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What is the secret in growing large juicy tomatoes?
I plant beef steak tomato plants every year and maybe I get one or two medium size tomatoes (3" round) but the rest are the size of golf balls when they ripen. They are watered regularly, no bugs appear anywhere, I don't think they are stressed. Does growing in containers vs in the ground a factor?
What is the secret in growing large juicy tomatoes?
I plant beef steak tomato plants every year and maybe I get one or two medium size tomatoes (3" round) but the rest are the size of golf balls when they ripen. They are watered regularly, no bugs appear anywhere, I don't think they are stressed. Does growing in containers vs in the ground a factor?
What is the secret in growing large juicy tomatoes?
I plant beef steak tomato plants every year and maybe I get one or two medium size tomatoes (3" round) but the rest are the size of golf balls when they ripen. They are watered regularly, no bugs appear anywhere, I don't think they are stressed. Does growing in containers vs in the ground a factor?
Where do you grow them, ground or container? What soil do you use? Do you plant from seed or seedlings and where do you get those?
We're harvesting a ton of a new kind of cherry tomato, Candyland, the size of a large green pea when ripe. They're prolific, but I have very mixed feelings about the taste/texture. We are just now getting some bush and romas ripening, and we DO plant in containers.
Where do you grow them, ground or container? What soil do you use? Do you plant from seed or seedlings and where do you get those?
We're harvesting a ton of a new kind of cherry tomato, Candyland, the size of a large green pea when ripe. They're prolific, but I have very mixed feelings about the taste/texture. We are just now getting some bush and romas ripening, and we DO plant in containers.
We have planted our first ever tomatoes (from 6 inch seedlings) in containers on May 15th here in the mountains of NC. It was by necessity as the deer eat tomatoes, and most other seedlings, back to ground level overnight in these parts. We mixed 1/2 and 1/2 potting soil with plain old dirt from the yard or meager mulch pit we have.
We planted a variety ranging from Cherokee Purples, Mountain Pride to Cherry tomatoes. The cherries are just now beginning to produce, the heirlooms are big and green, but nothing close to producing. I have begun fertilizing with a high phosphorus number fertilizer because I have read that would be better for the plants once the tomatoes set on the vine. We also fertilize every 7 days.
Our temperatures range from lows in the high 50s overnight to highs in the mid 70s during the day at our elevation. Plenty of sunshine during most days, but also a good bit of rain as we are in a Temperate Rainforest.
Where do you grow them, ground or container? What soil do you use? Do you plant from seed or seedlings and where do you get those?
We're harvesting a ton of a new kind of cherry tomato, Candyland, the size of a large green pea when ripe. They're prolific, but I have very mixed feelings about the taste/texture. We are just now getting some bush and romas ripening, and we DO plant in containers.
I grow them in containers and they were plants about 15" tall when I got them from the nursery. I use regular potting soil from Lowes and I do use Vigaro plant food with calcium every three weeks.
I grow them in containers and they were plants about 15" tall when I got them from the nursery. I use regular potting soil from Lowes and I do use Vigaro plant food with calcium every three weeks.
Tomatoes, or anything, will really do better in the ground. If they're beefsteaks, maybe they are running to schedule. That's a big tomato with a long growing season, 85 days.
What is the secret in growing large juicy tomatoes?
I plant beef steak tomato plants every year and maybe I get one or two medium size tomatoes (3" round) but the rest are the size of golf balls when they ripen. They are watered regularly, no bugs appear anywhere, I don't think they are stressed. Does growing in containers vs in the ground a factor?
Yes. Tomatoes need the biggest container that you can find. Regular fertilizing is important for container tomatoes, too. Next year, try to plant them in the ground or finding a specific container variety for best results.
Maybe try a few different varieties of beefsteaks. The neighbor gave me a Big Beef that I'm growing for the first time. It's got two big green tomatoes, one a little smaller, and five others that probably won't be ready to pick for weeks. It's in a 5 gallon bucket but I think that a larger container would have been better. I just picked a one pound, 13 inch circumference Better Boy. That's in a 5 gallon plant pot, so containers aren't necessarily the problem.
Are you planting them deep and filling the pot with soil as they grow?
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