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Question by zet: how many time does a tomato plant takes to grow, without fertilizer ?
i grew tomato plant in my backyard, and it has passed over a month, but they are only about 4 inches. please help
cat, planted my tomato plants since the ends of july, but i think i know what happened, when i planted them i didnt know nothing about tomatoes, i am only 13 yrs old, i just had nothing to do, i have an apartament, and i took two icecream containers, and planted over 160 tomato plants, they all grew, but they didnt have much space, and then they grew like for 3 inches and stopped growing, so i decided to transplant them, but now so taking that into consideration do you think you can calculate the time, comparing to yours?, if you want to know when did i transplant them it was about 1-1.5 weeks ago
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Sure – the big thing you want to watch out for is too much water – it is
good to allow the surface to dry out a bit between waterings; consistent
wetness can lead to damping off and fungal development.
hello I just started planting for the first time I bought a kit that has 72
cells with two containers each with 36 cells together it also has another
container on the bottom so that the cells can sit in so that they stay
moist in water.If that makes sense. My question is can I plant flowers in
one 36 cell container and herbs in the other? Is it ok that they share the
same water in the lower container?
Saw your video in the tomato forum, I like to start my seeds in a paper
towel. Then I plant into dirt.
From here from Tomatoville as well
Great Video!
I’ve planted ALL my seeds with this method and so far everything is growing
great. I’ve divided the onions, tomatoes, and marigolds with no problems.
I’ll try the carrots as soon as they grow large enough and I’ll soak them
overnight before transplanting. I can’t plant in the garden frost free
until June 15th!
I came here from Tomatoville. Thanks for these videos!
You have developed a great technique here.
I deeply appreciate your comments (and am blushing a bit here!)….thanks
so much! Watch for my tomato book that will be coming out in Dec 2014 –
follow my blog! Craig
Thanks a lot for this, can’t wait to try it out with the kids! I shall
inform you as to how it goes, wish me luck!
That’s a nice, simple system.
Thanks for the answer. I actually collect my own heirloom seeds so I have
extra seed to try transplanting some carrots. I’ll let you know if it
works. I live in Northern Ontario, Canada, so indoor starting seeds is a
must. We only have a 75 day frost free season.
Cool method, thanks for the details.
This has got to be one of the best videos on growing food I think I have
seen. Great job. Your dialog is clear, concise, not filled with a lot of
um’s, or ah’s and you don’t repeat unnecessary. Thumbs UP! And there are a
lot of good videos out there that are done like yours w/o a script. That is
what I talking about. All these videos are, for the most part, done without
scripts and this was very relaxed and easy to sit through. Again, very
good. I will watch ur other video’s. Good job. SS
Hi! Thanks for the comment. The paper towel method works fine – but I
couldn’t use it to start several thousand plants!
Oh wow, yeah good point, lol
Great technique. I’m going to try it. What about carrots? I’ve heard they
don’t like to be transplanted. Are there any vegetables that you can’t
transplant?
Thanks for sharing
I think carrots are the main one that transplanting could be inappropriate
for, but then again, I’ve not tried it! It certainly works great for beets
– I use it for pretty much all flowers, herbs, greens, peppers and
eggplant, as well as tomatoes.
It is usually several months between sprouting and fruiting on a tomato plant. But there are a lot of variables. They like warm-to-hot weather, and rich soil, and plenty of sun. More of all those will help it produce faster.
I sow seed in early April, set the plants out in the garden by mid-May, and then start harvesting tomatoes mid-July to early-August (depending on how the weather has been). So, “three to four months” is a reasonable answer.
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If yours have been kept small because of too-small (or too crowded) containers, and you only planted them in the ground a week ago, it will be another 2 months before they bear fruit. If you live in an area where winter & cold weather are coming soon, there won’t be enough time. Try again next year, and get them into the ground by late May. That way they’ll have the whole growing season to do their thing.
the bigger the space the higher it grows its to complicated and a lot of work
Tomatoes need adequate spacing to grow well. Tomato receives a closely monitored supply of water and nutrition then it grows faster and healthier.