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| Why my tomato plants are growing high, but I don't see any tomato yet? |
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| You don't even see small pea size tomatoes ? In that case: 1- How big are your plants ? 5- How much sun they are getting? can you post a picture ? |
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| The plants are over six feet tall. I do not know the variety of plants. They are in the ground and I feed them every other week with Miracle grow. They are getting 3-4 hours of sun. We have very hot weather. |
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- Posted by Donna.in.Sask 2b (My Page) on Sun, Jul 21, 13 at 14:51
| How many plants do you have in that spot? That might be part of the problem. Just read the 3-4 hours of sun bit...totally not enough sun for tomato plants. They are getting so tall because they are reaching for the light. Also, no need to give it fertilizer every other week unless it is very dilute. |
This post was edited by Donna.in.Sask on Sun, Jul 21, 13 at 14:55
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| The plants are over six feet tall. I do not know the variety of plants. They are in the ground and I feed them every other week with Miracle grow. They are getting 3-4 hours of sun. We have very hot weather. |
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| Not enough sun and too hot |
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| Ok. 3 -4 hours sun, is just minimum. actually, hot weather should be a plus in your case. In shade plants tend to grow taller, especially if they are fed and watered too much, left without any pruning. I WOULD STOP FERTILIZING THEM. CUT DOWN ON WATERING. I am also growing some with about 4 hours of sun. some of my plant are also over 6 ft tall but have no fruits yet. Of some others I have already picked a few ripe ones. So the variety is also a factor. I am learning that dwarf and determinants are better with less sun. Anyway, Basically your plants are ok. Just have to be patient. Probably you have 75 more days left in your growing season. If your plants have flowers or tiny fruits, the chances are that you will get some ripe tomatoes off of them. |
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- Posted by ncrealestateguy (My Page) on Sat, Jul 27, 13 at 21:55
| 3-4 hours of sunlight will not grow tomato plants of any vigor... sorry. |
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- Posted by DavidMac1680 6B (My Page) on Fri, Aug 2, 13 at 16:40
| I don't know about your zone, but we had an unusually long, cool spring that jumped straight into high summer in mid-June (six-weeks late) and everyone around here has had trouble with tomatoes this year, including the "pros" that take their goods to the farmers market. There were finally tomatoes at the market this past weekend, but still not nearly as many as would normally be available. In my own little plot, I had a lot of blooms but only a couple of fruit for the longest time, but the last half of July I finally started getting tomatoes. I'm hoping to harvest a few in the next few weeks. |
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| Posted by ncrealestateguy (My Page) on Sat, Jul 27, 13 at 21:55 3-4 hours of sunlight will not grow tomato plants of any vigor... sorry. I am growing them with 3 - 4 hours direct sun . |
This post was edited by seysonn on Sat, Aug 3, 13 at 8:24
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| The question is: In what did you plant them? It looks like the plants were planted in a crab grass lawn. Was the planting bed improved? The leaves need sun and the roots need good soil and drainage. |
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