Just a quick video showing the simple but necessary task of pinching out the side shoots of the growing tomato plants to promote tall upright growth. This is…
Question by dlsmith0622: Why are my tomato plants staining my hand when I touch them ?
Whenever I handle my tomato plants my hands are stained orange and green. What the heck is going on ? They are growing pretty well and are producing huge fruit and some have ripened. There doesnt seem to be much a problem health wise with the plants
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Answer by howmidoin?
The staining is just the nature of the plant, as long as you thoroughly wash your hands following working in the tomatoes. The plant itself is poisonous.
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Great video, would you do the same for any other plants? I’m growing chilli and sweet peppers, basil and parsley too at the moment.
I think it’s a bush hanging basket one so just leave it and don’t pinch out.
thanks mate, do you know if Red Alert is a Cordon or a Bush? lol
If it’s a bush variety you leave all the side shoots on,but cordon varieties you take them all off.
Cheers,Dan.
Hi mate would you leave them on on a Red Alert plant? I’m growin it indoors in London
Might be a bit risky growing outside up here in yorkshire but there are some varieties which will grow outside in a sheltered sunny spot.
Gardeners Delight and a few of the tumbling cherry types seem to be ok up here in a good summer.
Cheers,Dan.
Another great video. It might sound daft by I always wondered what picking out meant and which to pick.
I noticed they were in a greenhouse can you grow outside. I’m near pontefract if climate is key.