The tomato plant is not doing well. All seemed to go well at first. Then leaves started rolling and growth became slow and stunted. Although there are a few flowers and fruits, things should be much better. They started to go wrong after I saw greenfly feeding on the stems. The growing tip rolled up like a clenched fist within days and never recovered.
SAME AS LAST YEAR
This is exactly what happened last year, the only difference being I have not detected any blight (last year's plants had to be destroyed).
These normal leaves are from a cutting of 'Outdoor Girl', given by a neighbour. These plants (he gave me two) have defied all neglect and seem insistent upon forming normal plants.
STILL NO WISER
The fact that 'Outdoor Girl' is a reliable outdoor variety indicates I have been 'flogging a dead horse'. 'Alicante' and 'Ailsa Craig' (last year's variety) just will not grow in my garden, probably because it is too cold and draughty. Although, of course, the greenfly could have brought a virus? I'm still no wiser.
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