Almost all of my tomatoes have cracked and are getting close to ripening, can I eat them? Most of the cracks are at the top near the stem (like a circle around the tomato) but some have vertical cracks at the stem. This is a first time garden, and I am a first time gardener, and the plants show no signs of disease, so I am very curious. I have also noticed on another tomato plant blotchiness is this okay?
I have cut open the tomatoes that have ripened and a few that have not and I noticed no other problems or defects. Any suggestions, advice or websites where I can view pictures of cracked tomatoes would be great.
Can I eat a cracked or blotchy tomato?
Yes you can eat them just not the damaged parts. Cracking usually is because the soil was extremely dry and then suddenly over watered to compensate. Try to be consistent with watering the plants.
Reply:watch for signs of bugs or rotting. otherwise munch down
Reply:Most heirloom tomatoes readily crack and blotch, but they are still the best tasting. Work around the flaws.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
I accidentally poured windshield washer fluid on my tomato plants! Can I save the garden?
I picked up a gallon jug of windshield washer fluid in my shed thinking it was a mix of Miraclegrow and water. I poured it onto the sand %26amp; soil mix around about a dozen tomato plants. Is there anything I can do to save the plants, and will the tomatoes be edible when they ripen?
I accidentally poured windshield washer fluid on my tomato plants! Can I save the garden?
LOTS of water!!!! wash it away!!!
Reply:Well, even if the tomatoes can't be eaten, they will present a spotless appearance!
Reply:Just water down the area really really good. That will help was it away so there is less of it in the ground.
Reply:Look at the chemicals in the bottle, which vary with the brand. Look up their toxicity and then make your move. I'd definitely replant elsewhere.
Hiking Shoesfacbook
I accidentally poured windshield washer fluid on my tomato plants! Can I save the garden?
LOTS of water!!!! wash it away!!!
Reply:Well, even if the tomatoes can't be eaten, they will present a spotless appearance!
Reply:Just water down the area really really good. That will help was it away so there is less of it in the ground.
Reply:Look at the chemicals in the bottle, which vary with the brand. Look up their toxicity and then make your move. I'd definitely replant elsewhere.
Hiking Shoes
Can I re pot my tomato plants while flowering?
I have large pots(20Ltrs) with four tomato plants in each one and now I think that thay are too crowded, my problem is that thay are flowering and some even bear fruit, I don`t think I should repot them, but my husband thinks I should. Please help as this is my first time growing tomatos and i don`t want to ruin them.
Can I re pot my tomato plants while flowering?
Last year was my first with tomatoes in pots. Same as you.
I had 5gal. pot and 4 tomato plants... By the middle of summer with around 100 degrees, I'd have to flood ( I mean
Flood) twice a day at least, and sometimes that wasn't
even enough! If the plants have been in for a while their
roots grow like wildfire and should be completely intact
for easy transplanting. Their heavy-have hubby help.
Next year buy determinate tomatoes...Very best for pots.
Reply:yes you can put them in bigger pot
Reply:You can and should repot the plants. They may or may not be briefly stunted (tomatoes are pretty easy to transplant). However, even if they are briefly stunted, it will be far less worse than allowing to remain starved and rootbound. Repot them individually into containers and plant them deeper than you had them before. Then water them with miracle gro or another water soluble fertilizer.
Can I re pot my tomato plants while flowering?
Last year was my first with tomatoes in pots. Same as you.
I had 5gal. pot and 4 tomato plants... By the middle of summer with around 100 degrees, I'd have to flood ( I mean
Flood) twice a day at least, and sometimes that wasn't
even enough! If the plants have been in for a while their
roots grow like wildfire and should be completely intact
for easy transplanting. Their heavy-have hubby help.
Next year buy determinate tomatoes...Very best for pots.
Reply:yes you can put them in bigger pot
Reply:You can and should repot the plants. They may or may not be briefly stunted (tomatoes are pretty easy to transplant). However, even if they are briefly stunted, it will be far less worse than allowing to remain starved and rootbound. Repot them individually into containers and plant them deeper than you had them before. Then water them with miracle gro or another water soluble fertilizer.
How often should I water my tomato plants???
I am having a pretty hard time trying to figure out how much and how often I should water my tomato plants. They are about 6" high right now and are looking very healthy and I just wanna keep them that way. I have red mulch down around the base of the plants and it seems to help keep the soil cool. I just can't tell if the soil is cool and damp or just cool. I know you are supposed to only water in the mornings as the roots do there growing at night. I just don't know how often. Thank you, yes, I am new at this gardening stuff : ( P.S. I live in N-E Indiana if that helps at all..
How often should I water my tomato plants???
You should water them about every 3-4 days. Depending on the type of soil you have and what the weather is doing at the time, this may be modified a bit. For example, on days that it is very hot and dry, you may need to go every other day. If it has been cool and wet, then you could maybe go a week.
Another thing that is really important is the time of day that you water. DO NOT WATER AFTER 5 PM! You want the foliage of the plant to be dry before nightfall because wet foliage = host for blights and disease. While you may not be able to control an evening rainshower, you can control when you water!
Reply:it's not really a function of how often but how much
tomatoes require at least 1 in of water per week.
(grass requires 1-1.5 inches of water/week)
under-watering tomatoes is one cause of blossom end rot (an ugly brown deteriation of the bottom/blossom of the tomato fruit...yes tomatoes are really a fruit)
it takes a lot to over water tomatoes error on the safe side
measureing the water can be the challange since most people flood water (soak the soil directly) tomatoes
you may need to water several times in a week if it is really hot and dry
Reply:Tomatos are very finicky when it comes to being watered.
I water mine about every two-three days. Check the soil. It should be moist about two inches below the surface. With the mulch you have, it should hold the moisture pretty well. DO NOT use Miracle Grow every 7-10 days!!!! Follow the instructions on the box. I use Miracle Grow about every 3-4 weeks. My plants get to be 6ft high. Too much Miracle Grow will burn the roots and cause excessive growth. It will not promote more fruit.
Reply:The plants will tell you when they need water. When you see the leaves start to droop, water. Too much water will hurt them, as well as too much miracle grow. Once a month with miracle grow is enough.
Reply:water them once a day at least I do but I live in SC so it is hot. Also I use miracle grow evry 7-10 days. I already have 6 or 7 tomatoes. Good Luck
Reply:Your plants are still very small, and you have plastic mulch around them so evaporation should be very miminal. I would not water more than once a week right now, but when you do, be sure to really saturate the soil. As the plants grow bigger and the temps of summer go up, you will have to increase the amount you water...I use plastic too, but lay a soaker hose under the plastic so it sits right next to the plant. This works great and saves me a ton of time later in the summer since I dont have to stand there watering....just hook up the hose and walk away for 1/2 hour or so. I should say though that the type of soil you have will affect how it holds moisture, if it is really sandy, it will dry out faster. One way to test for moisture is to pick up a handful and squeeze it tight...if it holds together the soil is moist enough. Good Luck!!
How often should I water my tomato plants???
You should water them about every 3-4 days. Depending on the type of soil you have and what the weather is doing at the time, this may be modified a bit. For example, on days that it is very hot and dry, you may need to go every other day. If it has been cool and wet, then you could maybe go a week.
Another thing that is really important is the time of day that you water. DO NOT WATER AFTER 5 PM! You want the foliage of the plant to be dry before nightfall because wet foliage = host for blights and disease. While you may not be able to control an evening rainshower, you can control when you water!
Reply:it's not really a function of how often but how much
tomatoes require at least 1 in of water per week.
(grass requires 1-1.5 inches of water/week)
under-watering tomatoes is one cause of blossom end rot (an ugly brown deteriation of the bottom/blossom of the tomato fruit...yes tomatoes are really a fruit)
it takes a lot to over water tomatoes error on the safe side
measureing the water can be the challange since most people flood water (soak the soil directly) tomatoes
you may need to water several times in a week if it is really hot and dry
Reply:Tomatos are very finicky when it comes to being watered.
I water mine about every two-three days. Check the soil. It should be moist about two inches below the surface. With the mulch you have, it should hold the moisture pretty well. DO NOT use Miracle Grow every 7-10 days!!!! Follow the instructions on the box. I use Miracle Grow about every 3-4 weeks. My plants get to be 6ft high. Too much Miracle Grow will burn the roots and cause excessive growth. It will not promote more fruit.
Reply:The plants will tell you when they need water. When you see the leaves start to droop, water. Too much water will hurt them, as well as too much miracle grow. Once a month with miracle grow is enough.
Reply:water them once a day at least I do but I live in SC so it is hot. Also I use miracle grow evry 7-10 days. I already have 6 or 7 tomatoes. Good Luck
Reply:Your plants are still very small, and you have plastic mulch around them so evaporation should be very miminal. I would not water more than once a week right now, but when you do, be sure to really saturate the soil. As the plants grow bigger and the temps of summer go up, you will have to increase the amount you water...I use plastic too, but lay a soaker hose under the plastic so it sits right next to the plant. This works great and saves me a ton of time later in the summer since I dont have to stand there watering....just hook up the hose and walk away for 1/2 hour or so. I should say though that the type of soil you have will affect how it holds moisture, if it is really sandy, it will dry out faster. One way to test for moisture is to pick up a handful and squeeze it tight...if it holds together the soil is moist enough. Good Luck!!
Gnat-looking bugs on tomato plants? not aphids???
I have a bunch of tomato plants, some of which seem more resistant than others (by variety) to having these tiny bugs that look like gnats that don't buzz around all over the tops--not the undersides--of the leaves. Are these aphids? None of the pictures of aphids I've seen seem to match what this insect is. Any ideas about what these could be and how to get rid of them before they lay eggs or destroy my crop?
Thanks for your advice!
Gnat-looking bugs on tomato plants? not aphids???
I don't have an answer but the same problem. I agree they are not thrips. They are very tiny and if I remember correctly (it is dark outside now or I would go check) it seemed that their wings rested perpendicular to their back versus flat against it if that helps. They are not fruit flies either so far as I can tell. They don't fly around much but rather just cling to my tomato stems (in vast quantities) plus they are more wing than body if that makes sense.
Reply:They're probably fruit flies, tomatoes are fruit. I used to have fruit flies buzz around my tomatoes all the time, I would probably get rid of the gnats by spraying the plants with pesticides, when your ready to eat your tomatoes be sure to wash them so the pesticides will wash away.
Reply:Spray with Sevin suspended in water.
Reply:They are Thrips. Ask at the greenhouse how to get rid of them.
Thanks for your advice!
Gnat-looking bugs on tomato plants? not aphids???
I don't have an answer but the same problem. I agree they are not thrips. They are very tiny and if I remember correctly (it is dark outside now or I would go check) it seemed that their wings rested perpendicular to their back versus flat against it if that helps. They are not fruit flies either so far as I can tell. They don't fly around much but rather just cling to my tomato stems (in vast quantities) plus they are more wing than body if that makes sense.
Reply:They're probably fruit flies, tomatoes are fruit. I used to have fruit flies buzz around my tomatoes all the time, I would probably get rid of the gnats by spraying the plants with pesticides, when your ready to eat your tomatoes be sure to wash them so the pesticides will wash away.
Reply:Spray with Sevin suspended in water.
Reply:They are Thrips. Ask at the greenhouse how to get rid of them.
Regarding indoor tomato plants.........?
Will they grow faster if I leave the standard 60 watt bulb on in the room at night?
Regarding indoor tomato plants.........?
some say yes. but i use 70 watts. i like the way it works. my mom always used it so i do. It might help you to.
Daawn
Reply:No.
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Regarding indoor tomato plants.........?
some say yes. but i use 70 watts. i like the way it works. my mom always used it so i do. It might help you to.
Daawn
Reply:No.
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My plants are suffering from the cold snap! Will any of them survive?
I got too excited about my first attempt at gardening and now the notoriously unpredictable weather in Oklahoma threatens to kill my plants.
I planted mostly herbs along with some strawberry, cayenne pepper and beefsteak tomato plants.
The strawberry plants and most of the herbs are fine, but some of the leaves on the basil, pepper and tomato plants are turning mushy and/or brown or black. I have covered them with buckets and bowls from the house to protect them from the cold, but they still look damaged.
All told, there have been three full days of cold temperatures and this is the fourth. It may be another day until temperatures return to normal. Is there any reason to believe that some or all of my plants will recover from this, or am I totally screwed?
Note: So far there's no serious damage to the stems, just the some of the leaves near the tops of the plants don't look so good.
My plants are suffering from the cold snap! Will any of them survive?
Yup your screwed!
I would wait a few weeks and re-start with healthy looking plants from your local nursery. The tomatoes and peppers I am sure are goners.
Even if they did come back from the roots everything I have read says they won't be as good as they could have been before the freeze.
Oh yeah and I have heard good things about the arkansas travelers variety of tomatoes.
I do want to share with you my favorite gardening web site.
www.gardenweb.com
They have a Oklahoma gardening forum for us okies to talk to each other.
Reply:Same problems here..
I'd bet your tomatoes and peppers are toast, as is the basil. They might regenerate, but I'd guess that you're probably going to have to replant.
sorry...
Reply:Well: in what you should of done first is to use " Mulch after
planting seeds for the Garden Veggies that way those would
be safe during winter's Frost yes %26amp; get some plant food Spikes !"
Reply:Some will, some won't. Sorry..
Reply:Ow!
The weather has been wacky where I live too. Last week we had short-sleeve weather, then a couple of days after I got my plants in the ground we got snow!
Fortunately, I had a clear plastic tent- you might even consider it to be a portable cold frame- that I could stake down around my little gardening area. The plants are fine now, and the temperatures are returning mostly to normal.
Some of your plants might survive, but you'll need to give them some TLC.
Good luck!
Reply:Depends on how cold, cold is; also, depends on what type of plants you are talking about. How did you take care of them in the heat of winter? ....LOL sorry bad I know it.
Cover them up the best you can do and give lots of tlc
Reply:are they in pots or the ground? if in the ground put some fleece over them or bubble wrap, this year may have to be a lerning curve! I always grow my more tender veg/ herbs in pots so if we do get some bad weather (and lets face it in england that happens a lot!!) i can bring them in or protect them better. never give up though give them chance to surprise you! however i never plant basil outside anyway. too unpredictable. you can get loads of hardy herbs that will last forever!
Reply:How cold was it any way and for how long. I tend to be hopeful, but the basil, pepper and tomato plants really can't take the frost. I know you've done a lot of work to protect them and that did help. Just keep on covering them when you have freeze warnings and see what happens, but it's not looking good. We've all rushed the season, so don't give up. Gardening is good for the soul, even with the disappointments.
Reply:NO, this is the END!!!!! the honeybees are fleeing
Reply:deffinitlly
Reply:some plastic and wrap around the plants ans put soil around the bottom of the plastic to stop it blowing away plastic like w
what a child would get candy in and supermarket plastic bagsthis year you wont get much strawberry's from your plants the first year is kinda disappointing next year you will get lots
Reply:wait and see.
Reply:In Oklahoma you will need a cold frame, or wait until there is no threat of a frost, which the weather service can tell you. You can make either a temporary cold frame each year, or make a more permanent structure you can store until you need it the next time. If you can afford it, even a small greenhouse can really help your plants survive cold weather, and start your vegetables early for a longer harvest season. I used to live in CA, and our early plantings were done in March, with the end of season veggies collected in November. Cold frames were good there, too!
Reply:If you can build or put a good size of clear plastic over your plants and bury the plastic in the ground all around your garden. If your garden is fairly big then put pots full of hot coals to keep the plants from freezing. If small then maybe the plastic will be enough.
Reply:I've had this same problem and gotten an e-mail about it from the Missouri Botanical garden in St. Louis(of which I'm a member)Here is what they say:
In the aftermath of the recent record-breaking cold spell, gardeners must be patient with their damaged plants, especially our trees and shrubs. The freeze puts a damper on what had turned out to be an early, but beautiful spring.
