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Question by quintic: what can I use to grow my tomato plants stronger and faster?
my first plant I just planted them in the ground with dirt only. it grew but it took 4 months to bare fruit and they didn’t taste that good. Also how much water should I be using on them? my new plant is a beefsteak tomato and I used potting soil mixed in with the dirt and I spread potting soil on top.
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Answer by daylily
Next time, amend the soil with organic matter (compost, fish emulsion, etc.), mulch, and don’t use a fertilizer high in nitrogen because it promotes lush leaf growth at the expense of fruiting. See that they get at least an inch of water a week (Put a can or other straight-sided container near them to measure the amount). If the the potting soil has plant food mixed in, you may not have to use another fertilizer for several months. Be sure to plant them where they receive at least 6, and preferably 8 or more, hours of sun a day. Hope this helps…
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Greetings, I’ve found that there is a wide variety of factors that contribute to getting a good tomato out of a plant or from seedlings. Tomatoes can be deep planted- that is, plant it with a good share of the green stem underground, leaving about 1/3 to 1/2 of the total length of the plant above ground with a few good pairs of leaves. The furry hairs you see on the stem will turn into roots in the absence of light.
Doing this lets the plant have a deep root system for drought, or for the hot and dry days when you forget to water them.
When you fertilize, make sure that you do not use too much nitrogen- doing so will give you a giant green plant, but flowers won’t set, or the fruit will taste yucky. Prune suckers that emerge on the lower part of the plant- a good tomato plant should have all of its leaves easily accessible to the sun. Keeping the lower part clean also makes it more difficult for dirt to splash up onto the leaves, causing various soil-borne diseases.
Water regularly- if you water on an irregular basis, you’ll notice that your fruits will begin to crack if they are already on the vine. Watering depends on where you live (Texas here), but a general good rule of thumb is when the soil is dry, water. Just try to be consistent.
Use tomato towers- your little sprout after planting is gonna be tiny compared to the tower, but as it grows, it’ll go up instead of sprawling to the sides (tomatoes have weak support on their stems as opposed to peppers or other relatives), allowing more leaves to get sun, which means more growth, and more fruit.
For fertilizers, adding some ashes does well if you have alkaline soil, since tomatoes like acidic soils. Calcium is good for helping flowers, and manure tea is a good treat (only in moderation). If you can’t do all that, I’ve used a fertilizer called tomato-tone. Follow the directions and you’ll see your plants beef up nicely. Don’t overfertilize during fruiting or it’ll kill the taste.
Since you have your plant in a pot, as it grows, transfer it to a larger and larger pot if you don’t plan on putting it into the ground, otherwise it won’t grow past a certain point, and fruit won’t get as big as it possibly can.
For the taste of the fruit itself, it depends on the actual variety- heirlooms have a crazy variety of tastes if you’re into trying new/weird tomatoes. If you let a tomato ripen on the vine, it’ll have a more sweet taste, if you pick it early and let it ripen, it’ll taste more acidic.
Hope this helps. 😀