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Mon, Jun 17, 13 at 14:39
| I purchased a determinate tomato plant from the grocery store (Bush Champion II) that is about 18" tall (it says they grow 24" tall) that had little green tomatoes and flower buds on it when I bought it. I'm concerned that it's not developing anymore - the plant's not growing, the tomatoes aren't getting bigger, the flowers aren't developing. Do you have any suggestions on how I can encourage this bush to continue developing and produce ripe tomatoes from this stage? |
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- Posted by Whosurtomato 6a Southern IN (My Page) on Mon, Jun 17, 13 at 17:05
| How long has it been planted? Transplant shock will bring it to a standstill for a week or so, maybe 2 weeks if it was big enough to have tomatoes on it. If it doesn't come out of it soon I would pull all the tomatoes off and let it start over. |
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| Did you transplant it or just leave it in the same container? It should have been transplanted into a much larger container if you didn't. It is never a good idea to buy plants that already have blooms, much less fruit, on them as they are already often too old to do well. Post a picture of the plant if you can so we can see what is going on. Have you fed it? How often are you watering it? Dave |
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| Bush type and determinant are are the reason for slow growth. I have two of them planted the same time as other indeterminants. The bush/determinants are about 10 to 14 inches tall while indets are over 3ft tall. |
This post was edited by seysonn on Tue, Jun 18, 13 at 3:49
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