At this time it appears the worst injury is limited to open flowers, new buds, and new foliage. Spent flowers will be shed and most of the damaged leaves will continue to deteriorate in the days ahead, eventually drying up and falling off. Expect the appearance of your garden to decline aesthetically for a period of weeks before fresh, new growth returns. It may take until mid-summer before your garden looks “normal” again.
Perennials with damaged leaves and stems can be cut back to the ground and will respond with rapid new growth. However, resist the temptation to prune frosted trees and shrubs. Healthy well-established plants will produce new growth. How quickly this occurs will depend on individual species, location in the landscape, and the severity of the damage sustained.
Resist the temptation to fertilize heavily. With the loss of flower buds, all of the trees energy will be channeled into vigorous vegetative regrowth. Fertilizer could actually produce excesses of growth that will have to pruned at a later date, creating higher maintenance in the long term.
Water cautiously. Avoid soggy conditions which can do more harm than good, but do irrigate during long dry spells. Reducing water stress may be the single best thing you can do to help your plants recover this summer.
Overall, consider this untimely freeze only a temporary setback. Given time and patience, our gardens will recover. Since every dark cloud always has a silver lining, on the plus side we probably won’t have to worry about raking up any Sweetgum balls this autumn.
Hope this helped.
Reply:Same boat here...I planted some similar plants. I also planted flowers and bulbs, I live in Indiana and am probably experiencing the same weather as you...keep your fingers crossed because I have been told that we may be SOL...however, this weather streak should be ending this week, so we may recover our new life in our gardens! Good luck!
Reply:No. Unfortunately, every one of your plants will suffer the same fate many fruit crops have suffered all over the country as of late. This will lead to a fruit shortage, and subsequent famine. Luckily, I was smart enough to stockpile Chunky soups, and grow my fruit and vegetable plants, inside the house. Sorry about your plants. You can have some of my soup if you want.
clinique
I planted mostly herbs along with some strawberry, cayenne pepper and beefsteak tomato plants.
The strawberry plants and most of the herbs are fine, but some of the leaves on the basil, pepper and tomato plants are turning mushy and/or brown or black. I have covered them with buckets and bowls from the house to protect them from the cold, but they still look damaged.
All told, there have been three full days of cold temperatures and this is the fourth. It may be another day until temperatures return to normal. Is there any reason to believe that some or all of my plants will recover from this, or am I totally screwed?
Note: So far there's no serious damage to the stems, just the some of the leaves near the tops of the plants don't look so good.
My plants are suffering from the cold snap! Will any of them survive?
Yup your screwed!
I would wait a few weeks and re-start with healthy looking plants from your local nursery. The tomatoes and peppers I am sure are goners.
Even if they did come back from the roots everything I have read says they won't be as good as they could have been before the freeze.
Oh yeah and I have heard good things about the arkansas travelers variety of tomatoes.
I do want to share with you my favorite gardening web site.
www.gardenweb.com
They have a Oklahoma gardening forum for us okies to talk to each other.
Reply:Same problems here..
I'd bet your tomatoes and peppers are toast, as is the basil. They might regenerate, but I'd guess that you're probably going to have to replant.
sorry...
Reply:Well: in what you should of done first is to use " Mulch after
planting seeds for the Garden Veggies that way those would
be safe during winter's Frost yes %26amp; get some plant food Spikes !"
Reply:Some will, some won't. Sorry..
Reply:Ow!
The weather has been wacky where I live too. Last week we had short-sleeve weather, then a couple of days after I got my plants in the ground we got snow!
Fortunately, I had a clear plastic tent- you might even consider it to be a portable cold frame- that I could stake down around my little gardening area. The plants are fine now, and the temperatures are returning mostly to normal.
Some of your plants might survive, but you'll need to give them some TLC.
Good luck!
Reply:Depends on how cold, cold is; also, depends on what type of plants you are talking about. How did you take care of them in the heat of winter? ....LOL sorry bad I know it.
Cover them up the best you can do and give lots of tlc
Reply:are they in pots or the ground? if in the ground put some fleece over them or bubble wrap, this year may have to be a lerning curve! I always grow my more tender veg/ herbs in pots so if we do get some bad weather (and lets face it in england that happens a lot!!) i can bring them in or protect them better. never give up though give them chance to surprise you! however i never plant basil outside anyway. too unpredictable. you can get loads of hardy herbs that will last forever!
Reply:How cold was it any way and for how long. I tend to be hopeful, but the basil, pepper and tomato plants really can't take the frost. I know you've done a lot of work to protect them and that did help. Just keep on covering them when you have freeze warnings and see what happens, but it's not looking good. We've all rushed the season, so don't give up. Gardening is good for the soul, even with the disappointments.
Reply:NO, this is the END!!!!! the honeybees are fleeing
Reply:deffinitlly
Reply:some plastic and wrap around the plants ans put soil around the bottom of the plastic to stop it blowing away plastic like w
what a child would get candy in and supermarket plastic bagsthis year you wont get much strawberry's from your plants the first year is kinda disappointing next year you will get lots
Reply:wait and see.
Reply:In Oklahoma you will need a cold frame, or wait until there is no threat of a frost, which the weather service can tell you. You can make either a temporary cold frame each year, or make a more permanent structure you can store until you need it the next time. If you can afford it, even a small greenhouse can really help your plants survive cold weather, and start your vegetables early for a longer harvest season. I used to live in CA, and our early plantings were done in March, with the end of season veggies collected in November. Cold frames were good there, too!
Reply:If you can build or put a good size of clear plastic over your plants and bury the plastic in the ground all around your garden. If your garden is fairly big then put pots full of hot coals to keep the plants from freezing. If small then maybe the plastic will be enough.
Reply:I've had this same problem and gotten an e-mail about it from the Missouri Botanical garden in St. Louis(of which I'm a member)Here is what they say:
In the aftermath of the recent record-breaking cold spell, gardeners must be patient with their damaged plants, especially our trees and shrubs. The freeze puts a damper on what had turned out to be an early, but beautiful spring.
At this time it appears the worst injury is limited to open flowers, new buds, and new foliage. Spent flowers will be shed and most of the damaged leaves will continue to deteriorate in the days ahead, eventually drying up and falling off. Expect the appearance of your garden to decline aesthetically for a period of weeks before fresh, new growth returns. It may take until mid-summer before your garden looks “normal” again.
Perennials with damaged leaves and stems can be cut back to the ground and will respond with rapid new growth. However, resist the temptation to prune frosted trees and shrubs. Healthy well-established plants will produce new growth. How quickly this occurs will depend on individual species, location in the landscape, and the severity of the damage sustained.
Resist the temptation to fertilize heavily. With the loss of flower buds, all of the trees energy will be channeled into vigorous vegetative regrowth. Fertilizer could actually produce excesses of growth that will have to pruned at a later date, creating higher maintenance in the long term.
Water cautiously. Avoid soggy conditions which can do more harm than good, but do irrigate during long dry spells. Reducing water stress may be the single best thing you can do to help your plants recover this summer.
Overall, consider this untimely freeze only a temporary setback. Given time and patience, our gardens will recover. Since every dark cloud always has a silver lining, on the plus side we probably won’t have to worry about raking up any Sweetgum balls this autumn.
Hope this helped.
Reply:Same boat here...I planted some similar plants. I also planted flowers and bulbs, I live in Indiana and am probably experiencing the same weather as you...keep your fingers crossed because I have been told that we may be SOL...however, this weather streak should be ending this week, so we may recover our new life in our gardens! Good luck!
Reply:No. Unfortunately, every one of your plants will suffer the same fate many fruit crops have suffered all over the country as of late. This will lead to a fruit shortage, and subsequent famine. Luckily, I was smart enough to stockpile Chunky soups, and grow my fruit and vegetable plants, inside the house. Sorry about your plants. You can have some of my soup if you want.
When is the best time to plant my tomato seeds this year?
I have an indoor cherry tomato plant and I am wondering when the best time to plant my seeds is?please please please help me on this issue,it is rather fruitful as my ketchup supply is dwindling
When is the best time to plant my tomato seeds this year?
get hydroponics... no best time to plant these they need sun.
Reply:i donot know in which country you live? plant needs sun.and it gives fruit in winter.it will take one or two months to give fruits.
so u can calculate as the climate at ur place.
When is the best time to plant my tomato seeds this year?
get hydroponics... no best time to plant these they need sun.
Reply:i donot know in which country you live? plant needs sun.and it gives fruit in winter.it will take one or two months to give fruits.
so u can calculate as the climate at ur place.
What is eating my tomato plants?
I have several tomato plants. They were blooming like crazy until a few weeks ago and then they stopped. Upon further inspection I noticed the flowers (and now some of the leaves) are being eaten. I have chicken wire around the plants and the affected areas are a good 4 feet off the ground, so I'm discounting smaller rodents. I also do not have deer in the area. Birds maybe? Does anyone know what could be the problem, and how I can resolve it?
What is eating my tomato plants?
It could be a number of pests...grasshoppers, leaf hoppers, tomato horn worm, etc. You will need to spray your plants. Any product containing Sevin. Look for one for vegi-s. Read carefully on the label as for time you can spray and the time you can harvest. Once you have them under control, a weekly spray of a mild soapy water will help to detour unwanted pests. Just a few drops of liquid dish soap in a spray bottle of water. Sounds like you are doing everything right! keeping the plant off the ground, and good air circulation is very important. Also a feed just for tomatoes will help revive and get you back to a good yield.
Heres a tip from an old lady...for the tastiest tomatoes, pull back on the water after you plant fruits are set. Wait until they almost droop. This causes all the sugars to form in the tomato giving a great tasting fruit. Too much water can cause the tomatoes to split and make them watery and tasteless. If you are having any trouble with pollination after your spray with sevin (which sometimes happens) spray a little sugar water on the blossoms...the bees love it and they will return to do their job.
God Bless
Grandma
Reply:probably bugs. It doesn't matter what kind--try using seven. Seven is safe on food when it is washed off. read the directions.
Also I'm pretty sure seven is safe on the environment, like chlorine, it goes away.
Reply:You will have to look long %26amp; hard. You probably have a tomato worm. They are very disgusting. Long, fat green things that are the same color as the plant, that's why they are so hard to find. You could have more than one. When you find it get something or someone brave to pull it off %26amp; squeesh it. That's what it sounds like to me. Good luck !
Reply:this sounds to be like earwigs or tomato worms look llook close the the vines see itf there are any green tomatowarms on the stacks if not is is most likly erawigs. you can get a dust or powder at the garden shop to take care of it good luck.
Reply:Sounds like an insect problem. I use a dust (fungicidal and pesticidal combined) on my tomato plants. I find it works better as the dust coats underneath the leaves too, which is where most of the critters hide. Get it undercontrol soon, as they can kill a plant quickly! I got my dust at home depot, and apply once every 2 weeks, or sooner if I start to see more bugs! Good luck!
Reply:... oops! I did it again! I confess! I'm the one that's eating your tomato's! I'm sorry, but they look so tasty! yummy!... sorry...
Reply:Ok it is most likely a Tomato worm lol. they eat all the leaves off the plants fast. Only way to get rid of him or them is to find them and kill them by hand or foot lol.
It will be a green worm about two inches long, bout size of one of you fingers lol. Pluck him off when found and step on him lmao. You got to look real real close to find him he is well concealed.
Reply:Japanese beetle
Reply:Could be potato beatles. They do eat tomoto plants. Check around for small, striped beatle looking bugs.
Reply:Tomato Worms
Reply:It sounds like your having an insect problem. There is a tomato moth that like to eat the plants. Try planting Marigolds with your tomatoes. It deters the insects. Good Luck!
Reply:Look for tomato hornworms: Large pretty green caterpillars with ravenous appetites.
Reply:Zombies..........definitely has to be zombies. I would consider getting some zombie repellent at your local hardware store
What is eating my tomato plants?
It could be a number of pests...grasshoppers, leaf hoppers, tomato horn worm, etc. You will need to spray your plants. Any product containing Sevin. Look for one for vegi-s. Read carefully on the label as for time you can spray and the time you can harvest. Once you have them under control, a weekly spray of a mild soapy water will help to detour unwanted pests. Just a few drops of liquid dish soap in a spray bottle of water. Sounds like you are doing everything right! keeping the plant off the ground, and good air circulation is very important. Also a feed just for tomatoes will help revive and get you back to a good yield.
Heres a tip from an old lady...for the tastiest tomatoes, pull back on the water after you plant fruits are set. Wait until they almost droop. This causes all the sugars to form in the tomato giving a great tasting fruit. Too much water can cause the tomatoes to split and make them watery and tasteless. If you are having any trouble with pollination after your spray with sevin (which sometimes happens) spray a little sugar water on the blossoms...the bees love it and they will return to do their job.
God Bless
Grandma
Reply:probably bugs. It doesn't matter what kind--try using seven. Seven is safe on food when it is washed off. read the directions.
Also I'm pretty sure seven is safe on the environment, like chlorine, it goes away.
Reply:You will have to look long %26amp; hard. You probably have a tomato worm. They are very disgusting. Long, fat green things that are the same color as the plant, that's why they are so hard to find. You could have more than one. When you find it get something or someone brave to pull it off %26amp; squeesh it. That's what it sounds like to me. Good luck !
Reply:this sounds to be like earwigs or tomato worms look llook close the the vines see itf there are any green tomatowarms on the stacks if not is is most likly erawigs. you can get a dust or powder at the garden shop to take care of it good luck.
Reply:Sounds like an insect problem. I use a dust (fungicidal and pesticidal combined) on my tomato plants. I find it works better as the dust coats underneath the leaves too, which is where most of the critters hide. Get it undercontrol soon, as they can kill a plant quickly! I got my dust at home depot, and apply once every 2 weeks, or sooner if I start to see more bugs! Good luck!
Reply:... oops! I did it again! I confess! I'm the one that's eating your tomato's! I'm sorry, but they look so tasty! yummy!... sorry...
Reply:Ok it is most likely a Tomato worm lol. they eat all the leaves off the plants fast. Only way to get rid of him or them is to find them and kill them by hand or foot lol.
It will be a green worm about two inches long, bout size of one of you fingers lol. Pluck him off when found and step on him lmao. You got to look real real close to find him he is well concealed.
Reply:Japanese beetle
Reply:Could be potato beatles. They do eat tomoto plants. Check around for small, striped beatle looking bugs.
Reply:Tomato Worms
Reply:It sounds like your having an insect problem. There is a tomato moth that like to eat the plants. Try planting Marigolds with your tomatoes. It deters the insects. Good Luck!
Reply:Look for tomato hornworms: Large pretty green caterpillars with ravenous appetites.
Reply:Zombies..........definitely has to be zombies. I would consider getting some zombie repellent at your local hardware store
I found a tomato hormworm in my once vibrant tomato plant yesterday.....?
after some research, I've read that they glow like scorpions under UV or black lights. true or false? These things are killing my tomato plant. :( Munching the stems and leaves. picked one yesterday and there is more damage this morning.
Any advice?
I found a tomato hormworm in my once vibrant tomato plant yesterday.....?
You can certainly hand pick them. They look much more fearsome than they really are %26lt;g%26gt;.
If you're going to have a killing frost in the next 6-8 weeks, I certainly wouldn't worry about the damage you're reporting here. Elsewhere I'd suggest handpicking the hornworms and applying
water and fertilizer (low N to P and K ratio)
Reply:Hello-------I am a Certified Master Gardener, and work with plants as a volunteer at my local University Botanic Gardens.
As an organic gardener, I definitely prefer NOT to use toxic chemicals whenever I can avoid them.
Handpicking them and then placing them in a container of water is the best way to control them.
This is the end of the season for tomatoes, so once you are assured your tomato plant is in decline, pull it up and compost it if you can.
I sincerely hope this helps.
PAMELA J.
Reply:Examine plants frequently from early July into August for hornworm eggs and small caterpillars and begin control measures as soon as young larvae are observed.
Cultural Control
Handpicking the hornworms from infested plants is a safe and effective option in smaller plantings. Roto-tilling the soil after harvest will destroy many of the burrowing larvae which are attempting to pupate. Tillage has shown to cause up to 90% mortality.
