I tried nemaslug. I can't really say if it worked because I still had to pick off the slugs - maybe there would have been more without it? This year I tried the HH4 plant compost that is supposed to stop slugs and snails. To be fair, I've seen less slugs using this and those that have appeared have been tiny. In years gone past I've lost whole rows of veg to slugs - this year, using this compost I've only lost 4 plants so I see that as a result. The HH4 won't help you right now because it needs to be down for 3 months before planting though. It may be worth trying the nemaslug on the basis that something is better than nothing. Good luck with the new knee!

It could be a few things. Overwatering (from the top) can cause the roots to become waterlogged so that they cannot uptake nutrients from the soil. Lack of nitrogen can also be a problem in pot grown tomatoes which can be fixed with a specific tomato fertilizer. If that was my plant, I would be removing the lower stems - the plant can survive it. When I grow tomatoes in pots, I always put the pot in a saucer and water from the bottom. Also, when I pot on tomato plants I generally sprinkle ground eggshells in the soil, beneath the root ball. Tomatoes like calcium. Given that they are already potted out, you could try letting the soil dry out a bit and sprinkle some bonemeal across the top and lightly water it in.

@Amanda Ayres I normally just get a tomato specific fertiliser like Tomorite (or similar).

I'm exhausted just reading that! 😁 I've finally topped up the raised bed for the rest of the tomatoes, planted them out, along with some basil, and sunk in two worm towers for kitchen scraps to feed the soil. Tomorrow I really need to clear out the spring cabbage bed ready for swede seeds.

@Caron Walton I bought these from Temu - it's a UK seller and they arrived in a week. https://share.temu.com/JppsaqSDL6B

I do something similar - I cannot use all the apples on my old apple tree so every year I put a plastic table out at the top of my drive with bags of apples in them for people to take. The first time I did this, I noticed people in the street practically running down the road for a bag of free apples. I grew up in a village where this type of behaviour was quite normal. I live in the city now and it's quite rare, hence the (almost) stampede for free stuff....🙄

I've started linking my water butts so I have overflow water butts. This means that when the main butt that comes off the diverter is full, the overflow pipe (DIY job) starts to fill the second water butt. I just had to make sure that the first one is about 6 inches higher off the ground than the second one. I ran out of water last year during a particularly dry spell and had to draw it off the mains, so this year I have doubled the capacity.

@Jo Burns There are a few states in the US where collecting rainwater is restricted or require "registration with the state". I wonder if that's going to be on the agenda for the UK at some point.