tomato plants
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Topic: tomato plants
Posted By: _SMS_
Subject: tomato plants
Date Posted: 29 December 2010 at 8:29pm
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My tomato plants have started flowering. Does anyone know how long after they flower i should start seeing tomatoes growing????
TIA -------------  
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Posted By: Nothing
Date Posted: 29 December 2010 at 9:10pm
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Sometime in the next week they will start to grow, you will notice that the centre of the flower turns into a green ball. A good thing to do is shake your plant in the morning to release the pollen so that the flowers pollinate properly. It depends on the type of plant as to how long they take to grow but cherry tomatoes only take a couple of weeks tops, beefsteak about a month. HTH ------------- 
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 30 December 2010 at 1:19pm
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Thanks.
Woo Hoo looked today and i have heaps starting!! -------------
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 30 December 2010 at 4:21pm
my tomato plants have gone mad..waiting for the tomatoes to go red...come on
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 31 December 2010 at 6:06pm
Oh yay, my tomato plant had flowers on a couple of weeks ago, then last week started growing tomatoes! They are getting really big, still green though 
Does anyone know if you have to wait for them to turn red before taking them off the tree, or do they continue to ripen after being removed? Don't want pesky birds stealing them!! ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Nothing
Date Posted: 01 January 2011 at 9:44am
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Once they start to turn red then you can take them off. I havn't ever had any birds taking mine tho, not even our stupid chickens! -------------
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 01 January 2011 at 9:36pm
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Oh good to know, thanks Aethalia! Hopefully the birds don't try to steal them. Have already had catipilars destroying a few leaves but luckily that hasn't affected the whole plant. ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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