Biological Control
Tomato hornworm larvae are also parasitized by a number of insects. One of the most common is a small braconid wasp, Cotesia congregatus. Larvae that hatch from wasp eggs laid on the hornworm feed on the inside of the hornworm until the wasp is ready to pupate. The cocoons appear as white projections protruding from the hornworms body (see photo, below). If such projections are observed, the hornworms should be left in the garden to conserve the beneficial parasitoids. The wasps will kill the hornworms when they emerge from the cocoons and will seek out other hornworms to parasitize. PIC: http://www.vegedge.umn.edu/IMG/Tomato/20...
Chemical Control
The current action threshold for tomato hornworm is 0.5 young larvae/plant. If this larval density is exceeded, insecticide treatment is recommended. With all products, particularly Bt , treatments should be applied when larvae are still in the early instars. Late instars (%26gt;3/4") are difficult to kill.
- Bt subsp. kurstaki (Dipel and others)
- carbaryl (Sevin XLR Plus)
- spinosad (SpinTor 2 SC)
Reply:Pull em off!
Reply:They are about to make butterflies and moths. Most people drop them in water to get rid of them. You can spray if you wish, pick something up at the gardening center.
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Any advice?
I found a tomato hormworm in my once vibrant tomato plant yesterday.....?
You can certainly hand pick them. They look much more fearsome than they really are %26lt;g%26gt;.
If you're going to have a killing frost in the next 6-8 weeks, I certainly wouldn't worry about the damage you're reporting here. Elsewhere I'd suggest handpicking the hornworms and applying
water and fertilizer (low N to P and K ratio)
Reply:Hello-------I am a Certified Master Gardener, and work with plants as a volunteer at my local University Botanic Gardens.
As an organic gardener, I definitely prefer NOT to use toxic chemicals whenever I can avoid them.
Handpicking them and then placing them in a container of water is the best way to control them.
This is the end of the season for tomatoes, so once you are assured your tomato plant is in decline, pull it up and compost it if you can.
I sincerely hope this helps.
PAMELA J.
Reply:Examine plants frequently from early July into August for hornworm eggs and small caterpillars and begin control measures as soon as young larvae are observed.
Cultural Control
Handpicking the hornworms from infested plants is a safe and effective option in smaller plantings. Roto-tilling the soil after harvest will destroy many of the burrowing larvae which are attempting to pupate. Tillage has shown to cause up to 90% mortality.
Biological Control
Tomato hornworm larvae are also parasitized by a number of insects. One of the most common is a small braconid wasp, Cotesia congregatus. Larvae that hatch from wasp eggs laid on the hornworm feed on the inside of the hornworm until the wasp is ready to pupate. The cocoons appear as white projections protruding from the hornworms body (see photo, below). If such projections are observed, the hornworms should be left in the garden to conserve the beneficial parasitoids. The wasps will kill the hornworms when they emerge from the cocoons and will seek out other hornworms to parasitize. PIC: http://www.vegedge.umn.edu/IMG/Tomato/20...
Chemical Control
The current action threshold for tomato hornworm is 0.5 young larvae/plant. If this larval density is exceeded, insecticide treatment is recommended. With all products, particularly Bt , treatments should be applied when larvae are still in the early instars. Late instars (%26gt;3/4") are difficult to kill.
- Bt subsp. kurstaki (Dipel and others)
- carbaryl (Sevin XLR Plus)
- spinosad (SpinTor 2 SC)
Reply:Pull em off!
Reply:They are about to make butterflies and moths. Most people drop them in water to get rid of them. You can spray if you wish, pick something up at the gardening center.
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What's wrong with my Tomato Plants??
I have 6 Tomato Plants...was planted about 6 weeks ago, I have used Miracle Gro, and have watered as needed....Between the 6 Plants that are now nearly 3 feet high, I only have about 6 tomatos.....green of course right now, but they are getting bigger..there are 2 that have no tomatos at all.....there are yellow blooms on all of them....Do I need to be patient...or is there something else I need to do?? I am not a big gardener....so any help from an expert would be extremely helpful....THANKS!!
What's wrong with my Tomato Plants??
It sounds like you are doing good. The blooms should eventually develop into tomatoes. Just be patient and you should have more tomatoes within the next few weeks.
Reply:Have you been "pinching" off the "suckers" at the point of leaves and stem?
It is that small leaf growth, that if left unchecked will produce foliage and very little or no fruit.
These "suckers" will suck the life out of the plant if not pinched off continually throughout the growing season.
Check near junctions of leaves and stem!
Pinch off that small leaf growth and continue to check every few days, as they appear and reappear rapidly. Just keep pinching off these suckers.
Keep soil moist, don't let dry out and full sun!
Give fertilizer monthly.
Good luck and Happy pinching!
Reply:keep doing what your doing
Reply:Those yellow flowers will eventually be tomatoes.Just keep watering your plants and mother nature takes care of the rest.
Funny little story: A neighbor told me he didnt see anything happening with his tomato plants. He said he picked off all the yellow blooms and tries to keep them neat and clean, so as I was trying to tell him not to pick off the flowers, he just kept on talking over me. He is pretty much a know it all, trying to give me advice on how to keep my garden all the time.
So I leave him to pick off his yellow flowers.......while mine are blooming and getting little tomatoes.....
Reply:Be patient. It takes time for the tomatoes to form and grow. You have blooms on the plants so that is a good sign. Now all you need to do is just be patient.
Reply:As long as your tomato plants are in a nice, sunny place and they have access to polinating insects, you should be fine. Those yellow blooms will turn into tomatoes (every one of them!)
Just take it easy with the Miracle Gro -- only once a week at most. And resist the temptation to water too much. Tomatoes like the heat, so don't worry!
It sounds like your plants are doing great. In about 10 days, you'll be amazed how many tomatoes you have. :)
Happy Gardening!
Reply:I have the same problem - they have not been pollinated. You need to do the job of the bees and use a cotton bud to move pollen from flower to flower
Reply:Everything is fine. Some types of tomatoes take longer to produce fruit than others. What kind did you get?
My early girls have 5 or 6 tomatoes on them, they are roughly golf ball sized and green. On the other hand, my "beef steak" plant has almost no fruit on it at all. Just alot of flowers. Both were planted at the same time. This is normal.
Most tomato plants take about 75 days to set fruit. Thats over 2 months. By mid to late July you will have plenty of them!
What's wrong with my Tomato Plants??
It sounds like you are doing good. The blooms should eventually develop into tomatoes. Just be patient and you should have more tomatoes within the next few weeks.
Reply:Have you been "pinching" off the "suckers" at the point of leaves and stem?
It is that small leaf growth, that if left unchecked will produce foliage and very little or no fruit.
These "suckers" will suck the life out of the plant if not pinched off continually throughout the growing season.
Check near junctions of leaves and stem!
Pinch off that small leaf growth and continue to check every few days, as they appear and reappear rapidly. Just keep pinching off these suckers.
Keep soil moist, don't let dry out and full sun!
Give fertilizer monthly.
Good luck and Happy pinching!
Reply:keep doing what your doing
Reply:Those yellow flowers will eventually be tomatoes.Just keep watering your plants and mother nature takes care of the rest.
Funny little story: A neighbor told me he didnt see anything happening with his tomato plants. He said he picked off all the yellow blooms and tries to keep them neat and clean, so as I was trying to tell him not to pick off the flowers, he just kept on talking over me. He is pretty much a know it all, trying to give me advice on how to keep my garden all the time.
So I leave him to pick off his yellow flowers.......while mine are blooming and getting little tomatoes.....
Reply:Be patient. It takes time for the tomatoes to form and grow. You have blooms on the plants so that is a good sign. Now all you need to do is just be patient.
Reply:As long as your tomato plants are in a nice, sunny place and they have access to polinating insects, you should be fine. Those yellow blooms will turn into tomatoes (every one of them!)
Just take it easy with the Miracle Gro -- only once a week at most. And resist the temptation to water too much. Tomatoes like the heat, so don't worry!
It sounds like your plants are doing great. In about 10 days, you'll be amazed how many tomatoes you have. :)
Happy Gardening!
Reply:I have the same problem - they have not been pollinated. You need to do the job of the bees and use a cotton bud to move pollen from flower to flower
Reply:Everything is fine. Some types of tomatoes take longer to produce fruit than others. What kind did you get?
My early girls have 5 or 6 tomatoes on them, they are roughly golf ball sized and green. On the other hand, my "beef steak" plant has almost no fruit on it at all. Just alot of flowers. Both were planted at the same time. This is normal.
Most tomato plants take about 75 days to set fruit. Thats over 2 months. By mid to late July you will have plenty of them!
Slight yellowing on leaves of tomato plants?
My tomato transplants are experiencing a slight yellowing on a few of the outer leaves. It is not all plants, just a few.Last year when I transplanted, I used Miracle Gro potting soil and lost whole batchs of plants. I attributed this to too strong a fertilizer in the medium. Yellowing usually means lack of nitorgen but again this is a potting mix with some fertilizer. Cant seem to buy anything else anymore. Is there another reason leaves could be yellowing. I fertilize with worm compost tea but have not yet fertilized because I am concerned about a repeat of last year...too much fertilizer. The other leaves on the rest of the plant area lush, dark green.
Slight yellowing on leaves of tomato plants?
There are lots of things that can cause yellowing tomato leaves. Nutritional deficienties other than nitrogen can cause it. There are some viruses and disease that can cause it (most notably yellow leaf curl virus), and even over watering can cause it.
Though with overwatering, it usually start from the bottom - the leaves on the bottom will start curling up, looking a little yellow, and otherwise to the untrained eye look like they're dying of thirst. So the novice gardener waters more, exacerbating the problem.
Can you post a picture of the whole plant? Including a close up of a leaf?
Reply:Disease, probably Verticillium. Bet its starting near the bottom. Nothing you can do to save your plant, just buy disease resistant varieties next time. Could be blight but blight tends to be more brown.
Too much fertilizer is harmful to your plants also. It can either inhibit their ability to absorb nutrients or burn your plants which will cause them to turn yellow.
Enjoy what you can get out of them.
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Slight yellowing on leaves of tomato plants?
There are lots of things that can cause yellowing tomato leaves. Nutritional deficienties other than nitrogen can cause it. There are some viruses and disease that can cause it (most notably yellow leaf curl virus), and even over watering can cause it.
Though with overwatering, it usually start from the bottom - the leaves on the bottom will start curling up, looking a little yellow, and otherwise to the untrained eye look like they're dying of thirst. So the novice gardener waters more, exacerbating the problem.
Can you post a picture of the whole plant? Including a close up of a leaf?
Reply:Disease, probably Verticillium. Bet its starting near the bottom. Nothing you can do to save your plant, just buy disease resistant varieties next time. Could be blight but blight tends to be more brown.
Too much fertilizer is harmful to your plants also. It can either inhibit their ability to absorb nutrients or burn your plants which will cause them to turn yellow.
Enjoy what you can get out of them.
) Bethany is planting her summer garden. She has 16 tomato plants, 12 hot pepper plants, 9 green pepper plants
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ur question is...?
) Bethany is planting her summer garden. She has 16 tomato plants, 12 hot pepper plants, 9 green pepper plants
37 plants altogether as a guess may need to modify question
Reply:¿What then is the problem? If there's none then let me create some with each a solution.
Total no. of plants:
= 16 + 12 + 9
= 37
Percentage of each plant to total no. of plants:
Tomato plants:
= 16/37 * 100%
= 43 9/37%
Hot pepper plants:
= 12/37 * 100%
= 32 16/37%
Green pepper plants:
= 9/37 * 100%
= 24 12/37
That's all I can think of so far.
ur question is...?
) Bethany is planting her summer garden. She has 16 tomato plants, 12 hot pepper plants, 9 green pepper plants
37 plants altogether as a guess may need to modify question
Reply:¿What then is the problem? If there's none then let me create some with each a solution.
Total no. of plants:
= 16 + 12 + 9
= 37
Percentage of each plant to total no. of plants:
Tomato plants:
= 16/37 * 100%
= 43 9/37%
Hot pepper plants:
= 12/37 * 100%
= 32 16/37%
Green pepper plants:
= 9/37 * 100%
= 24 12/37
That's all I can think of so far.
Is there anything wrong with my tomato plants?
I bought my tomato plants from Home depot about 1 month ago and started growing them inside in a pot and then moved them outside to my garden about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks ago and they have grown since then but there was one windy night that made them droopy so I broke off the top 3-4" and they seem to be growing still but the bottom of the plants are not as green as the top and the bottom is a little on the yellowish side. The top of the tomato plants have more leaves and are more green. I live in Minnesota and there have been some kind of cold nights and it has been in the mid 70's for the most part during the days. I water my garden every morning. Am I doing something wrong? They are also in wire cages to help hold them up better. There are no flowers on them either... Just leaves. There are some yellowish spots on the leaves towards the bottom. Some days are better then others for them. Please help!!! Thanks!
Is there anything wrong with my tomato plants?
This early I would plant new ones that have not been damaged by frost or by you.
You never want to top a plant unless you want to make it bushier, and any that are yellowing this early have been damaged by frost and shocked enough to really slow their development.
Those that are still in the nursery and for sale have not been damaged and will give you much better results than what you have, now.
Reply:Add a good garden fertilizer for vegie gardens. The leave will green up in 4-5 days. Fertilize every time you water with half strength to be sure you have strong healthy tomatoes.
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Is there anything wrong with my tomato plants?
This early I would plant new ones that have not been damaged by frost or by you.
You never want to top a plant unless you want to make it bushier, and any that are yellowing this early have been damaged by frost and shocked enough to really slow their development.
Those that are still in the nursery and for sale have not been damaged and will give you much better results than what you have, now.
Reply:Add a good garden fertilizer for vegie gardens. The leave will green up in 4-5 days. Fertilize every time you water with half strength to be sure you have strong healthy tomatoes.
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What do I do with tomato plants after the harvest?
My husband and I planted tomato plants in the spring and we had a good harvest. What do I do now that the plants are rotting. Should I uproot them, cut them back or just leave them? I had them in those stand up cages but I've removed them. I'm not sure what I should do with the plants now. Will they help the soil if I leave them to rot? Would they seed for next season or would I have to replant with new?
What do I do with tomato plants after the harvest?
You should pull them up and also clean up any debis that is left. They will not come back next year from the original plant. Any seeds that are left may sprout next year if they are left inside of a tomato and it rots on the ground. The real issue is to clean up the area of all old plant material to prevent disease in next years crop. Even composting sometimes will not destroy fungal diseases like blight. Bottom line, pull up old plants, clean the area and you will have better luck next year.
Reply:If you compost them, don't use the compost in the garden. You may reintroduce diseases.
Reply:make tomato rice
Reply:I'd say pull them up and toss them. Normally you need to start new tomato plants every year, but sometimes seeds from one of last year's plants will come up on their own.
Reply:If there are no tomatoes left, they will not reseed. The seeds are in the tomotoes. Since they are annuals, they will not grow back if you live in a climate that gets cold in the winter. I'd pull them up and compost them with your fall leaves and other yard refuse. Then you can use finished compost on your garden next year and avoid synthetic fertilizers which can be dangerous for pets and kids.
Reply:If you have a compost pile, compost them! If you cut them down, but leave the roots, they may regrow from the roots, they will not reseed themselves as the seeds your in the tomatoes you picked and ate. Most likely you will have to replant next year!
What do I do with tomato plants after the harvest?
You should pull them up and also clean up any debis that is left. They will not come back next year from the original plant. Any seeds that are left may sprout next year if they are left inside of a tomato and it rots on the ground. The real issue is to clean up the area of all old plant material to prevent disease in next years crop. Even composting sometimes will not destroy fungal diseases like blight. Bottom line, pull up old plants, clean the area and you will have better luck next year.
Reply:If you compost them, don't use the compost in the garden. You may reintroduce diseases.
Reply:make tomato rice
Reply:I'd say pull them up and toss them. Normally you need to start new tomato plants every year, but sometimes seeds from one of last year's plants will come up on their own.
