Tomatoes and peppers with curled or odd-shaped leaves has been a fairly common problem. This can be caused by hot weather, herbicides or a virus. It’s important to distinguish between
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so can you explain what s going on? as we ve got here, this is ready to be picked. these ones are just starting to get some colour on, so they ll be picked within the next ten days. we introduced predatory insects. at the beginning the year, we introduced macrolophus pygmaeus, which is a true bug. it s a predatory insect that feeds on anything like whitefly, aphids, commonly known as greenfly, spider mites. there is one of my macrolophus. ah! hello! so we do not want to damage him? he s fine? he looks like a greenfly. yeah, he s just searching away, looking for something to eat. because we re coming to the end of the crop, we ve taken the top of the plant off. so this would have extended all the way to the top of the greenhouse? up to the top of the wire, the string here. oh, wow. so we keep a buffer above the top of the greenhouse so we can control the atmosphere and the climate within here. and more produce is growing in a greenhouse just next door using the same green technology. ho
before, there was nobody. yeah, so we have about 50 people currently working in here on picking. so these tomatoes are going out to the shops? yes, yeah, they re being picked, ready to be packed and you ll see them in the supermarket soon. and we see different varieties of tomatoes, so can you explain what s going on? as we ve get to here, this is ready to be picked. these ones are just starting to get some colour on, so they ll be picked within the next ten days. we introduced predatory insects. at the beginning of the year, we introduced macrolophus pygmaeus, which is a true bug. it s a predatory insect that feeds on anything like whitefly, aphids, commonly known as greenfly, spider mites. there is one of my macrolophus. ah! hello! so we don t want to damage him? he s fine? he looks like a greenfly. yeah, he s just searching away, looking for something to eat. because we re coming to the end of the crop, we ve taken the top of the plant off. so this would have extended all the way to