About tomatoes?

Question

i'm growing hybrid tomatoes which looks likes cherry tomatoes. they must be about 6 inches each. any tips?

wat would cruhed up eggs shells do? so the answers are pretty basic.

Answer 1

put crushed up egg shells on the dirt around the plants.

Answer 2

"6 inches" ??? The ultimate size of the tomatos, or the current size of your plants ? Doesn't much matter, just curious .

In any event , as others have indicated , tomatos about grow themselves . Just need water and SOME fertilizer . Be cautious with that . Too much gives you a lot of plant & few fruit . If using liquid, once/month is plenty, unless you have very poor soil . There are some salts in fertilizer , so that's the most damaging part of over-fertilizing. The eggshells add calcium. If your soil is low in calcium, this will prevent catfacing , those rough, raised, black lines that you may have seen on some tomatos . Couldn't hurt .You can get a granular fertilizer that only needs one application per season . It releases some nutrients every time you water (or it rains ) .

When you water, if possible , just water at the base , without splashing . There are many tomato diseases,some soil-borne, so keeping the leaves dry, & not splashing soil on them, will help prevent disease . Also , if you are a smoker , handle the plants as little as possible, & don't smoke around them . Tobacco caries Tobacco Mosaic Virus . You may see some letters after the variety name .This is code for which diseases the variety is resistant . If you are smoker, look for the "T" , that indicates T.M.V. resistance.

Re: planting . Either if you haven't done it yet, or for next year . Plant all but the top group of leaves . If that's too deep, lay it on it's side in a shallow trench , & bend the top up so that it's above the soil line . Tomatos root from the stem, so this will give your plants a bigger root system , earlier than they would otherwise have it . Makes for better plants . It also has the happy side-effect of making them more drought-tolerant. It also helps to put a shovelful of manure &/or compost in the hole . That brings me to another point . Dig your (big!) holes with a shovel , not a trowel . This will make it easier for the roots to grow , resulting in better plants .

Lastly , enjoy it , & don't worry . If something goes wrong , it's just the "tuition" you have to pay , for learning this stuff . It will probably make a good story later, when you know more . Good Luck ! ;D Feel free to contact me directly , anytime you have questions . Glad to help.

ps : Browneyed , below is from another tomato question . You seem to have come to the same conclusion I have , at least as far as the reason. Maybe I'm NOT crazy , afterall .;D


ps: "..Pinch off the new suckers or (new leaves) as they come on. This will give the food to the blooms on the plants.. . "

My response:

"I've always heard that , but it makes no sense . The leaves you pinch off are making food for the plant . Maybe if you pinch off the fruit on the suckers , it might help the other tomatos, but not the leaves . I never do it , & the tomato plants are usually over my head, & loaded . Maybe that was the original purpose? To keep the plants shorter by stunting them slightly ?"

Answer 3

yes keep them watered and fertilized, also tomatoe plants need suckered, that is by pinching off new stems that grow between the stalk and a limb, this will keep them from growing too wild, keeps them growing tall

Answer 4

Give them Lots of water & fertilizer- & watch 'em grow. The ONLY thing that could stop them- is if the Summer is too hot, or too cold. Happy gardening! :)

Answer 5

Make sure you water them often; don't let the leaves turn yellow or brown. Also make sure you fertilize them every other week. Miracle Grow works wonders.

Answer 6

spray them frequently with a soap water mix to prevent bugs, use a good mulch, and eat them fresh from the vine.

Answer 7

Keep soil moist and add fertilizer weekly. ,

Answer 8

Yes, eat them when they are ripe.