Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Is it too early for tomatoes in Sydney? 2Aug 30, 2010 10:40 am Nope! I'm thinking of planting some tomatoes soon here in Melbourne 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Is it too early for tomatoes in Sydney? 3Aug 30, 2010 6:31 pm Basil needs steady over night temps around 10 degrees. So will the tomatoes. So will Capsicums and Chillis when establishing. It is when we get temps at night that are around that that the soil finally begins to warm and the plants will grow strong and healthy. Under those temps and you will be pushing poo up a hill. It might be 30 degrees in the day but if night temps drop to say 1-7 degrees then the soil stays cold Daylight hours available will also effect the plants ability to establish to provide a good crop. Often mid season plants will out perform those planted early. You can do your best by growing them in a temporary hot house and in a Northerly aspect Often fruit that forms early will be tasteless and floury and nothing but warm soil will change that Review the veggie thread There is heaps of info Feed the soil, never feed the plant. Heavy layers of straw on the soils surface or in the top of the pot, rich organic material in the ground to 300mm. In sandy soils add some bentonite clay and zeolite. Lots of molasses, seasol and powerfeed. Resist the temptation that a tall plant is a healthy plant The opposite is often the case. Strong thick growth will allow heavy crops to be held Don't use pesticides or the bees will be killed and they pollinate the flowers to make the tomato Keep an eye out for a new product by Scotts who make Osmocote. I really am chuffed with the efforts of this company. They are striving to embrace the new way of things which involves slow acting fertilisers to reduce nutrient leaching and also the properties of organic input. Their new Osmocote which hits garden centres soon now has, ... wait for it.... wait.... molasses added They do listen The end result is products that offer you the very best value for money but lend concern to the environment. In the US, you'll not see much of the fast food plant products that will make your plants fat, large and sick. It is mostly organic and slow release products. Start demanding them folks Good on ya guys If anyone has questions this year about tomatoes then ask away in a new thread Re: Is it too early for tomatoes in Sydney? 4Sep 01, 2010 9:22 am Ok, thanks for that, i have a greenhouse to put them in, my dad has a plant nursery, reckons its too cold, just aldis has them on special this week, will try a few plants in the hot house. Re: Is it too early for tomatoes in Sydney? 5Sep 01, 2010 10:15 am I really would wait yet. October is wonderful Don't worry, if they are on special this week there, they will be on special next week and next month somewhere else Feel free to have a read of the veggie growing thread, It should help lots I think it is time Homeone has a turf forum and a Grow your own food forum It will be neat but you won't have much freeboard. At least they are not weep holes. Are you in a high intensity rainfall region? The regulatory slope is only required… 3 8331 Firstly, if your house is still under builder's warranty (10 years in Victoria) you should have no need to crawl into roof space but let the builder handle it, unless you… 3 5662 Not sure if that works? I was told the issue is the headspace clearance requirement on step 4. My builder is proposing shifting the beam 310mm towards the kitchen...I'm… 2 2706 |