Reply:If there are no tomatoes left, they will not reseed. The seeds are in the tomotoes. Since they are annuals, they will not grow back if you live in a climate that gets cold in the winter. I'd pull them up and compost them with your fall leaves and other yard refuse. Then you can use finished compost on your garden next year and avoid synthetic fertilizers which can be dangerous for pets and kids.
Reply:If you have a compost pile, compost them! If you cut them down, but leave the roots, they may regrow from the roots, they will not reseed themselves as the seeds your in the tomatoes you picked and ate. Most likely you will have to replant next year!
I bought a tomato plant, now what?
I've never had a plant of my own, believe it or not. Today I got a patio tomato plant from a k-mart and some of the leaves are kind of looking dead but there are a lot of mini tomatoes on it. How often should I water it, how much sun should I give it, and what kind of soil is best/how often do you replace it?
thanks
I bought a tomato plant, now what?
tomato should got plenty of sunshine and deep rooted water routinely (3 times a week). If your mini tomato has been ripen, then you got to pick them up until the last one and cut the whole fruit truss.
also you need to add some furtilizer in this stage.
Remeber deep rooted water... that means you need slower water their root or you could put a little hose by the side of the plant and pour water slowly to let water to sip down very deep.
Reply:If you have a place to plant it, dig a hole that is bigger than the pot. Add some potting soil to the hole, or something like fertilizer. Tap the pot, remove the plant, and put it in the hole, adding water until the roots are very wet. You can also loosen the roots with your hand or tap them with a small shovel. Cover the roots, and pinch off the dead leaves. Tomatoes need lots of sun so put them in a spot that gets sun most of the day. If you can't put them in the ground you may want to follow these same directions but add the plant to a larger pot. Keep your tomatoes watered very well (I always water once each day) and they will grow happily.
Reply:it's ironic that i came upon this question because i happen to work at a K-Mart Garden Shop. based on my observations around the K-Mart i work at, chances are the plant was dehydrated when you bought it because K-Mart employees hate to water. so be sure to water it very well for the first few days. keep it in the sun and buy a tomato cage for it when it gets bigger. buy a proper size pot for it and transplant it into the pot with miracle gro garden flower and vegetable potting soil. there you go. enjoy your new tomato plant
Reply:I'm not sure about a patio tomato plant, but I dug a large hole in the ground %26amp; filled it with MIracle Grow Garden Soil, made sure that it was in a sunny spot (mostly afternoon sun), put a cage around it (you can find them at most any garden dept) so that when it gets tall it won't fall over...then just water it about every other day, and watch for pests. I hope this helps.
Reply:Unless you are transplanting it into a larger container, you dont replace the soil. Keep it in the sun 6-7 hours a day and water it when it needs it (use finger test)
Reply:water it once a day and give it lots of sun.
Reply:leave it alone
thanks
I bought a tomato plant, now what?
tomato should got plenty of sunshine and deep rooted water routinely (3 times a week). If your mini tomato has been ripen, then you got to pick them up until the last one and cut the whole fruit truss.
also you need to add some furtilizer in this stage.
Remeber deep rooted water... that means you need slower water their root or you could put a little hose by the side of the plant and pour water slowly to let water to sip down very deep.
Reply:If you have a place to plant it, dig a hole that is bigger than the pot. Add some potting soil to the hole, or something like fertilizer. Tap the pot, remove the plant, and put it in the hole, adding water until the roots are very wet. You can also loosen the roots with your hand or tap them with a small shovel. Cover the roots, and pinch off the dead leaves. Tomatoes need lots of sun so put them in a spot that gets sun most of the day. If you can't put them in the ground you may want to follow these same directions but add the plant to a larger pot. Keep your tomatoes watered very well (I always water once each day) and they will grow happily.
Reply:it's ironic that i came upon this question because i happen to work at a K-Mart Garden Shop. based on my observations around the K-Mart i work at, chances are the plant was dehydrated when you bought it because K-Mart employees hate to water. so be sure to water it very well for the first few days. keep it in the sun and buy a tomato cage for it when it gets bigger. buy a proper size pot for it and transplant it into the pot with miracle gro garden flower and vegetable potting soil. there you go. enjoy your new tomato plant
Reply:I'm not sure about a patio tomato plant, but I dug a large hole in the ground %26amp; filled it with MIracle Grow Garden Soil, made sure that it was in a sunny spot (mostly afternoon sun), put a cage around it (you can find them at most any garden dept) so that when it gets tall it won't fall over...then just water it about every other day, and watch for pests. I hope this helps.
Reply:Unless you are transplanting it into a larger container, you dont replace the soil. Keep it in the sun 6-7 hours a day and water it when it needs it (use finger test)
Reply:water it once a day and give it lots of sun.
Reply:leave it alone
I planted tomato plants?
about 3 weeks ago. They are about 2-2 1/2 feet tall. I have the yelloe ones and some big red ones. When will they start to get tomatos?
I planted tomato plants?
I planted regular red tomatoes and roma tomatoes, I couldn't tell you for sure but about 5 weeks ago. They are a little bit over 4 feet tall and I water them every day, and I also used miracle grow. The first thing you will see is little stems coming off of the branches that stem out. These will turn into small flowers about 1/2 inch wide with usually 4 leaves. Then about 1 week later small little buds will sprout and then from there you will get your tomatoes. Right now I just have 2 small buds and like 50 flowers.
Reply:It all depends on the warmth of the soil, watering, and sunshine. Give them a couple of months. Are these in containers or in the garden? If in containers, move them under a roof or overhanging tree when then nights get cold--if you live in such a place.
Reply:They need lots of sunlight and lots of water, and will start producing tomatoes once the flowers fall off.
Another couple of weeks maybe.
Reply:The package has all of the information for planting, where to plant and how to arrange the young seedlings, and when to reap.
Reply:My guess is September or early October (Harvest time).
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I planted tomato plants?
I planted regular red tomatoes and roma tomatoes, I couldn't tell you for sure but about 5 weeks ago. They are a little bit over 4 feet tall and I water them every day, and I also used miracle grow. The first thing you will see is little stems coming off of the branches that stem out. These will turn into small flowers about 1/2 inch wide with usually 4 leaves. Then about 1 week later small little buds will sprout and then from there you will get your tomatoes. Right now I just have 2 small buds and like 50 flowers.
Reply:It all depends on the warmth of the soil, watering, and sunshine. Give them a couple of months. Are these in containers or in the garden? If in containers, move them under a roof or overhanging tree when then nights get cold--if you live in such a place.
Reply:They need lots of sunlight and lots of water, and will start producing tomatoes once the flowers fall off.
Another couple of weeks maybe.
Reply:The package has all of the information for planting, where to plant and how to arrange the young seedlings, and when to reap.
Reply:My guess is September or early October (Harvest time).
Growing red currant tomato plants?
I have 5 red currant tomato plants in the ground. They are only about three inches tall now that I burried them a little. I am wondering how to stake or protect them from falling on the ground. I'm having a hard time finding a full size picture of them on the internet. Are they going to climb up something like a vine or do they just need something to hold them up. Do they get tall, stay short, get bushy or leggy. Does anyone have any tips or any information on them. Also when you pick the tomato's should you just cut the limb they are hanging on or pick each tomato off. Thanks to all who respond.
Growing red currant tomato plants?
Pick each tomato off the branch.
Don't forget to keep watering.
Reply:The best support for a tomato plant is a tomato cage. It's a slightly cone-shaped (smaller at the bottom) wire cage with about 6-inch openings. It then has 4 pieces of stiff wire sticking down out of the bottom for setting it in the soil around the tomato plant. These can be purchased at any nursery or you can make them out of concrete reinforcing mesh.
The plant grows up the middle of the cage and its branches are supported by the horizontal tiers of wire around the cage. The holes are also big enough for you to reach in and get the tomatoes. As the plant grows taller, successive layers of branches are then supported by the upper tiers of the cage.
Regarding harvesting, cut clumps of the tomatoes off at the base of the branch they're growing on. Leave them on the cut vine until you actually use them. That way they continue to ripen even with just a few inches of vine attached.
Also, never prune a tomato plant. They will eventually outgrow the cage and get kind of viney. But, that's when they're in their last throes and about to be pulled out, anyway.
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Growing red currant tomato plants?
Pick each tomato off the branch.
Don't forget to keep watering.
Reply:The best support for a tomato plant is a tomato cage. It's a slightly cone-shaped (smaller at the bottom) wire cage with about 6-inch openings. It then has 4 pieces of stiff wire sticking down out of the bottom for setting it in the soil around the tomato plant. These can be purchased at any nursery or you can make them out of concrete reinforcing mesh.
The plant grows up the middle of the cage and its branches are supported by the horizontal tiers of wire around the cage. The holes are also big enough for you to reach in and get the tomatoes. As the plant grows taller, successive layers of branches are then supported by the upper tiers of the cage.
Regarding harvesting, cut clumps of the tomatoes off at the base of the branch they're growing on. Leave them on the cut vine until you actually use them. That way they continue to ripen even with just a few inches of vine attached.
Also, never prune a tomato plant. They will eventually outgrow the cage and get kind of viney. But, that's when they're in their last throes and about to be pulled out, anyway.
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My tomato plants are not doing well at all, does someone know a home remendy that I can use or know what I may
My tomato plants are not doing well at all, does someone know a home remendy that I can use or know what I may be doing wrong? I heard that if you put dry powder milk on them then it will help them. I water them like 4 times a week,
My tomato plants are not doing well at all, does someone know a home remendy that I can use or know what I may
put alot of cow manure into the soil and a ring of 5-10-5 fertilizer in a circle arount the plant and cover. Give it a few days and I bet you'll see a diferrence.
Reply:Have you put any fertilizer around the soil?
My tomato plants are not doing well at all, does someone know a home remendy that I can use or know what I may
put alot of cow manure into the soil and a ring of 5-10-5 fertilizer in a circle arount the plant and cover. Give it a few days and I bet you'll see a diferrence.
Reply:Have you put any fertilizer around the soil?
One of my tomato plants looks "burned" like a part of it is dying. Any idea of what this could be?
This is one of the Beefsteak tomato plants, I have two of them. They're very big, probably 4.75 to 5 feet. And the other day when i checked the garden, a small part of the plant looked dry and dead like autumn leaves. I took those leaves off. Then today, I noticed that another set of leaves on the plant looked yellow with black on it as if it had actually been burned. The other plant doesn't look like this aside from a few yellow leaves on the bottom. Any idea on what this could be from?
One of my tomato plants looks "burned" like a part of it is dying. Any idea of what this could be?
too much sun.the sun is burning your plant.
Reply:Tomato leaves don't get burned by the sun unless you are having regular temperatures over 100 and you are forgetting to water. It is more likely to be some sort of fungal disease or blight -- see the image below. the article also gives you advice about controlling the disease.
Reply:Could be neomotodes. They are things that eat the roots. Not much you can do now, but before you plant again, put down black plastic (like trash bags,for a while) then cedar chips when you plant.
Reply:Where do you live? Looks like it might be late blight.
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/GARDEN/VE...
That is also a sign of verticillium wilt but most plants these days are resistant.
Late blight is a Phytophthora, related to an algae so make sure that you don't water too much. let the plants dry out between watering's and that may get you by. No cure for Phytophthora's so you might want to plant in another area next year.
Reply:If you are watering in the afternoon, this is probably your cause. Watering in the afternoon causes the sun to go directly to the leaf, therefore scorching it. If you are not watering in the afternoon try to think if you have used fertilizer recently, and if you have it may have not been diluted enough causing leaf burn. If not, look on the bottom of the leaves, and check for tiny white insects or "chew marks". Also, if the plant begins to wilt, or is already wilting, you may be in the early stages of bacterial spot in which the laves turn yellow and fall off. If you feel this is the case use an organic 3in1 insecticidal soap/ bactericide such as Safer ( I suggested this to another asker earlier!), which is available at Lowe's or other garden centers. Good Luck, and hope your plants bounce back soon!
Reply:Donna is right. Sunburn. Get some shade cloth. You can make a stand over them with PVC then drape the cloth over. If you live in Southern California, right now temps.are 100 and above. Yes they do get sunburned and yes even if you water. Byee P.S. Thanks Sandy G. for the site!
Reply:Where do you live? I'm from southwest Missouri and we've been getting tons and tons of rain and all my tomato plants are kinda yellow and look like they're dying. I know mine are like that because they've gotten way too much water. My entire garden is suffering because of too much water.
One of my tomato plants looks "burned" like a part of it is dying. Any idea of what this could be?
too much sun.the sun is burning your plant.
Reply:Tomato leaves don't get burned by the sun unless you are having regular temperatures over 100 and you are forgetting to water. It is more likely to be some sort of fungal disease or blight -- see the image below. the article also gives you advice about controlling the disease.
Reply:Could be neomotodes. They are things that eat the roots. Not much you can do now, but before you plant again, put down black plastic (like trash bags,for a while) then cedar chips when you plant.
Reply:Where do you live? Looks like it might be late blight.
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/GARDEN/VE...
That is also a sign of verticillium wilt but most plants these days are resistant.
Late blight is a Phytophthora, related to an algae so make sure that you don't water too much. let the plants dry out between watering's and that may get you by. No cure for Phytophthora's so you might want to plant in another area next year.
Reply:If you are watering in the afternoon, this is probably your cause. Watering in the afternoon causes the sun to go directly to the leaf, therefore scorching it. If you are not watering in the afternoon try to think if you have used fertilizer recently, and if you have it may have not been diluted enough causing leaf burn. If not, look on the bottom of the leaves, and check for tiny white insects or "chew marks". Also, if the plant begins to wilt, or is already wilting, you may be in the early stages of bacterial spot in which the laves turn yellow and fall off. If you feel this is the case use an organic 3in1 insecticidal soap/ bactericide such as Safer ( I suggested this to another asker earlier!), which is available at Lowe's or other garden centers. Good Luck, and hope your plants bounce back soon!
Reply:Donna is right. Sunburn. Get some shade cloth. You can make a stand over them with PVC then drape the cloth over. If you live in Southern California, right now temps.are 100 and above. Yes they do get sunburned and yes even if you water. Byee P.S. Thanks Sandy G. for the site!
Reply:Where do you live? I'm from southwest Missouri and we've been getting tons and tons of rain and all my tomato plants are kinda yellow and look like they're dying. I know mine are like that because they've gotten way too much water. My entire garden is suffering because of too much water.
Should I prune my tomato plants?
I have my tomato plants in cages and I have
a juliet tomato plant that is about 5 ft tall with
about 70 green tomatos so far. Do I need to prune my plant or just let them keep on growing and one I run out of cage space what to use for support? Also earlier I was pulling the branches through to the last level on the cage and the limb bent as if brokeb but was not broke what to do about the bent limb?
Should I prune my tomato plants?
If you are caging, there's no need to prune. Yes, it gets pretty dense in there but I've never had a problem ripening fruit. Maybe if you live in a near constant overcast climate, a little foliage removal might help fruit inside.
I put 2"x2" poles into my cage when I first plant, that way it can support a second cage on top later if necessary. At this point you could try adding a second tomato cate or put some stakes around the outside and wrap a fencing wire large enough to get your hand thru to pick fruit....or just lightly tie the plants to the poles. Problem will be injuring roots when you put the poles/stakes in.....oh well.
At 5' your tomato is surely an indeterminate grower! They can truly get tall.
Pruning is usually reserved for single pole training. The suckers are removed (the stems that originate between the main stem and a leaf.) For me it won't work due to my high sunlight, the fruits burn. I need the extra shade that comes with caging.
a juliet tomato plant that is about 5 ft tall with
about 70 green tomatos so far. Do I need to prune my plant or just let them keep on growing and one I run out of cage space what to use for support? Also earlier I was pulling the branches through to the last level on the cage and the limb bent as if brokeb but was not broke what to do about the bent limb?
Should I prune my tomato plants?
If you are caging, there's no need to prune. Yes, it gets pretty dense in there but I've never had a problem ripening fruit. Maybe if you live in a near constant overcast climate, a little foliage removal might help fruit inside.
