I have 25 individual tomato plants in pots, 31 containers total. Our grading wasn’t done early enough so I didn’t have time to build beds. Same operation, started from seed back in February. Feel like I got much better vine/stem development this year by controlling light better, and also by burying the stem very deep when transplanting. The base of the plants is so strong I really don’t need to tie them off even being 2’ tall and having high wind.
Varieties are black krim, pink brandywine, lillians yellow, sungold, and german green. I also have 4 hybrids sourced from Provence. They claim they can produce fruit as good as heirloom, but with all the resistance and proficiency of hybrids, we will see. Those were expensive seeds.
Started my second season of tomato growing here in Denver and so far the growth has been s bit slow.
I built a 10.5 x 3.5 x 2 foot tall raised bed and ordered in 4 yards of planter’s soil and I’m somewhat concerned with the quality of the soil. A filled a couple of planters for the flowers at the front of the house and one of said planters seemed to not drain well (clay?) I pulled the plants and replaced the soil with a bag of potting soil and all is better now.
found some wood boards outside a fancy wood working store that they were tossing so I made a smaller raised bed for more squash as well
Still concerned with the slow growth of the tomatoes
Had success with the snap peas this spring despite them getting snowed on a few times…
I’ve also got a few tomatoes in pots along the south side of the house and some peppers in found plastic tubs
Do they get full sun in that spot? They really need almost 12 hours of direct sunlight. If you cant amend the soil try fertilizing with a 10-10-10 once a week and spraying with calcium 2x week.
Close but no other area of my yard gets more. I could increase the direct light if I cut down a few trees #notgoingtohappen. I’ll start with the 10-10-10 next week when we get back from vacation (hoping my neighbor
Actually does the watering…)
Just to be clear, Sun Golds are a hybrid, not heirlooms. They were developed in Japan in the 1990’s to be low acid and high sweetness. They show how good hybrids can be.
Yes, sorry to confuse. They are just such a must have. As acidity goes, these guys are better than most all hybrids. If you pick just a little under they are an amazing addition to anything, I find the acidity is very good prior to full color.
Planted 3 Cherokee Purples, a St Pierre, a Pink Berkely Tie Die and a Black Krim along with peas and cukes.
Tomato plants are growing like weeds and healthy but no fruit.
Peas are starting to produce pods and the the Cucumbers are popping out as well.
We had Zucchini started but the gophers got them so I started a new bed with gopher wire and just transplanted some starts of said Zucchini as well as Watermelon.
Don’t understand the lack of Tomato fruit with the plants being as large as they are. Just hoping I don’t have the issue I had last year where they got to about 5’ tall and then died off one by one due to some kind of disease.
Looks great Brian. My plants are about the same point as yours. I’m not worried about the fruit set, I actually prefer it is delayed, more energy to grow roots and vine. Heirlooms don’t set fruit particularly well anyway, at least on a percentage of blossom basis.
Bought a blossom set hormone spray from Earl May because well, anything can help heirlooms. So far so good. Not sure if it works but I have tremendous fruit set and not a single soft bottom thanks to calcium spray. Harvest is looking late July for first and w young vines could be a record we will see. Peppers look good but they are way behind, fingers crossed.
I saved my egg shells all winter, ground them into a powder in my Cuisinart and turned them into the soil in my raised beds before I planted my Tomato starts. Hopefully is has the same effect.
My tomatoes aren’t as prolific as last year. All the cherry varieties are doing okay, but not producing as much fruit as last year. My black crims were doing well, but several of the fruit ended up with soft bottoms. Going to buy a calcium spray tomorrow and hope I can salvage the rest of the crop. Peppers are way behind, but with the Indian Summer’s we’ve been having, they should be fine. Let’s see some tomato porn folks!!
Yeh, my Sungold cherries are doing great, but my Golden Jubliee plant has yielded no fruit and seems to be dying in the heat, despite watering twice daily. This summer has been brutal. My Rutgers heirloom is doing ok, one great tomato, a couple mire growing. My 4th plant is a hybrid (Better Boy?) and has given me a couple nice tomatoes, but not a ton.
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