What went wrong

[bagpuss]

I grew some Tomatoes this year (Gardeners' Delight). They have taken an age to ripen, and they aren't very juicy either.

Any ideas as to what went wrong?

[sleepysunday]

Were they late going in?
Were they in a greenhouse?
Did you feed them when they started forming fruit?
Assuming you did feed them, what did you feed them with?

[bagpuss]

I don't think they were late going in (plant was given to me by a friend at work). Fed them with Tomato food once fruit started to set and pinched out all the right bits and they were grown in a pot outside (sheltered west-facing garden).

[sleepysunday]

It was probably down to them being outside then Bagpuss. Many people were expressing concern this year that their toms were late in ripening, and that was 'in' a greenhouse. I would suggest that you were just unlucky this year that the season didn't favour you.

Although we had a good spell of hot weather this year, we also had long spells of very cool weather when toms made no progress - their growth and development stood still.

Doesn't sound like you did anything wrong... unless somebody knows better?

[bagpuss]

Thanks sleepysunday. I will maybe try again next year, and hope they were better.