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05 Aug 10, Garry (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Look up 'Poisonous Plants' on wikipedia, there is a good list there. Tomatoes and potatoes are part of the nightshade family, which means any green bits are toxic. Brassicas would be a good choice, all sorts of fancy lettuce and chinese cabbage you could try and the seeds are usually cheap and easy to grow. (My amateur 2c)

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05 Aug 10, ajp (Australia - temperate climate)

Am trying to help set up a veggie/herb plot at my daughters child care centre but we have a problem. Tomato leaves (and potato) are posionus so will not be able to plant as children will have access to the garden at alll times. I know that a lot of veggies have poisonus parts but cant seem to find a list of them anywhere. Does anyone have any ides?

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11 Jul 10, Michele (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi, We planted small roma tomatoes about 4 weeks ago. The plants are thriving and heaps of flowers, but the flowers do not seem to be turning into tomatoes? Could it be over fertilisation? Really interested to hear your ideas. Thanks

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28 Aug 10, Andrew (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

It most likely will be short day-length - plants need enough energy to convert into flower and fruit production, and in winter there is simply not enough daylight in a day to do this. You should find that by October they will be forming fruit...

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05 Aug 10, Bek (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi. I'm not an expert gardener but maybe the flowers aren't being pollinated? You might need to get out into the garden and give the flowers a good shake. There are some very helpful you tube clips showing when the flowers are ready. HTH.

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08 Jul 10, Margaret (Australia - tropical climate)

Hi, everyone. We've got a beautiful crop of tomatoes this year, with varieties including Rouge De Marmand, Tropic and a black variety I can't remember the name of. My problem is fruit fly (specifically, QLD fruit fly). Is there any way of eradicating this horribe pest? I've done some searching online which suggested fly traps may be beneficial but not much else. Help!

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10 Sep 10, Neil (Australia - temperate climate)

Try a physical barrier, like exclusion bags, to keep the fruit fly off your tomatoes. I got some from Greeen Harvest last year, and they made a huge difference to the amount of fruit that survived.

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05 Aug 10, holly (Australia - tropical climate)

Hello i live in QLD myself and a good cheap alternative to fruit fly traps is cheap sweet white wine -the cheaper, the better. Just grab an empty plastic bottle cut some small holes (5c coin size) near the top, string it up close to the plant (on the tomato stakes is preferable) and throw out when it's full. The flies love the smell of the wine and end up drowing in it. I've tried it with red wine but white seems to get better results. hope this helps:)

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15 May 10, bill (Australia - tropical climate)

My tomato plants are just starting to bare fruit, but now the leaves are turning black on the ends and dying off. What should do.

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23 May 10, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

It could be a fungal problem. I would take a couple of leaves into your local nursery/garden shop to show them.

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