the ones flowering during the hot spell a few weeks ago have only set a few per truss. You may get more setting now the weather has cooled down a bit. More likely the weather than the variety.
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| Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:57 am |
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FelixLeiter
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Joined: Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:18 pm Posts: 596 Location: East Yorkshire
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 Re: Black Russian tomatoes
This is a characteristic of a lot of beefsteak varieties: they don't set well during a hot spell. You'll find they'll set much better now that it's cooled off.
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| Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:49 pm |
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Kleftiwallah
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Joined: Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:17 pm Posts: 245 Location: North Wiltshire
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 Re: Black Russian tomatoes
I can post you a rabbit's tail to help with pollination. By the way, the rabbit was delicious. Cheers, Tony.
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