Tomato Plants again......?

My Tomato plants are ony about a foot tall, but i planted them in early march and now it's early may. i took a tomato from walmart and saved the seeds, could it have been that the species of tomato were small plants?

Tomato Plants again......?
Possibly. But are these plants in the ground or in pots? What's the soil temperature and air temperature been like?





Temperature is a *big* factor in tomato plant development. They like a little warmth, and in fact, most cultivars won't set fruit until night temperatures remain above 55oF.





You can set out big plants early and they may well survive, but they don't grow much. In many parts of the US, if you direct seed tomatoes at about the time you'd ordinarily transplant, you get tomatoes from the seed-grown plants within a day or two of transplants. That's how strong the temperature dependence of growth is.
Reply:Your plant sounds like it is just fine, but it could possibly be a bush tomato and won't get tall. Try a homemade tea for feeding. Here's the receipe,and this makes a gallon of tea and works for any plant.


1 tablespoon dishwashing liquid


1 tablespoon vegetable oil


1 tablespoon epsom salts


1 tablespoon baking soda


1 gallon water


combine the ingredients and use for watering once a week.


tea cleans root system,encourages more blooms, and helps keep pests away, also can be used to spray house plants for aphids and white fly.


good luck


clutchlady
Reply:That sounds about right just water regularly and use some epsom salts on them or any fertilizer you like.