An overview of raising tomatoes. I touch on a range of topics. You will see home made Earthboxes too, in some ways similar to hydroponics. When you have toma…
Question by Eden: Growing tomatoe plant in Pot, and grows fruit but seems to rot while green. what to do?
1 plant in a large pot. Grew very big. Grows green tomatoes, but they never turn red and start to rot from the bottom up. latley they are acting like they are a little wilty. But then the next day will fine. Someone said they need calcium. I cruched a calcium tablet that i had in water and gave to plant. I water them well and also give them miracle grow once a week. just a little. My cucumbers are great. but i judt don;t know what to do about the tomatoes
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Answer by Dallas S
Pick them went there still green and put them in the window to get red.
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out of twelve varieties this was the only one that did this, other tomatoes
on this very vine have been fine over the lengthy growing season in
Arkansas. I’m getting third growth now on a Celebrity determinate due to
our long season, and this plant stopped growing up at five feet and is
spreading out, hence new growth and a third crop of tomatoes. The tomatoes
are teaching me a lot. I have cherry super sweet 100’s that have fifteen or
sixteen foot long vines.
I think I saw exactly what made you ask this question. Notice it’s raining,
tomatoes foliar feed meaning the take in water and nutrients through their
leaves, just learned this. That tomato is an heirloom tomato, a Cherokee
Purple, we had extreme heat at the height of it’s growth, already a big
tomato, it was near ripening stage, then two weeks of unseasonably cool
rainy weather ensued. Almost every tomato of this variety split nearly in
half. So that is not a deficiency, excess hydration.
Yes I used a lot of rainwater starting all my plants off in the spring, I
catch water during rainfall off a 32 foot wide roof. My gutter can fill a
five gallon bucket in sixty seconds. I put on a raincoat or umbrella and
catch it in 5 gallon buckets. Don’t have a storage tank. Otherwise we use
tap water. If you could see our pristine Huckleberry Impoundment Lake you
would understand our good water is little concern. During winter they will
pump water up from a free flowing stream to fill.
No Savemyplant, what you may have seen are weirdness of beefsteaks, there
appears to be some scarring on some of those. Pretty much no blossom end
rot due to mixing in garden lime or dolomite when the earthbox home made
were planted. I had a bit on the bell pepper but added dissolved dolomite
into the top of those two buckets and it corrected the deficiency on the
bells. I did get a bit of sun scald during these last few 100 degree days.
I elected not to spend money on shade cloth or ppm.
Does it rain often there? I would let the rain water in the reservoir if it
does. Oh the nutrients you’re using are highly conductive love voltage as
long as the pump isn’t compromised (cracked case) you’ll be fine.
Is that bottom rot on your earth box tomatoes?
We used to play Harrison in football. I remember losing to them in Ninth
Grade. It was a long, quiet, bus ride home. We are in Russellville at the
bullseye of Hwy 7 and I 40. Thanks. mhpgardener on youtube shared this
hydroponic system which he uses in his greenhouse. I had to try it and by
golly it works and works well.
Best things about hydroponic dutch buckets is automatic watering, fully
engaged plants, so productive, zero weeds, none at all. The closest thing
to a weed are tomato plants that need the suckers plucked and removal of
foliage below set fruit. What I find with foliage removal is that many of
the pests are removed as well. I’ve noticed dozens and dozens of tiny
larvae under the leaves that get removed along with the lower leaf branch.
Clip and bingo, they are gone. Sun wilts and drys them.
Impressive system you got there! Where you at in Arkansas? We’re up in the
NW corner in Harrison.
Very cool video! I agree with mediamaker, the name of this video could have
been how many tomato seeds in a tomato / cherokee purple. I did a search
and not a single video on youtube on how many seeds in a tomato..:) Yours
is the only one…. LOL
Rick, now you know how really boring my life really is. What’s Bruce doing?
He’s counting his tomato seeds. Dale was amazed as well, that anyone would
do that. Guys: when I eat a tomato now I know the sacrifice it really is.
But like the Doritos commercial, “Eat all you want! We’ll make more!” I
guess God will just have to make some more. Funny is as funny does… If I
knew how to make a clip I might just make that a separate video. I’m
over-challenged just getting on YT now.
Who counts tomato seeds?! You do! I thought that was cool! I would have
never known if you hadn’t done that! That’s interesting information to
know! I’d rename this video “How many seeds are there in a tomato?”
Dale, counting tomato seeds attests to the bounty within nature itself.
Before next season, I could grow enough tomatoes and harvest enough seed
for everyone in my county, maybe my state. Exponential is the term. I’m
excited about the nine seedlings coming on. Got to get out the chainsaw and
clear out a property corner for that new greenhouse I’m planning. Cheers,
Bruce PS What I thought was equally exciting was the fact it could go from
the vine to new plant in ten days from seed!
being is how we know not where u live, i would suggest u call ur local county agricultualist and get some info from them for the area where u live.
they could have a fungus rot you may want to throw it out if they don’t come back or if they keep doing that and you might wanna try Miracle Grow makes a special blend just for tomatoes i use it on the ones we have in pots and there huge and got twice as many on each plant just follow the directions and you should be fine
Tomatoes in pots need plenty of water and full sun. We have grown tomaties in pots for 10 + years with success. We gave them Miracle grow about once a week at the strength it’s instructions recommend. We used long “patio” box pots and put 3 plants in each one. We used at least 1/2 gallon of water a day in each pot. Make sure your pot has drainage. Are you using soil or peat? We used potting soil. Hope this is helpful. (we live in northern INdiana.)
tomatoes don’t do that great in pots. The problem you’re experiencing is called “bottom end rot”
I grow some in large container (30 gal). I’ve even grown some in 5 gal buckets but that’s really pushing it.
#1 yes the problem is caused by lack of calcium intake. But adding calcium to the soil doesn’t necessarily fix the problem, because it has to do with the plant’s ability to use the calcium. If the soil is too dry or too wet or it varies too much, that plant is stressed and it won’t be able to take up the calcium it needs.
#2 SCREW MIRACLE GROW. that stuff is crap.
Giving your tomatoes too much nitrogen actually causes it to have difficulty absorbing calcium. Remember this: calcium and nitrogen don’t get along. You have too much of one and it impacts the plant’s ability to uptake the other one
#3 You said the plant grows very big… that’s an indication of too much nitrogen right there.
cucumbers can tolerate a lot more nitrogen, but not tomatoes.
I don’t know where you are whether you have hot weather or cold, but you do not need to water tomato plants every day if the soil is still moist. It sounds like your plant is stressed though… If it gets over 80 degrees then that soil in the pot can get really warm and dries out fast. Good luck but don’t try so hard to babysit that plant to death… give it a break.
Oh, by the way, bottom end rot can happen from too cool temperatures too, but it doesn’t sound like that’s the problem in your case.
You have blossom end rot (BER). Quit using Miracle gro as it is not a good plant food for tomatoes which need more potassium than nitrogen.
Dissolve a tablespoon of Epsom salts in a quart of water and water the plant with that every 10 days or so until the BER subsides in a couple of weeks.