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We go by the weight of the container,overwatering can be bad for the plants. When you do water a container plant always fill up the container twice. This assures the water soaking into the soil.
So my plant is doing great. Already have a few tomatoes off it. There is still about 10 on it. It is no longer flowering though. Will it start again when there are fewer tomatoes on it??
So my plant is doing great. Already have a few tomatoes off it. There is still about 10 on it. It is no longer flowering though. Will it start again when there are fewer tomatoes on it??
The feeding schedule for tomatoes as recommended by K-State Extension is:
Two weeks before the first one ripens.
Two weeks after picking the first ripe fruit.
One month after that.
So you might try a slow release vegetable fertilizer now if you haven't already.
Right, and I just realized I had posted the feeding guidelines before, sorry. So I would say be patient, the plant is puttings its resources into overall growth, roots and fruit. Flowers will come.
Right, and I just realized I had posted the feeding guidelines before, sorry. So I would say be patient, the plant is puttings its resources into overall growth, roots and fruit. Flowers will come.
Thanks Tina. It is producing great fruit. The first tomato was very good. Used it on BLT's!
On tomato plant questions: This year I had a cut worm that cutoff one of my 24 plants. For the heck of it I shoved the cutoff top of the plant back into the soil (which is heavy in compost). It surprised me and survived. The plant is behind the other tomato plants; but is now two feet high and has flowers and some small fruit.
I never thought that I could save completely cut plants.
Tomatoes root really easily. You can also plant them very deep and they'll grow new roots all along the submerged stem. Some people swear by burying the stem sideways in the ground when planting for this reason. They'll even start to grow new roots on the not-submerged parts of the stem in high humidity environments. If I have a big, particularly fast growing tomato plant early in the season I'll often take cuttings from it.
You can do the same thing with peppers, though they don't root quite as quickly or easily. You usually want to cut the stem at and angle and rough up the tissue to encourage root growth. Then remove many of the leaves, and then parts of the remaining leaves to decrease the plant's water needs since it has no roots. High humidity speeds up the process and increases the chances of survival, but isn't necessary. You want to keep the medium moist and keep it out of intense sun and heat until it grows some roots.
This plant was grown from a cutting I took of a 7 pod pepper plant at the end of last year. I kept the cutting inside over winter and then planted it this spring. This picture is a couple weeks old, it's actually a lot bigger than this now. It's about 5' x 5' and loaded with pods, it's in a tub that's about 15 gallons. Sorry, it's kind of crappy picture. The sun was shining at the time and the glare makes the plant look yellow:
Wow, Eugene! Great information, thanks! I imagine then you could also just bend over a tomato stem and anchor it with garden staples to get it to root. People do this with roses sometimes -- there's a term for it that I can't think of right now.
Wow, Eugene! Great information, thanks! I imagine then you could also just bend over a tomato stem and anchor it with garden staples to get it to root. People do this with roses sometimes -- there's a term for it that I can't think of right now.
Yeah that would work. I've never done the burying the stem sideways thing though, maybe I should try it one year.
Sometimes I'll plant tomatoes deep if they're a little flimsy or gangly though. Or if the wind or an animal cut a big piece off of one I'll remove some of the leaves and root it if it's not too late in the season.
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