I put 2"x2" poles into my cage when I first plant, that way it can support a second cage on top later if necessary. At this point you could try adding a second tomato cate or put some stakes around the outside and wrap a fencing wire large enough to get your hand thru to pick fruit....or just lightly tie the plants to the poles. Problem will be injuring roots when you put the poles/stakes in.....oh well.
At 5' your tomato is surely an indeterminate grower! They can truly get tall.
Pruning is usually reserved for single pole training. The suckers are removed (the stems that originate between the main stem and a leaf.) For me it won't work due to my high sunlight, the fruits burn. I need the extra shade that comes with caging.
Help! What's wrong with my tomato and pepper plants?
I planted four assoted pepper plants and four different tomatoe plants and only one pepper plant is looking healthy. The rest of the peppers are dying at the tops of the stems where leaves should grow. In spite of this, one plant has a large pepper growing there. The cherry tomato plant has fruit but none of the others do. The leaves on the other tomato plants are curling upwards and look distorted. Also, the stems at the bottom of the plants are dying. I live in south Florida where we have had a lot of rain lately and I'm afraid they all have gotten too much water. Would that cause this or does someone know what else is going on that can help me? Thank you in advance!
Help! What's wrong with my tomato and pepper plants?
I live in Ny state and we are having a Japanese Beatle problem.. They are distorting our leaves and turning them yellow. I don't know if that is the problem. But keep an eye out. Good Luck.
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Help! What's wrong with my tomato and pepper plants?
I live in Ny state and we are having a Japanese Beatle problem.. They are distorting our leaves and turning them yellow. I don't know if that is the problem. But keep an eye out. Good Luck.
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Is there a difference between store-bought tomato seeds, and seeds left over from eating grocery tomatoes?
I've managed to grow some fairly large tomato plants (3-4 ft. tall) from seeds left over from the chopping board, but they have yet to produce any tomatoes (though they did flower briefly). However, some of my colleagues have already gotten tomatoes despiet their tomato plants being much smaller (they used tomato seeds bought in packets). One of my friends told me this is because grocery tomatoes have been bred to make commercially viable tomatoes, but are not necessarily good for growing tomato plants from. Is this true?
Is there a difference between store-bought tomato seeds, and seeds left over from eating grocery tomatoes?
there is no difference except the ones at the store are tested for a germination success rate if it is not a good rate they arent good.
tomato seeds from your tomatoes will grow, but not as many will germinate, unless you are lucky
Reply:Tomatoes produced from hybrid seeds has a tendency to be infertile, so it is best to purchase the seeds from packets since they are the F1 hybrid generation, meaning they are the superb product of the cross of the parents, the seeds that this F1 hybrid tomatoes will produce are inferior since they are inbred, thereby increasing the chance of abnormalities.
However if your tomatoes were produced from open pollinated varieties, then the seeds harvested from the fruit would do as well as the parent plants
Reply:store bought tomatoes are hybrids which means the seeds will not come back true to type (like the parent) but the seeds will be fertile (as you found out, your seeds sprouted and grew).
All tomatoes are self pollinators but can be crossed to make a hybrid.
the seeds in packets are bred to be true to type
Your tomatoes not making fruit is most likely a cultural problem-not enough sun, too hot, needs fertilizing, etc., and not a breeding problem.
Reply:Left over seeds are equally good, but some tomatoes like cherry tomatoes can self pollinate while i think the larger tomatoes need tomatoes hormone and lots of sun light to produce fruits. I have 5 types of tomatoes growing in door only the bull tomatoes are only producing flowers but not fruits, if your plant is flowering try tapping on the stem every morning around 8am create vibration to help it pollinate.
Reply:I thought so, I had left some pear and cherry tomatoes in the ground one fall, and they came up the next year,but no fruit
on the other hand, my mother in law had the same thing happen and she had an abundant amount of cherry tomatoes...
so I would say if you really want some plants , go buy some already started, or seeds, and plant them
Reply:yes, they are unfertile.
Is there a difference between store-bought tomato seeds, and seeds left over from eating grocery tomatoes?
there is no difference except the ones at the store are tested for a germination success rate if it is not a good rate they arent good.
tomato seeds from your tomatoes will grow, but not as many will germinate, unless you are lucky
Reply:Tomatoes produced from hybrid seeds has a tendency to be infertile, so it is best to purchase the seeds from packets since they are the F1 hybrid generation, meaning they are the superb product of the cross of the parents, the seeds that this F1 hybrid tomatoes will produce are inferior since they are inbred, thereby increasing the chance of abnormalities.
However if your tomatoes were produced from open pollinated varieties, then the seeds harvested from the fruit would do as well as the parent plants
Reply:store bought tomatoes are hybrids which means the seeds will not come back true to type (like the parent) but the seeds will be fertile (as you found out, your seeds sprouted and grew).
All tomatoes are self pollinators but can be crossed to make a hybrid.
the seeds in packets are bred to be true to type
Your tomatoes not making fruit is most likely a cultural problem-not enough sun, too hot, needs fertilizing, etc., and not a breeding problem.
Reply:Left over seeds are equally good, but some tomatoes like cherry tomatoes can self pollinate while i think the larger tomatoes need tomatoes hormone and lots of sun light to produce fruits. I have 5 types of tomatoes growing in door only the bull tomatoes are only producing flowers but not fruits, if your plant is flowering try tapping on the stem every morning around 8am create vibration to help it pollinate.
Reply:I thought so, I had left some pear and cherry tomatoes in the ground one fall, and they came up the next year,but no fruit
on the other hand, my mother in law had the same thing happen and she had an abundant amount of cherry tomatoes...
so I would say if you really want some plants , go buy some already started, or seeds, and plant them
Reply:yes, they are unfertile.
Can tomato plants be up rooted back into 4" pots & replanted 21 days later. Roots still in the ball form.
I planted red lasoda potatos on feb. 14th. On the 1st of april they hadn't come up and we had lots of rain, so I suspected they had gone bad. So on April 2 I planted tomatos in the same rows, but had staggered the 3ft spacings. Low and behold the potatos started coming up between the tomato plants. These tomatos came in 6 packs (1" cups x 6). My question would bw.... can I dig up these tomatos and place in new 3" cups and replant after the potatos finish up in 3 weeks. Or should I count the potatos as a loss and leave the tomatos in. Or worse case... try harvesting the potatos around the tomatos... or would the soil shift put the tomatos in shock as I dug up the potatos in 3 weeks. If I count the potatos as a loss and didn't do anything, just let them rot under ground... would this do anything to the of the tomatos above.....
Can tomato plants be up rooted back into 4" pots %26amp; replanted 21 days later. Roots still in the ball form.
yes you can repot the tomatos, but i would use a larger container, as they will still be growing for the next 3 weeks, 3 " cups are not large enough, it will stunt their growth, as for the potatos, the ones i grow takes 90 days to mature, and that is too long a time for the tomatos to stay in the temporary pots , i m pretty sure yours will also , you need to check where you bought the seed potatos and see what their maturing time is what ever you do, don't try to dig potatos if you leave the tomatos, you will damage root system of the tomatos and thus kill them, if you leave the potatos to grow they will take away nutrient s from the tomatos and stunt their growth, either plant tomatos in another place or dig up the potatos and call it a loss on the potatos, and replant the tomatos
Reply:you can remove the plants without hurting them
Can tomato plants be up rooted back into 4" pots %26amp; replanted 21 days later. Roots still in the ball form.
yes you can repot the tomatos, but i would use a larger container, as they will still be growing for the next 3 weeks, 3 " cups are not large enough, it will stunt their growth, as for the potatos, the ones i grow takes 90 days to mature, and that is too long a time for the tomatos to stay in the temporary pots , i m pretty sure yours will also , you need to check where you bought the seed potatos and see what their maturing time is what ever you do, don't try to dig potatos if you leave the tomatos, you will damage root system of the tomatos and thus kill them, if you leave the potatos to grow they will take away nutrient s from the tomatos and stunt their growth, either plant tomatos in another place or dig up the potatos and call it a loss on the potatos, and replant the tomatos
Reply:you can remove the plants without hurting them
Why are my tomato plants curling up?
I grew approx 30 tomato plant (of the variety Money Maker) from seed and 5 of these plants are now severely curling from the top of the plant halfway down. Ive given away 25 plants and all these look fine but the 5 I have kept which are now in pots and are starting to show the start of flowers resemble a cork screw hazel rather than tomatoes. There is no discolouration, no insects. Im suspicious that it might be to do with overwatering, poor drainage. The curling started after I repotted the five into 12 inch pots while all the others went away to garden homes and never developed any curling. Help!?
Why are my tomato plants curling up?
poss over fertilization leach the soil with water and dont over fertilize
Reply:i never fertilized the plants because they not of flowering age yet Report Abuse
Reply:I live in Texas where we are already in the 90's. We have to put them in the partial shade due to heat and water every day. Miracle grow makes a fertilizer just for tomatoes. I would think that they are getting too much sun, not enough water, and no fertilizer.
Reply:What are you doing different than the person you gave the 25 plants to? My first guess is that they arn't getting enough water or getting to hot from to much sun. Do they streighten back up and night ?
Reply:Because they saw the salad dressing.
Reply:could be over watering or not enough room for the roots
Why are my tomato plants curling up?
poss over fertilization leach the soil with water and dont over fertilize
Reply:i never fertilized the plants because they not of flowering age yet Report Abuse
Reply:I live in Texas where we are already in the 90's. We have to put them in the partial shade due to heat and water every day. Miracle grow makes a fertilizer just for tomatoes. I would think that they are getting too much sun, not enough water, and no fertilizer.
Reply:What are you doing different than the person you gave the 25 plants to? My first guess is that they arn't getting enough water or getting to hot from to much sun. Do they streighten back up and night ?
Reply:Because they saw the salad dressing.
Reply:could be over watering or not enough room for the roots
When should I move my tomato plants outside? I started them indoors.?
I started my first-ever tomato plants inside using one of those plastic indoor tomato greenhouse kits with peet disks that expand to about 4 inches tall. I have 16 of them. The plants are about 6 inches tall now, but still are very weak looking. They have lots of leaves, but the stems are still white and willowy. Should I wait until they look like the tomato plants that you buy at the garden center? Like this? http://www.tastefulgarden.com/store/pc/v... I live in Georgia. I planted big boy tomatoes.
When should I move my tomato plants outside? I started them indoors.?
What Jamy suggests is called "hardening off". This will give your seedings a taste of what it is like in the great outdoors. Planting outdoors can be done after the last threat of frost in your area. Even if the plants get very tall and gangly, they can still be planted with part of the stem underground. The stems can be planted horizontally and bent very gently upwards. They will set root right from the stems and give your plants a very strong base.
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Reply:Hardening off is the key. Short periods outdoors in the sun, lenghtening over a couple of weeks. They will sunburn quickly if left too long. They are not used to that amount of light. You can plant them after danger of frost. Doesn't hurt to do a good hardening and plant a bit late. Don't rush the planting, let the soil and air temp come up a bit. They were tropical plants to start with.
Reply:I would put them out today for an hour then 2 hours tomorrow and so on. Seed started inside tend to go a little week when the get bigger.
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When should I move my tomato plants outside? I started them indoors.?
What Jamy suggests is called "hardening off". This will give your seedings a taste of what it is like in the great outdoors. Planting outdoors can be done after the last threat of frost in your area. Even if the plants get very tall and gangly, they can still be planted with part of the stem underground. The stems can be planted horizontally and bent very gently upwards. They will set root right from the stems and give your plants a very strong base.
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Reply:Hardening off is the key. Short periods outdoors in the sun, lenghtening over a couple of weeks. They will sunburn quickly if left too long. They are not used to that amount of light. You can plant them after danger of frost. Doesn't hurt to do a good hardening and plant a bit late. Don't rush the planting, let the soil and air temp come up a bit. They were tropical plants to start with.
Reply:I would put them out today for an hour then 2 hours tomorrow and so on. Seed started inside tend to go a little week when the get bigger.
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Do tomato plants need a lot of fresh air or can they still grow indoors next to a sometimes open window?
I'm not allowed to have tomato plants in the hallway of my dorm so I'm forced to keep it next to the window where it gets *some* outdoor exposure. Sometimes I take it on walks outdoors, or leave it next to an open window, but at most it's probably only exposed to half an hour of direct sunlight total. I do acknowledge that the tomato plant wont grow as well as one would with an optimal environment, but will it at least survive long enough to bear tomatoes?
Do tomato plants need a lot of fresh air or can they still grow indoors next to a sometimes open window?
Growing tomatoes indoors is very difficult to do due to lack of direct sun light. 30 minutes a day is not near enough
Reply:Tomato plants need 6 hours of direct sunlite.Maybe you could get a couple of GROW LITES and stand them up next to plant. It might help get you a few tomato's.Good luck
Reply:Your plant will not get enough sunlight to bare tomatoes you need at least 6 hours of sun a day.How about a grow light?
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Do tomato plants need a lot of fresh air or can they still grow indoors next to a sometimes open window?
Growing tomatoes indoors is very difficult to do due to lack of direct sun light. 30 minutes a day is not near enough
Reply:Tomato plants need 6 hours of direct sunlite.Maybe you could get a couple of GROW LITES and stand them up next to plant. It might help get you a few tomato's.Good luck
Reply:Your plant will not get enough sunlight to bare tomatoes you need at least 6 hours of sun a day.How about a grow light?
The cucumber vines are wrapping around my tomato plants. will this harm them????
You bet! Either you'll have to forget about tomatoes, or cut out the vines and risk loosing your cucumbers. Those vines will continue to the point that the will completely take over the tomatoes!!!!
The cucumber vines are wrapping around my tomato plants. will this harm them????
no it will be hard to pick your tomatos
The cucumber vines are wrapping around my tomato plants. will this harm them????
no it will be hard to pick your tomatos
What is stealing my tomato plants?
I've planted about 12 tomato plants and they're growing great, but yesterday when I went to water one of them was gone! The entire plant had been taken from the tomato wire. So now I've covered each of the tomato wires with a mesh and sprinkled moth balls everywhere. But again today I went outside only to find that another plant has be taken aaaaand another has been chopped off at the base and was left tangled in the wire stand. There are no holes to indicate that digging critters are responsible and we live in the suburbs so we don't have dear or rabbit. So what the heck is taking my plants and how do I stop it? any info is greatly appreciated...hopefully i hear something before all my plants are gone!
What is stealing my tomato plants?
Don't know how tall are your tomato plants... but there are a lot of pest who will destroy your vegie patch such as birds, rabbits, rats or the poutries you breed if you have one such as chickens, ducks, geese, or even wild deer if you lived nearbby Rocky mountain or Kangaroo if you live down under.
The best way to prevent another tomato plants disappeared without any reason, that you got to stake them up with sound sticks and tight them up from buttom to the top. Also cover with a wire net over the plants would be the best resort to make your potato safety. If you got tomato, you also got to watch out the squrrals to bit your fruits. So watch out your enemies. There are a lot watching your vegie garden...
Reply:best bet is to watch the tomatos all night from a vantage point
once you see the critter shoot him with a .22 or if your the non violent type call pest control
What is stealing my tomato plants?
Don't know how tall are your tomato plants... but there are a lot of pest who will destroy your vegie patch such as birds, rabbits, rats or the poutries you breed if you have one such as chickens, ducks, geese, or even wild deer if you lived nearbby Rocky mountain or Kangaroo if you live down under.
The best way to prevent another tomato plants disappeared without any reason, that you got to stake them up with sound sticks and tight them up from buttom to the top. Also cover with a wire net over the plants would be the best resort to make your potato safety. If you got tomato, you also got to watch out the squrrals to bit your fruits. So watch out your enemies. There are a lot watching your vegie garden...
Reply:best bet is to watch the tomatos all night from a vantage point
once you see the critter shoot him with a .22 or if your the non violent type call pest control
Does anyone know a homemade remedy for tomato plants against worms and bugs.?
Soapy water kills most insects; it'll probably work on the worms too.
Does anyone know a homemade remedy for tomato plants against worms and bugs.?
