2017 Tomato Season New Zealand

[Bio-Ag-Guy]

Beautiful! Happy looking plants.

[raven87]

Hey Peoples bit of an update on the tomatoes, had some crazy humid weather plus showers and got the blight!! nooooooo but i think ive managed to keep it under control with some copper spray had to strip alot of infected vegetation though but think these guys are gunna make it

[CassInVic]

Oh no! I am crossing my fingers for your tomatoes. Any starting to blush yet?

[MissS]

Blight? I hope that you are wrong with your diagnosis. Late Blight moves very fast and is hard to control.

[raven87]

Im pretty sure its blight ..black spots all up the stem black spots all over leaves ,leaves turning yellow and dying..it has been a mission cutting all the infected branches ..putting sisors in detol between each cut and trying to touch other plants and spread it ..ughh ..so dis heartning ... i think i got a bit to cocky and thought they would be sweet... i should have kept my asprin spray up but yeah...new zealand weather is really unpredictable...next year im definetly going to build a green house

[Spartanburg123]

Sorry about the blight mate, but a really nice little tomato patch you have there! My brother-in-law was a Kiwi (RIP), and the storied he shared! I hope your spray took care of it! But from the looks of it, you have a very impressive yield of tomatoes- very high germination rates!

Cheers!

Darin

[Sydney Grower]

Great Work Raven. Really impressive Tomato plants for your first season!

[raven87]

Originally Posted by Spartanburg123

Sorry about the blight mate, but a really nice little tomato patch you have there! My brother-in-law was a Kiwi (RIP), and the storied he shared! I hope your spray took care of it! But from the looks of it, you have a very impressive yield of tomatoes- very high germination rates!

Cheers!

Darin

hey sorry to hear that mate , yeah nah they are looking pretty gone ... just keeps spreading and getting more black ...its all good tho cuz i got heaps of broccoli,brussels,cucumbers booming so it helps out with the loss of the matos ...they were from a supermarket tomatos so i guess there not a strand that likes to be outside in the rain ...?

[raven87]

Hey Everybody well looks like ive beaten the blight! the sun has been out shining everyday now for a fortnight!
heres some pictures





cucumbers doing well too



Brussel Sprouts starting to form

[Father'sDaughter]

Looking good!

[MissS]

Look'n good and it looks like that you and kitty will be having a nice crop as well. I'm glad to hear that the plants have survived!

I enjoy growing Brussel Sprouts. They are a neat plant to grow. I far prefer growing them than I do eating them though........

[Medbury Gardens]

Hi Glen, bit late for this tread as we will be looking to 2018 start picking outdoor tomatoes soon, should really start a new thread with this summers crops.

[raven87]

Gidday Mate ! surley a New Zealand Tomato Thread would be ideal for us locals to post up for sure ..
it was a good thing you reply'd to this thread becuase i totally forgot till i seen it in my emails so thanks alot

Anyway heres a pic of my sweet 100's going this year , got plenty i've other tomatoes too .

[raven87]

[raven87]

Im not sure what these are just standed wrong tomatos from supermarket .i assume the leaves just go like that beacuse they are use to be grown in a hydroponics ive tried everything just always curl up.dosent seem to affect the fruit growth though .



This one here is a grafted beefsteak and is doing incredible ,first time growing a beefsteak and i just cant belive a durable it is, its just so chunky i wish i grew a few more now