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24 Dec 15, peter haggarty (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

interested in variaties of acid free tomatoes for inland southeast qld area , please if anyone has any recommendations ??

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29 Dec 15, Tony (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

seeds australia online mention a miniature red pear tomato and a miniature yellow pear that they say are acid free

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15 Dec 15, Cobie (Australia - temperate climate)

I have a tall yellow tomato bush with heaps of large beautiful looking tomatoes. Picked our first yellow tomato last week and the taste was good, but the the flesh was Rather mushy. My question is, did I pick it too late and need to pick it earlier or are the yellow Tomatoes mushy? I can pick them when green and make a chutney, but that's a shame.

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07 Dec 15, Prometheus (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I am just wondering if anyone has any tips about varieties of tomatoes that are not troubled by birds. In my area of residence there is an abundance of both native birds and introduced species such as Starlings. They have already devastated my yellow raspberry plant, which was not netted - I was testing out the common gardening myth that birds are attracted to red fruits rather than yellows. I have often heard that yellow tomatoes are less attractive for them, but I wonder if anyone can confirm whether this is true from their personal experience.

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28 Jan 16, Jules (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi there......nope...the king parrots in my area have devoured all of our yellow grape tomatoes...................love any type of cherry tomato and feed on the green unripe ones as well :(

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09 Dec 15, Bert (Australia - temperate climate)

I have lots of native birds and lots of starlings (they seem to die suddenly) None of the birds bother my tomatoes, not even my chooks which hate being dive bombed by the wattle birds.

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25 Dec 15, Prometheus (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Thanks for your reply Bert. Glad that birds are not an issue for you - hopefully will be the same for me once all the tomatoes ripen. I have heard a lot about bird problems from gardeners in the USA but it sounds like it may be specific to birds from North America (especially Mockingbirds).

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30 Dec 15, Ernie (Australia - temperate climate)

I don't think the bird problem is just from specific North American, I live in Wollongong, and my tomatoes get eaten every year fro the time they are small green until they ripen by mostly King parrots, actually have a video of one eating my cherry tomatoes when they were still green. Another bird I have a problem with is green and resembles a minor bird, but bigger actually eats the plants and leaves which are supposed to be poisonous. Go figure.

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04 Dec 15, vincent (Australia - temperate climate)

I have Tomato growing well in my garden but fruit is soft and pick,can any tell me whta i am doing wrong. Thanks Vincent

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12 Nov 15, Glenn (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Kierian, I think the most likely reason they aren't doing too well is that you have planted them in March or thereabouts and in your type of climate, tomato season is finished. A general rule of thumb for planting in temperate climate is to wait until after Melbourne Cup Day, when hopefully all the frosts are gone. so now would well and truly be the right time to have another go, also don't over prune them you really only need to pinch the laterals and maybe just not so much fertiliser, a little bit of potash occasionally will improve your fruit and only water at the base of the plant ,not overhead. Hope this helps. Kind regards, Glenn

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