I keep toads and wolf spiders in my poly tunnel, and have never had any pests on the tomatotoes for the last ten years.
Reply:Red or Chayenne pepper around the base...good for keeping animals away also
Reply:Sprikle some sugar to attract ants which will later get rid of the pests.
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Does anyone know a homemade remedy for tomato plants against worms and bugs.?
I keep toads and wolf spiders in my poly tunnel, and have never had any pests on the tomatotoes for the last ten years.
Reply:Red or Chayenne pepper around the base...good for keeping animals away also
Reply:Sprikle some sugar to attract ants which will later get rid of the pests.
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Anyone have a dwarf tomato plant?
Should I be worried that after 60 days after being planted in a topsy turvy planter, my dwarf patio tomato isn't starting to blossom?
Growth has been quite minimal. I do not see any identifiable disease. It leaks a dark brown when I water it daily. (I live in a hot climate where it reaches 90 plus every afternoon so I am worried about it being too dry.)
Any suggestions, or should I just be more patient? Yes, this is the first time I tried this type of tomato plant. Anyone get a good harvest from a dwarf plant? What did you do?
Side note: Green pepper plant planted at same time in same type of planter is doing well and has a small fruit and many flowering buds.
Anyone have a dwarf tomato plant?
The temperatures are most likely the issue. Tomatos produce flowers when nighttime temps are between 60 and 70 (roughly). If your nights are not cooling down enough, your tomatos may not produce flowers, let alone set fruit. You may have to wait until your climate cools a bit.
I would think, since the soil is above the plant, that watering may produce a little runnoff down the plant. So the "dark brown leaking" doesn't sound weird at all.
Growth has been quite minimal. I do not see any identifiable disease. It leaks a dark brown when I water it daily. (I live in a hot climate where it reaches 90 plus every afternoon so I am worried about it being too dry.)
Any suggestions, or should I just be more patient? Yes, this is the first time I tried this type of tomato plant. Anyone get a good harvest from a dwarf plant? What did you do?
Side note: Green pepper plant planted at same time in same type of planter is doing well and has a small fruit and many flowering buds.
Anyone have a dwarf tomato plant?
The temperatures are most likely the issue. Tomatos produce flowers when nighttime temps are between 60 and 70 (roughly). If your nights are not cooling down enough, your tomatos may not produce flowers, let alone set fruit. You may have to wait until your climate cools a bit.
I would think, since the soil is above the plant, that watering may produce a little runnoff down the plant. So the "dark brown leaking" doesn't sound weird at all.
Tomato, cucumber and strawberry plants?
I have been given by my mother in law 2 tomato plants, 1 cucumber and 3 strawberry plants. She gave them to me 3 weeks ago. They're all in pots in a little plastic greenhouse, and I put them outside at the weekend and in the evenings when I come home from work.
1. The tomato plants have now grown 3 little yellow flowers each. Do I need to do anything else to get fruit?
2. The strawberry plant today has grown 2 pink flowers. Do I need to do anything to get fruit?
3. The cucumber plant was given to me with tiny forming cucumbers - they are around 1/2 cm long. I don't think it's grown, but neither has it died. Is there anything else I need to do with it?
Tomato, cucumber and strawberry plants?
You need to plant them in larger containers or giant growbags (noy the cheap thin ones) so that they can get better root systems and they need to be fed with Tomorite tomato food every two weeks.
Keep them moist but do not overwater - you can plant them outside now (no more frost - we hope)
http://www.lovethegarden.com/products/co...
Protect the strawberrys - as soon as they start to turn red the birds will nab em!
Reply:To be successful all plants need to be in at least 5ltr pots.
strawberry's.. if first year plants best to remove flowers ( i never did)..
tomato.. you will see little side shoots coming out between stem and branches these should be removed as the plant grows. do not feed until the small toms have replaced the flowers, need lots of ventilation and compost must not get dry.
cucumbers, if f1 type feed and support, if ordinary, when in flower check flower if on small stem (male).remove, if tight to leaf leave, need support and must not dryout. use tom feriliser for all
Reply:Plant the strawberry plants in the garden. They don't need much attention. Just water them now and then and poison the slugs.
Tomato and cucumbers grow best in the greenhouse. They will grow outdoors but you won't get so much fruit. Put them in big pots or growbags and support the plants with canes. They would benefit from occasional watering with tomato fertiliser once the fruit has formed. (Tesco's version is cheapest)
Reply:It sounds like they're doing just what they're supposed to do. The tomatoes will grow from the inside of where the blossoms are now--you might want to shake the blossoms a little to be sure they pollinate, though, since normally it's helped along by bees. The strawberries are doing fine, and the cucumbers will grow.
Reply:Since you just have a yard, try planting these in containers. Or you could do raised beds. Either way, you can get lots of goodies if you take care of them. On the strawberries, if they're "everbearing," you may want to pinch off the flowers to encourage vigorous root growth. You won't get many (if any) strawberries this year, but next year (and make sure to cover them with mulch over the winter) you'll have a bounty crop! The cukes will spread out, so you can train them on a lattice fence or wire, to keep them in a controlled area. The tomatoes will need to be staked or caged, as once the fruits begin to get heavy, you will want to keep them off the ground. Good luck!
Reply:I live in Texas and my tomato plants are 7' tall and beginning to fail from the heat. Where ever you are the tomato's must be in a larger container or out side in the garden to grow better what ever you do with them when you transplant them bury them all the way up to the first branch. The stem from what is ground level now to the first branch will form roots and make a stronger plant. dig like a trench and lay them in it turning the top up and cover it to the bottom branch. The strawberry plants need a little bigger area to grow in also you can't expect them to do much in a little plastic greenhouse. The cucumbers will run everywhere and need to be out in the garden. If you are limited with space put something for them to climb on. I have some now that have 15' runners on them. The little cucumber that has formed is a female cucumber flower and the little flowers that don't have little cucumber on them are male if they don't cross polonaise the cucumber will turn yellow and fall of. This can be done with a q-tip. Just touch from flower to flower to flower with the end of it like a busy little bee would do the same to the tomato's although I think the plant should be a little bigger before you try to set fruit on it.
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1. The tomato plants have now grown 3 little yellow flowers each. Do I need to do anything else to get fruit?
2. The strawberry plant today has grown 2 pink flowers. Do I need to do anything to get fruit?
3. The cucumber plant was given to me with tiny forming cucumbers - they are around 1/2 cm long. I don't think it's grown, but neither has it died. Is there anything else I need to do with it?
Tomato, cucumber and strawberry plants?
You need to plant them in larger containers or giant growbags (noy the cheap thin ones) so that they can get better root systems and they need to be fed with Tomorite tomato food every two weeks.
Keep them moist but do not overwater - you can plant them outside now (no more frost - we hope)
http://www.lovethegarden.com/products/co...
Protect the strawberrys - as soon as they start to turn red the birds will nab em!
Reply:To be successful all plants need to be in at least 5ltr pots.
strawberry's.. if first year plants best to remove flowers ( i never did)..
tomato.. you will see little side shoots coming out between stem and branches these should be removed as the plant grows. do not feed until the small toms have replaced the flowers, need lots of ventilation and compost must not get dry.
cucumbers, if f1 type feed and support, if ordinary, when in flower check flower if on small stem (male).remove, if tight to leaf leave, need support and must not dryout. use tom feriliser for all
Reply:Plant the strawberry plants in the garden. They don't need much attention. Just water them now and then and poison the slugs.
Tomato and cucumbers grow best in the greenhouse. They will grow outdoors but you won't get so much fruit. Put them in big pots or growbags and support the plants with canes. They would benefit from occasional watering with tomato fertiliser once the fruit has formed. (Tesco's version is cheapest)
Reply:It sounds like they're doing just what they're supposed to do. The tomatoes will grow from the inside of where the blossoms are now--you might want to shake the blossoms a little to be sure they pollinate, though, since normally it's helped along by bees. The strawberries are doing fine, and the cucumbers will grow.
Reply:Since you just have a yard, try planting these in containers. Or you could do raised beds. Either way, you can get lots of goodies if you take care of them. On the strawberries, if they're "everbearing," you may want to pinch off the flowers to encourage vigorous root growth. You won't get many (if any) strawberries this year, but next year (and make sure to cover them with mulch over the winter) you'll have a bounty crop! The cukes will spread out, so you can train them on a lattice fence or wire, to keep them in a controlled area. The tomatoes will need to be staked or caged, as once the fruits begin to get heavy, you will want to keep them off the ground. Good luck!
Reply:I live in Texas and my tomato plants are 7' tall and beginning to fail from the heat. Where ever you are the tomato's must be in a larger container or out side in the garden to grow better what ever you do with them when you transplant them bury them all the way up to the first branch. The stem from what is ground level now to the first branch will form roots and make a stronger plant. dig like a trench and lay them in it turning the top up and cover it to the bottom branch. The strawberry plants need a little bigger area to grow in also you can't expect them to do much in a little plastic greenhouse. The cucumbers will run everywhere and need to be out in the garden. If you are limited with space put something for them to climb on. I have some now that have 15' runners on them. The little cucumber that has formed is a female cucumber flower and the little flowers that don't have little cucumber on them are male if they don't cross polonaise the cucumber will turn yellow and fall of. This can be done with a q-tip. Just touch from flower to flower to flower with the end of it like a busy little bee would do the same to the tomato's although I think the plant should be a little bigger before you try to set fruit on it.
Why are my tomatoes on my tomato plant turning white at the base?
The plant looked normal until the very hot weather now even the new tomatoes are growing white.
Why are my tomatoes on my tomato plant turning white at the base?
It's powdery mildew, a fungus that weakens plants by penetrating leaf tissue %26amp; absorbing nutrients. Happens when it's too humid or wet. If there's only a few leaves affected %26amp; there's plenty of leaves left, I first get rid of the few affected leaves. Then I spray with the following spray:
Baking Soda Spray
2 tbsp baby shampoo
1 tbsp baking soda
1 gallon water
Mix together %26amp; spray on plants.
Why are my tomatoes on my tomato plant turning white at the base?
It's powdery mildew, a fungus that weakens plants by penetrating leaf tissue %26amp; absorbing nutrients. Happens when it's too humid or wet. If there's only a few leaves affected %26amp; there's plenty of leaves left, I first get rid of the few affected leaves. Then I spray with the following spray:
Baking Soda Spray
2 tbsp baby shampoo
1 tbsp baking soda
1 gallon water
Mix together %26amp; spray on plants.
Yellow Tomato Leaf Curl? How To Treat Tomato Plants Infected With It?
My mother has a tomato garden along with other plants and flowers. Her tomato plants are infected with something called yellow tomato leaf curl. I can't seem to find any decent info on how to cure the plants if they can be cured or how to defeat the insects (white flies) before the plants grow. I found a insecticide that you put in the soil before growing the plants but I need to know if the plants can be cured after the infection. Thanks.
Yellow Tomato Leaf Curl? How To Treat Tomato Plants Infected With It?
Sounds like she is watering the plants too much. Let the soil dry out before putting more water on them. Just pinch off the yellow leafs...more will grow back.
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Yellow Tomato Leaf Curl? How To Treat Tomato Plants Infected With It?
Sounds like she is watering the plants too much. Let the soil dry out before putting more water on them. Just pinch off the yellow leafs...more will grow back.
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Question regarding my tomato plants?
I have 4 tomato plants that i planted in the begining of this yr each in a seperate big container, I got a lot of tomatoes from them but very small size, even though the variety was of much bigger type. Now its November and the plants have wilted away , turned brown, only a few stems are green and they still are bearing a few no. of tomatoes.
My Question is
Now that winter is almost here should i throw away these plants and plant new one in Feb or will these yield fruits again.
If i keep these plants whats the best way to care for them to make the tomatoes size bigger next yr.
I live in Northern California, how do i care for them in our rainy winter.
I am an amatuer gardner- pls help
Question regarding my tomato plants?
These have just about outlived their usefulness; I'd throw them away (you can compost them if you have a compost heap) and start with new seeds or plants in the spring :-)
Reply:Tomato plants are an annual plant. Clear the pots and disinfect to be reused with new plants next year. If these did not bear fruit to the size expected, then they probably are of a variety which does not do so well in your area. Temperature and moisture are important to each type.
Reply:Tomatoes are annuals - they're meant to live for one season then die. Just start fresh next year with new plants.
Reply:Tomato plants are for single years only and need throwing away or composting if they aren't diseased. They will not bear fruit a second year.
I would replce the compost for next year as alot of tomato pests and diseases can live on in the soil.
To ensure the maximum growth, unless specified as a bush variety only keep the main stem of the plant, nipping out all side shoot before they get too big as they sap the tomato of its strength thus resulting in smaller fruits. Make sure you water, (daily), on a regular basis at about the same time of day and try and use a regular amount of water. I use an empty baked bean can so that I know I'm not overwatering them and use a potasium based liquid food twice a week but only when the tomatoes have set and you can actually see the fruit. If you feed them too early then all the nourishment will go into making good foliage and not fruit.
I'm afraid I cannot recommend a good website but I do have thirty years experience in growing them myself.
Good luck.
Reply:I usually go to the web search and type in garden forums and all kinds of sites will pop up take your pick,
but try to be specifec, you might have to register but once you do you can go there to find out all kinds of gardening tips and help with related problems .
Reply:Where I live I can get three crops a year. There comes a time when each tomato plant becomes tired looking and get´s very leggy. They will continue to bear fruit albeit less. I just discard the old and continue with the new plants. I´m fortunate that I have sunshine all the year round and the warmth needed for a good crop outdoors.
My Question is
Now that winter is almost here should i throw away these plants and plant new one in Feb or will these yield fruits again.
If i keep these plants whats the best way to care for them to make the tomatoes size bigger next yr.
I live in Northern California, how do i care for them in our rainy winter.
I am an amatuer gardner- pls help
Question regarding my tomato plants?
These have just about outlived their usefulness; I'd throw them away (you can compost them if you have a compost heap) and start with new seeds or plants in the spring :-)
Reply:Tomato plants are an annual plant. Clear the pots and disinfect to be reused with new plants next year. If these did not bear fruit to the size expected, then they probably are of a variety which does not do so well in your area. Temperature and moisture are important to each type.
Reply:Tomatoes are annuals - they're meant to live for one season then die. Just start fresh next year with new plants.
Reply:Tomato plants are for single years only and need throwing away or composting if they aren't diseased. They will not bear fruit a second year.
I would replce the compost for next year as alot of tomato pests and diseases can live on in the soil.
To ensure the maximum growth, unless specified as a bush variety only keep the main stem of the plant, nipping out all side shoot before they get too big as they sap the tomato of its strength thus resulting in smaller fruits. Make sure you water, (daily), on a regular basis at about the same time of day and try and use a regular amount of water. I use an empty baked bean can so that I know I'm not overwatering them and use a potasium based liquid food twice a week but only when the tomatoes have set and you can actually see the fruit. If you feed them too early then all the nourishment will go into making good foliage and not fruit.
I'm afraid I cannot recommend a good website but I do have thirty years experience in growing them myself.
Good luck.
Reply:I usually go to the web search and type in garden forums and all kinds of sites will pop up take your pick,
but try to be specifec, you might have to register but once you do you can go there to find out all kinds of gardening tips and help with related problems .
Reply:Where I live I can get three crops a year. There comes a time when each tomato plant becomes tired looking and get´s very leggy. They will continue to bear fruit albeit less. I just discard the old and continue with the new plants. I´m fortunate that I have sunshine all the year round and the warmth needed for a good crop outdoors.
Tomato plants arn't thriving?
I planted 8 tomato plants, 4 are the regular large ones and the other 4 are cherry tomatoes. The four large tomatoe plants are huge the 4 cherry tomatoe plants either got aten by a dog or rabbit or, moles?? not sure, anyway, i still kept them in the ground, just the leaves were gone. But, they are still the same size as i planted them in may. Should I get rid of them, or give them special care? they are sproughting new leaves, but like i said they are still tiny plants.
thank you ;-)
Tomato plants arn't thriving?
It depends were you live.
