The first 2 tomatoes are getting really big, about the size of an apple, but not yet ripe. The plant does have more flowers but nothing else appears to be gowing. Should I pick the tomatoes off or leave them?
2007-06-20 08:22:17 · 18 answers · asked by brummiegirl 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
I let them grow until they rippen and then pick them off
2007-06-20 08:24:25 · answer #1 · answered by Addison 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This could be a large variety of tomato. Leave them until they are red and ripe. Once you reach end of July, stop any more flowers forming as they will not have time to develop and ripen. Feed the plant regularly with liquid tomato feed
2007-06-20 08:27:34 · answer #2 · answered by Dellboy from UK 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on what variety they are. If they are the size of an apple, they are probably "beefsteak" toms, in which case I would leave them to ripen. Make sure the plants are kept well-watered and feed with tomato feed every week to encourage the other fruits to set. Tap the flowers gently to encourage pollination if there are no tiny "tomatolets" behind the flowers.
2007-06-20 09:18:53 · answer #3 · answered by Michael B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't pick them off. The other flowers will produce more fruits. You can have flowers and tomatoes on the same plant at all stages of development. The plants don't mind!
2007-06-24 04:05:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you pick the tomatoes of they will still ripen but I don't think they will grow much bigger than the size the already are and if they do, WHAT ARE YOU FEEDING THEM??lol
2007-06-20 08:25:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let them start to turn red before you pick them. Tomatoes vary in size, you can't go by that. Once they show a little red you can pick them and put them in a window in the house to continue turning red.
2007-06-20 08:25:30 · answer #6 · answered by NANCY J 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Leave them. Get a support..ie: stake etc. to support the weight. Patience will pay off in the end. Good luck! Bet they will taste delicious.
PS// Home Depot and Lowes have great tomato stakes!!!!
2007-06-20 08:27:45 · answer #7 · answered by libby_mcnulty 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let them ripen. If you're not getting more tomatoes, the plants probably need feeding.
2007-06-20 08:25:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use fertilizer as in many cases as achievable, and save the floor moist yet no longer soaked. you will desire to water interior the morning and interior the night. i could advise mixing manure into your soil. you additionally can use pete humus. It already has the manure, and makes a advantageous fertile soil. Miracle improve them as quickly as a week or so. i know it says to no longer do it that in the time of many cases, yet once you do, and water greater you will get BA flowers. good success on the competition.
2016-09-28 04:36:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave them till they get ripe.
2007-06-20 08:26:05 · answer #10 · answered by billy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can leave them till they ripen but you take a chance of them rotting. if they are turning slightly from green to red you can pick them and sit them where sun can shine on them in you house. that way they stay cool but the sun will ripen them
2007-06-23 18:07:42 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