Grosse Lisse - Not Ripening

 Just found this group, hoping someone can enlighten me on why my heavy
cropping tomato plants havent ripened.

I live just outside brisbane,QLD. The plants are in raised beds and get most
of the days sunlight. They have been fed with a basic tomato feed...I
believe these should of ripened weeks ago.....

Many thanks if you read this!!

 Rayband wrote:

More potassium, less nitrogen? Maybe there's so many fruit on, they aren't
getting enough food to go round?

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ant

 g'day rayband,

tomaotes are a summer crop for our region and i find if you can keep
them gong through witner maturing and ripening are a whole lot slower
no matter waht you do, could be to do with the hsorter hours in the
day, the plants grow well but the fruit is slow.

i would leave them on the vine and maybe patient a bit more.

also as this is the slow period for plants maybe no feeding? i don't
do any feeding at all preffering to rely on green mulch hays for
nutrients for my gardens.

i have tomatoes growing the fruits are very slow waht i would expect
though.

better season for cabbages, broccoli, cualiflower, silverbeet etc.,.




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 Thanks for the responses, i have a couple of things to try.
I will hold off riping the things out for a few more weeks....
In future leave them alone for winter.......

Thanks again.

 Rayband wrote:

Not so!  this could be a great thing to do... as soon as they're ready, they
might ripen up and you'll have the earliest tomatoes ever. Although I fear
they might go turgid and watery.

Canberra gardeners have great fun every year, trying to get tomatoes by
Christmas. I did it once, but the plants were disgusted and wouldn't give me
any more until march. The late and early frosts, the cold soil that persists
into spring...

I don't think i've ever managed to grow tomatoes up on my mountain. A nice
challenge for the future.

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ant