North of the Mason Dixon (so to speak) the summers are too short to wait for the tomatoes to regrow so buy new plants and quickly because many varieties are all ready sold out.
What I have found is DOGS, especially mine love Tomatoes, but not Tomato leaves.
Moles tend to eat insects just under the plants or bulbs and tubers like Hosta and Lilys.
Bunnies and groundhogs are the probable culprit.
Before you spend more money on bunny salad I suggest a fence of chicken wire with 1/3 of it buried in the ground.
Or you will be eaten again.
Reply:They had major trauma. They will eventually come back, but they will be longer than the others. Question is, can you wait.
Reply:Are you sure it's not slugs or snails eating your plants?
Persevere with them,they may give you some fruit.Take measures against the plant eaters.
Reply:Cherry tomatoes are indeterminate tomato's. So they will keep growing all season until frost. So if you can get them to grow they should do well.
Reply:They like sun, water, but not too much and fertilizer. If the leaves are gone, though ....you need new plants.
Reply:spray thenm with a little soapy waterand may6be they will come back
thank you ;-)
Tomato plants arn't thriving?
It depends were you live.
North of the Mason Dixon (so to speak) the summers are too short to wait for the tomatoes to regrow so buy new plants and quickly because many varieties are all ready sold out.
What I have found is DOGS, especially mine love Tomatoes, but not Tomato leaves.
Moles tend to eat insects just under the plants or bulbs and tubers like Hosta and Lilys.
Bunnies and groundhogs are the probable culprit.
Before you spend more money on bunny salad I suggest a fence of chicken wire with 1/3 of it buried in the ground.
Or you will be eaten again.
Reply:They had major trauma. They will eventually come back, but they will be longer than the others. Question is, can you wait.
Reply:Are you sure it's not slugs or snails eating your plants?
Persevere with them,they may give you some fruit.Take measures against the plant eaters.
Reply:Cherry tomatoes are indeterminate tomato's. So they will keep growing all season until frost. So if you can get them to grow they should do well.
Reply:They like sun, water, but not too much and fertilizer. If the leaves are gone, though ....you need new plants.
Reply:spray thenm with a little soapy waterand may6be they will come back
Are store bought tomato plants....?
with all the tomatos scares right now, will they be safe to eat when they finally grow? They are bonnie plant. And I bought them at Home Depot, if that helps.
Are store bought tomato plants....?
They will be safe and also delicious. Enjoy your tomatoes.
Good Luck
Reply:yes of course if you grow them yourself
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Are store bought tomato plants....?
They will be safe and also delicious. Enjoy your tomatoes.
Good Luck
Reply:yes of course if you grow them yourself
Tomato plant recommendation and website please?
Can anyone recommend some really good acidy/sweet tomatoes to plant and a good website to get them from? I have never planted tomatoes, but any advice and recommendations would be appreciated!! Thanks!!
Tomato plant recommendation and website please?
You should check around at your local nursery as you will find a ton to choose from. (If you update your answer to include where you are, I may be able to offer up some nurseries to try as I'm in N. Cal. too.) There will also be some plants sales coming soon and you can get a great selection of heirloom tomatoes and such...
It's almost too late to start your seeds for our area, you still can but it's getting late... It's probably better just to get starts this year and next year you can do seeds.
Here is where I get my heirlooms from: http://www.heirloomtomatoes.bizland.com/
Good luck. :)
Reply:Truthfully your best bet is to go to the nearest garden center or nursery and see the selection. They will have what the best types for planting are and they will already have a head start.
Starting with seeds takes a lot more time and it almost too late to get a good start now.
Three excellent hybrids," "are big beef, lemon boy, and orange sungold cherry."
Here is a link that gives the name of tomatoes and a description of taste. which might be helpful in deciding.
http://www.kootenaicountyfarmersmarket.c...
VIDEO ON HOW TO PRUNE
http://www.expertvillage.com/videos/low-...
Reply:Thomson %26amp; Morgan seed company are fantastic plant breeders, and have a good range of tomato types. They've got a blight resitant type that they're offering this year: http://www.tmseeds.com/product/4323.html
Otherwise, decide whether you're happy to grow your plants from seed, or would prefer to buy plants that are ready to plant. Seed growing is the cheapest method, and allows you to have full control over their culture- potentially keeping it organic all the way, which I prefer.
F1 hybrid plants are produced with a mix of their parents characteristics within uniform plants. These are a good type to look for, as they have good vigour. Decide on the type of plant you want, huge 'beefsteak', bushe size, outdoors, greenhouse etc.
I like -
Supersteak - an F1 huge 1 to 2llb fruit variety.
Moneymaker - a time honoured reliable variety
Totem F1 - this is good for smaller sized plots, and fruits lower down, especially good for outdoors.
Gardeners Delight - another really old favourite, with good old fashioned strong tomato flavour.
To meet your needs for sweetness, I'd probably select a variety of sweet cherry tomato. T%26amp;M have this variety 'Sugary' in stock - http://www.tmseeds.com/product/723.html. My family grew some for the first time last year, and we loved them.
Hope these thoughts help. I come from a 4th generation family of farmers, and love tomatoes. Good luck! Rob
Reply:I don't know what variety to tell you but I will say going to your local garden center really won't provide you with much variety. They carry maybe 10 varieties and there are probably 100's out there. I do get mine from garden centers because I'm usually too late to grow my own. I'm always very disappointed. I will say it's a lot easier than trying to grow them on my counter and get enough light and keep the kids out of them.
Choose a good sunny location. Amend the soil with a composted manure. Do not plant till after last frost which is probably past for you. Be sure to plant them deep. Plant 2 to 4 inches deeper than the pot it comes in. Water them once weekly and deeply. Watch out for pests and diseases. Remove and kill larger pests and spray soapy water for other smaller pests. Mulch to hold in moisture and keep down weeds. Have a good season!
Reply:money maker is a good virity and easy to grow try ya local garden centre
Reply:I like better boys. lots of sun, water, and miracle grow!!
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Tomato plant recommendation and website please?
You should check around at your local nursery as you will find a ton to choose from. (If you update your answer to include where you are, I may be able to offer up some nurseries to try as I'm in N. Cal. too.) There will also be some plants sales coming soon and you can get a great selection of heirloom tomatoes and such...
It's almost too late to start your seeds for our area, you still can but it's getting late... It's probably better just to get starts this year and next year you can do seeds.
Here is where I get my heirlooms from: http://www.heirloomtomatoes.bizland.com/
Good luck. :)
Reply:Truthfully your best bet is to go to the nearest garden center or nursery and see the selection. They will have what the best types for planting are and they will already have a head start.
Starting with seeds takes a lot more time and it almost too late to get a good start now.
Three excellent hybrids," "are big beef, lemon boy, and orange sungold cherry."
Here is a link that gives the name of tomatoes and a description of taste. which might be helpful in deciding.
http://www.kootenaicountyfarmersmarket.c...
VIDEO ON HOW TO PRUNE
http://www.expertvillage.com/videos/low-...
Reply:Thomson %26amp; Morgan seed company are fantastic plant breeders, and have a good range of tomato types. They've got a blight resitant type that they're offering this year: http://www.tmseeds.com/product/4323.html
Otherwise, decide whether you're happy to grow your plants from seed, or would prefer to buy plants that are ready to plant. Seed growing is the cheapest method, and allows you to have full control over their culture- potentially keeping it organic all the way, which I prefer.
F1 hybrid plants are produced with a mix of their parents characteristics within uniform plants. These are a good type to look for, as they have good vigour. Decide on the type of plant you want, huge 'beefsteak', bushe size, outdoors, greenhouse etc.
I like -
Supersteak - an F1 huge 1 to 2llb fruit variety.
Moneymaker - a time honoured reliable variety
Totem F1 - this is good for smaller sized plots, and fruits lower down, especially good for outdoors.
Gardeners Delight - another really old favourite, with good old fashioned strong tomato flavour.
To meet your needs for sweetness, I'd probably select a variety of sweet cherry tomato. T%26amp;M have this variety 'Sugary' in stock - http://www.tmseeds.com/product/723.html. My family grew some for the first time last year, and we loved them.
Hope these thoughts help. I come from a 4th generation family of farmers, and love tomatoes. Good luck! Rob
Reply:I don't know what variety to tell you but I will say going to your local garden center really won't provide you with much variety. They carry maybe 10 varieties and there are probably 100's out there. I do get mine from garden centers because I'm usually too late to grow my own. I'm always very disappointed. I will say it's a lot easier than trying to grow them on my counter and get enough light and keep the kids out of them.
Choose a good sunny location. Amend the soil with a composted manure. Do not plant till after last frost which is probably past for you. Be sure to plant them deep. Plant 2 to 4 inches deeper than the pot it comes in. Water them once weekly and deeply. Watch out for pests and diseases. Remove and kill larger pests and spray soapy water for other smaller pests. Mulch to hold in moisture and keep down weeds. Have a good season!
Reply:money maker is a good virity and easy to grow try ya local garden centre
Reply:I like better boys. lots of sun, water, and miracle grow!!
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Whats eating my pepper and tomato plants?
I dont know alot about growing vegetables so i never bother, but this year we decided to try to grow a couple plants and see how it goes. We have one chile pepper and two "patio tomato's" which we were told are just smaller toamato plants that are good in containers. All three plants are in a large planter on my deck. The tomato plants are doing really good, both plants have ten or more tomato's on them. My pepper plant started out slow, but then started growing well. withing the past week, every time i check the plants (7-8 times a day) the leaves are laying on the ground next to it. Some of the leaves that are still on the plant now have "slices" in them? almost like the leaves have been ripped? Now my tomatoes that have been doing so well are starting to have the same "slices" in the leaves, but only the leaves near the top? its not just the top leaves on the pepper plant though. Any ideas? i have searched the plant for bugs, the only thing i found were a few spiders.
Whats eating my pepper and tomato plants?
Sounds like deer damage to me. And yes they can and did eat all my pepper plants one year.
Can deer get on your deck? Sure sounds like it. They rip the plants. They bite and pull.
Whats eating my pepper and tomato plants?
Sounds like deer damage to me. And yes they can and did eat all my pepper plants one year.
Can deer get on your deck? Sure sounds like it. They rip the plants. They bite and pull.
Tomato plants become yellow and die prematurely? Can anyone tell me what is wrong with them?
Hi everyone,
I've been planting tomato plants in my garden for the past twenty years and recently the plants have been dying prematurely. They start out growing nice and strong, and healthy looking. Soon after producing some tomatoes, some begin wilting and turning yellow. It seems to affect some tomato plants while some other plants seem not to be affected too much while others completely die.
I was wondering if the soil is deficient in minerals. I have used miracle grow and composted manure occasionlly. I am considering removing some of the old soil and replace it with fresh potting soil and composted manure and use miracle grow in addition in order to start off with a "clean slate" so to speak. I have also heard of using lime to neutralize the soil. I tried it one year with no real success. I'm not sure, should I try it again ?
What do you think is the problem with my plants and what should I do to correct the situation?
Thanks to everyone,
John
Tomato plants become yellow and die prematurely? Can anyone tell me what is wrong with them?
You used the magic word, "wilt." Could be any kind of virus. I wonder if you've been buying the same exact kinds of tomatoes all this time, because different varieties carry different resistances. Some of them, for example, are not at all resistant to tobacco mosaic virus, and anyone who smokes around them or even handles them can transfer this virus to them. I would suggest purchasing several varieties which you have not grown before to see if the same thing happens to them.
Also, if you've been planting the tomato crop in the same place every year you could have built up a viral community that has become unhealthy. If this is the case I'd suggest transferring the tomatoes to another patch of ground, or to pots. Or some to another patch and some to pots, as an experiment.
I would also hold off on more fertilizer. Since the tomatoes are not well, fertilizing them might be like feeding a rich meal to a person in ICU - at best, not helpful.
Reply:Too much water and not enough good ground that drains and full of lime.
Reply:well it could be not enough iron . go get you some new plants soak the roots in super thrive for about 15 minutes then plant in potting soil then water with some miracle grow and that should help then just make sure you water then everyday but don't over water . they have that blow glass watering thing under that makes sure you don't under water or over water . I'll give you the link .
my grandfather was a tomato farmer :) the best tomatoes are your big beef and jackpot . also for salads cherry and pear tomatoes . good luck.
ps you might have to much alkali in the soil to . Get some turkey manure and till it in your soil along with your compost that can help .
Reply:John,
Could it be blight? Are there dark spots on leaves? It's a Fungus that's hard to get rid of. You need to remove the wilted leaves and destroy them if you haven't already done so.
I have a Fungus Fighter Tonic that might be helpful, I had the same problem last year with blight.
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup powdered milk
1 tsp baking soda
1 gal warm water
Mix the molasses, milk, soda into a paste. Put the mixture into the toe of a nylon stocking and let it steep in the water for several hours. Strain and use the liquid on your tomato plants.
I've been planting tomato plants in my garden for the past twenty years and recently the plants have been dying prematurely. They start out growing nice and strong, and healthy looking. Soon after producing some tomatoes, some begin wilting and turning yellow. It seems to affect some tomato plants while some other plants seem not to be affected too much while others completely die.
I was wondering if the soil is deficient in minerals. I have used miracle grow and composted manure occasionlly. I am considering removing some of the old soil and replace it with fresh potting soil and composted manure and use miracle grow in addition in order to start off with a "clean slate" so to speak. I have also heard of using lime to neutralize the soil. I tried it one year with no real success. I'm not sure, should I try it again ?
What do you think is the problem with my plants and what should I do to correct the situation?
Thanks to everyone,
John
Tomato plants become yellow and die prematurely? Can anyone tell me what is wrong with them?
You used the magic word, "wilt." Could be any kind of virus. I wonder if you've been buying the same exact kinds of tomatoes all this time, because different varieties carry different resistances. Some of them, for example, are not at all resistant to tobacco mosaic virus, and anyone who smokes around them or even handles them can transfer this virus to them. I would suggest purchasing several varieties which you have not grown before to see if the same thing happens to them.
Also, if you've been planting the tomato crop in the same place every year you could have built up a viral community that has become unhealthy. If this is the case I'd suggest transferring the tomatoes to another patch of ground, or to pots. Or some to another patch and some to pots, as an experiment.
I would also hold off on more fertilizer. Since the tomatoes are not well, fertilizing them might be like feeding a rich meal to a person in ICU - at best, not helpful.
Reply:Too much water and not enough good ground that drains and full of lime.
Reply:well it could be not enough iron . go get you some new plants soak the roots in super thrive for about 15 minutes then plant in potting soil then water with some miracle grow and that should help then just make sure you water then everyday but don't over water . they have that blow glass watering thing under that makes sure you don't under water or over water . I'll give you the link .
my grandfather was a tomato farmer :) the best tomatoes are your big beef and jackpot . also for salads cherry and pear tomatoes . good luck.
ps you might have to much alkali in the soil to . Get some turkey manure and till it in your soil along with your compost that can help .
Reply:John,
Could it be blight? Are there dark spots on leaves? It's a Fungus that's hard to get rid of. You need to remove the wilted leaves and destroy them if you haven't already done so.
I have a Fungus Fighter Tonic that might be helpful, I had the same problem last year with blight.
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup powdered milk
1 tsp baking soda
1 gal warm water
Mix the molasses, milk, soda into a paste. Put the mixture into the toe of a nylon stocking and let it steep in the water for several hours. Strain and use the liquid on your tomato plants.
Enough sun for my tomato plant?
I’ve planted a tomato plant (Early Girl variety) outside on my north-east facing balcony. I only get about 4-5 hours of sun – from dawn until about 11-11:30ish (and that’s provided there are no clouds, of course). I’ve read that tomatoes CAN actually grow with that much sunlight, and I’ve also read that they absolutely need anywhere from 6-8 hours up to a whopping 10-12 hours! It’s still in the seedling stage, but it’s been out there for 6 days now and so far it looks pretty happy. What are your experiences with tomato plants?
Enough sun for my tomato plant?
tomatoes LOVE sun and lots of heat. the more sunlight they receive, the more fruit they bear, and the faster that fruit ripens. if you have any more sunlight available, move the plant, or you could end up eating green tomatoes at harvest time.
Reply:Try to move it around to get more sunlight. The more light they get, the better and quicker they grow ! But it'll grow with limited light, too. Are you growing it in a pot ?? That's how I grow mine, and you can't believe how well they grow.
Reply:Without knowing your daytime temparatures it is hard to answer but bottom line is that Tomatoes need heat and sunlight about 8 hours a day. You will get some tomatoes but probably not much. If your average summer temparature in the balcony exceeds 85 degrees that will help otherwise try setting up growing lights and/or reflective mirrors.
Reply:ask the plant if it is getting enough sun (i know, you may feel silly at first but do it anyway, you have only a breath to loose)
be open to a response of any kind (you may even hear it's "voice" respond)
chances are, if it looks "happy" then it is.
the real truth will come in the form of green fruits that either blush red or not. if not, pick them green and ripen them next to some bananas in a sunny spot. (the banans release a gas as they ripen that encopurages the toms to ripen as well)
Reply:I've grown tomatoes on 5 hours of sun. Make sure you have great soil and you'll be fine.
Reply:need more but if sun is strong enough should be ok but need lots of water all the times, no dry....go die
Reply:That's plenty of sun. Just one little lonely tomatoe? I have 25, but then I have a big veggie garden,
Enough sun for my tomato plant?
tomatoes LOVE sun and lots of heat. the more sunlight they receive, the more fruit they bear, and the faster that fruit ripens. if you have any more sunlight available, move the plant, or you could end up eating green tomatoes at harvest time.
Reply:Try to move it around to get more sunlight. The more light they get, the better and quicker they grow ! But it'll grow with limited light, too. Are you growing it in a pot ?? That's how I grow mine, and you can't believe how well they grow.
Reply:Without knowing your daytime temparatures it is hard to answer but bottom line is that Tomatoes need heat and sunlight about 8 hours a day. You will get some tomatoes but probably not much. If your average summer temparature in the balcony exceeds 85 degrees that will help otherwise try setting up growing lights and/or reflective mirrors.
Reply:ask the plant if it is getting enough sun (i know, you may feel silly at first but do it anyway, you have only a breath to loose)
be open to a response of any kind (you may even hear it's "voice" respond)
chances are, if it looks "happy" then it is.
the real truth will come in the form of green fruits that either blush red or not. if not, pick them green and ripen them next to some bananas in a sunny spot. (the banans release a gas as they ripen that encopurages the toms to ripen as well)
Reply:I've grown tomatoes on 5 hours of sun. Make sure you have great soil and you'll be fine.
Reply:need more but if sun is strong enough should be ok but need lots of water all the times, no dry....go die
Reply:That's plenty of sun. Just one little lonely tomatoe? I have 25, but then I have a big veggie garden,
Will my tomato plant come back--at least with new leaf growth?
I had bugs on my tomato plants and tried to water, soap, oil, cayene mixture recommended by someone on here. My leaves got brown within the hour and I was wondering if my plant is going to die or will it come back--at least with new growth? I had a tomato on the plant before spraying it with the mixture.
Will my tomato plant come back--at least with new leaf growth?
As well as pulling off any brown leaves, rinse the plants very well.
I use 7 dust for insect control. It works on everything from japanese beetles to fleas - and it's very safe for people, pets, and most wildlife. My bird feeder is in the middle of my rose garden and it's the only thing I know that will kill the japanese beetles yet is safe for the birds. But I do keep it away from my pond. If you follow the directions, it's completely safe.
Reply:Most likely the leaves got scourge by the combination of mixture. Get rid of the leaves and wait for a couple of days to see if new leaves appear at the tip. If not, then plant new one.
Reply:Not sure what kind of bugs you had; but if they were stinkbugs; you probably just gave them a snack.
Get some mater spray.
Reply:Man why are so many people afraid of pesticides. Used correctly they will not harm you.I think you may have killed your plant. If not it will be stunted to the point where it's going to be virtually impossible to get tomatoes from it. Start over with a new plant and if you get bugs then find out what they are and use a product that will get rid of them. Your agriculture agent in the area can help and there are many places on the Internet to help you identify the problem. You still have lot's of warm weather left to grow in so give it another shot.
sweatingbody mask
Will my tomato plant come back--at least with new leaf growth?
As well as pulling off any brown leaves, rinse the plants very well.
I use 7 dust for insect control. It works on everything from japanese beetles to fleas - and it's very safe for people, pets, and most wildlife. My bird feeder is in the middle of my rose garden and it's the only thing I know that will kill the japanese beetles yet is safe for the birds. But I do keep it away from my pond. If you follow the directions, it's completely safe.
Reply:Most likely the leaves got scourge by the combination of mixture. Get rid of the leaves and wait for a couple of days to see if new leaves appear at the tip. If not, then plant new one.
Reply:Not sure what kind of bugs you had; but if they were stinkbugs; you probably just gave them a snack.
Get some mater spray.
Reply:Man why are so many people afraid of pesticides. Used correctly they will not harm you.I think you may have killed your plant. If not it will be stunted to the point where it's going to be virtually impossible to get tomatoes from it. Start over with a new plant and if you get bugs then find out what they are and use a product that will get rid of them. Your agriculture agent in the area can help and there are many places on the Internet to help you identify the problem. You still have lot's of warm weather left to grow in so give it another shot.
sweating
What should I do with my tomato plant as the weather gets colder?
I've been growing Black Krim tomatoes in an upside-down hanging basket, and am not sure what to do with it this fall. Should I bring it into the garage or cover it somehow? Will the plant come back next summer?
What should I do with my tomato plant as the weather gets colder?
Too late for covering. It is the end of the season. Pick the tomatoes and put them in a closed paper bag until they get red. Their own chemicals will ripen them.
No the plant will not come back next summer. Buy new ones, but in the spring so that you will have plenty of time to grow tomatoes.
Reply:Hello------I am a Certified Master Gardener.
Tomatoes are grown and do best in summer heat.
Your plants will decline as weather becomes cold.
Start planning what kind of tomatoes you'd like to plant next year. Nichols Garden Nursery (online) has an excellent line of all kinds of seeds. I've done business with NGN for 15 years and they are excellent.
I sincerely hope this helps.
PAMELA J.
Reply:Tomatoes are annuals, and so will not come back next year. I always just leave them out until they stop getting tomatoes or get frozen and die. You may want to put it in the garage at night if it is supposed to get cold. That may preserve for a little while longer.
Reply:Erin
If it's still producing, you can cover it with plastic to insulate it from frost at night. However, it's nearing the end of its life cycle. If it has stopped producing tomatoes (or is dying back) into the compost it goes; tomatoes are annuals and will not come back at all the following season.
Reply:I would bring the tomatoes inside in front or near a window since it is in a pot.yes the tomatoes will grow back as longe as you keeep the dirt watered and fertalized the tomatoes will grow back from the roots,If by some chance they do not grow back buy new ones and plant them in the ground,
What should I do with my tomato plant as the weather gets colder?
Too late for covering. It is the end of the season. Pick the tomatoes and put them in a closed paper bag until they get red. Their own chemicals will ripen them.
No the plant will not come back next summer. Buy new ones, but in the spring so that you will have plenty of time to grow tomatoes.
Reply:Hello------I am a Certified Master Gardener.
Tomatoes are grown and do best in summer heat.
Your plants will decline as weather becomes cold.
Start planning what kind of tomatoes you'd like to plant next year. Nichols Garden Nursery (online) has an excellent line of all kinds of seeds. I've done business with NGN for 15 years and they are excellent.
I sincerely hope this helps.
PAMELA J.
Reply:Tomatoes are annuals, and so will not come back next year. I always just leave them out until they stop getting tomatoes or get frozen and die. You may want to put it in the garage at night if it is supposed to get cold. That may preserve for a little while longer.
Reply:Erin
If it's still producing, you can cover it with plastic to insulate it from frost at night. However, it's nearing the end of its life cycle. If it has stopped producing tomatoes (or is dying back) into the compost it goes; tomatoes are annuals and will not come back at all the following season.
Reply:I would bring the tomatoes inside in front or near a window since it is in a pot.yes the tomatoes will grow back as longe as you keeep the dirt watered and fertalized the tomatoes will grow back from the roots,If by some chance they do not grow back buy new ones and plant them in the ground,
Why do my tomato plant's flowers break off?
The flowers on my tomato plants keep breaking off, but they didn't used to. As you know, if the flowers don't grow, neither will the tomatos. What is causing them to break, and how can I fix it? Please help! I don't want to end up tomatoless!
Why do my tomato plant's flowers break off?
Every one wants to dump chemicals on the plants....products like "Get Set" and "more Set".(or any other "SET" for that matter)all will aid in but not cure flower drop.....
The 2 most common causes of flower drop in tomatoes are high heat(over 100 deg in day....over 70 deg at night)...and get this.....OVER fertilization!....(uneven soil moisture can also make these issues worse)
There is really no need to use heavy fertilizers with tomatoes(unless you massively sandy soil.....and then you should add compost to make the soil better)....too much Nitrogen will make flowers drop....the plant sees it is getting a ton of nitrogen and thinks it should keep growing instead of producing flowers(thus making fruit which bring new plants,,,,that is a plants reason for fruiting)
All you really need for tomatoes is some seaweed extract and some fish fertilizer apply one one week one the next....this will give the plant all it needs.....stay away from products like Miracle bloom (or anything blue in color for that matter...they all suck in the long run)....also never plant tomatoes in the same soil in back to back years(nor potatoes....same family)....also the best thing you can do is to plant Hairy Vetch in the beds(in fall) where you will grow tomatoes the next year...in spring the day before you plant tomatoes just weed eat it down(and leave it where it falls on ground) and plant tomatoes right in it!
You will thank me !
Reply:I'm hoping someone can answer this as I'm having the same problem.
Reply:I don't know why they fall, maybe it's the weather that's preventing them from setting. Get," Get Set" sold at nursery's and Home Improvement Stores. A spray on item, made to help tomatoes set their blooms.Works too! Bye Wow people! Get,"GET SET"!
Reply:Tomatoes need to be VERY HOT !! Their leaves do not like to be wet, so they must always be watered from the bottom. Building or, buying a small greenhouse, even a plastic one, would be the best place to grow them and put it up against a south facing wall. HEAT ! And lots of it ! Is the main "secret" to growing healthy, happy tomatoes !
Reply:We noticed if we watered them too much the flowers would fall off.
Ease up on watering and let them dry out before watering. We tried that bloom hold too, but it didn't work that well.
Reply:Flowering for tomatoes requires a good amount of phosphorus in the soil. When they are blooming, temperature changes can cause tomatoes to drop their blooms. Use a calcium spray especially for tomato blooms, this will aid in fruit set and stop that dreaded blossom end rot. In addition to the spray, begin using a fertilizer high in potassium after the flowers begin to show little fruit. Protect plant during cold windy days with a towel or a fabric designed to shield plants from the elements during the cold. A paintbrush similar in size to a Q-tip, pushed in and out lightly to each blossom will pollinate as well as any insect. Tomatoes have both male and female sexual parts within each flower.
Reply:Sounds like you may be over watering. Are any of the leaves turning yellow - sure sign of over watering. Are your plants getting leggy with lots of suckers (alot of new stem growth near the bottom of the plant). You need to keep all the small new growth at bottom of stem pinched off. If you have alot of new growth your plant uses its energy for the new growth - not for producing fruit.
Someone mentioned that you need to water your tomatoes at ground level. This is true. A soaker hose works best for your plants. Getting leaves wet may burn your plant.
Good Luck!
Reply:Has it been wetter than normal?? Blossom end rot is common when there has been lots of rain and your tomatoes are blooming. Stress can also cause flower drop. Are they chlorotic? Need more fertilizer? Need more info :)
Reply:I like the answer given by REDMEAT. I had the exact same problem. In fact, i had a question about it myself. It has to do with too much NITROGEN. i put way too much fertilizer in my soil. Although, i had very very very sandy soil, i included, Miracle Gro, Steer Manuer, Chicken Maneur, and some others. I realize now it was a mistake. I have plants that are about 3 ft tall, numerous flowers, but they all dropped. Too much Nitrogen. I dug some trenches around my tomato plants and watered in the trenches only. Every 5 days. Now i have some actual tomatos growing.
Why do my tomato plant's flowers break off?
Every one wants to dump chemicals on the plants....products like "Get Set" and "more Set".(or any other "SET" for that matter)all will aid in but not cure flower drop.....
The 2 most common causes of flower drop in tomatoes are high heat(over 100 deg in day....over 70 deg at night)...and get this.....OVER fertilization!....(uneven soil moisture can also make these issues worse)
There is really no need to use heavy fertilizers with tomatoes(unless you massively sandy soil.....and then you should add compost to make the soil better)....too much Nitrogen will make flowers drop....the plant sees it is getting a ton of nitrogen and thinks it should keep growing instead of producing flowers(thus making fruit which bring new plants,,,,that is a plants reason for fruiting)
All you really need for tomatoes is some seaweed extract and some fish fertilizer apply one one week one the next....this will give the plant all it needs.....stay away from products like Miracle bloom (or anything blue in color for that matter...they all suck in the long run)....also never plant tomatoes in the same soil in back to back years(nor potatoes....same family)....also the best thing you can do is to plant Hairy Vetch in the beds(in fall) where you will grow tomatoes the next year...in spring the day before you plant tomatoes just weed eat it down(and leave it where it falls on ground) and plant tomatoes right in it!
You will thank me !
Reply:I'm hoping someone can answer this as I'm having the same problem.
Reply:I don't know why they fall, maybe it's the weather that's preventing them from setting. Get," Get Set" sold at nursery's and Home Improvement Stores. A spray on item, made to help tomatoes set their blooms.Works too! Bye Wow people! Get,"GET SET"!
Reply:Tomatoes need to be VERY HOT !! Their leaves do not like to be wet, so they must always be watered from the bottom. Building or, buying a small greenhouse, even a plastic one, would be the best place to grow them and put it up against a south facing wall. HEAT ! And lots of it ! Is the main "secret" to growing healthy, happy tomatoes !
Reply:We noticed if we watered them too much the flowers would fall off.
Ease up on watering and let them dry out before watering. We tried that bloom hold too, but it didn't work that well.
Reply:Flowering for tomatoes requires a good amount of phosphorus in the soil. When they are blooming, temperature changes can cause tomatoes to drop their blooms. Use a calcium spray especially for tomato blooms, this will aid in fruit set and stop that dreaded blossom end rot. In addition to the spray, begin using a fertilizer high in potassium after the flowers begin to show little fruit. Protect plant during cold windy days with a towel or a fabric designed to shield plants from the elements during the cold. A paintbrush similar in size to a Q-tip, pushed in and out lightly to each blossom will pollinate as well as any insect. Tomatoes have both male and female sexual parts within each flower.
Reply:Sounds like you may be over watering. Are any of the leaves turning yellow - sure sign of over watering. Are your plants getting leggy with lots of suckers (alot of new stem growth near the bottom of the plant). You need to keep all the small new growth at bottom of stem pinched off. If you have alot of new growth your plant uses its energy for the new growth - not for producing fruit.
Someone mentioned that you need to water your tomatoes at ground level. This is true. A soaker hose works best for your plants. Getting leaves wet may burn your plant.
Good Luck!
Reply:Has it been wetter than normal?? Blossom end rot is common when there has been lots of rain and your tomatoes are blooming. Stress can also cause flower drop. Are they chlorotic? Need more fertilizer? Need more info :)
Reply:I like the answer given by REDMEAT. I had the exact same problem. In fact, i had a question about it myself. It has to do with too much NITROGEN. i put way too much fertilizer in my soil. Although, i had very very very sandy soil, i included, Miracle Gro, Steer Manuer, Chicken Maneur, and some others. I realize now it was a mistake. I have plants that are about 3 ft tall, numerous flowers, but they all dropped. Too much Nitrogen. I dug some trenches around my tomato plants and watered in the trenches only. Every 5 days. Now i have some actual tomatos growing.
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