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| I have a big boy plant that is around 11' tall and growing. It is in a 3' diameter container on top of soil. The soil is a good quality compost material. When I planted (from a transplant) I put in 8 bags to fill container. After dropping a bag in, I dusted the soil with Fox Farms tomato fertilizer and finely ground powdered egg shells. I did this for each layer for each bag. The result is a very healthy looking very tall plant but still growing but not yielding a lot of fruit. The fruit I get is about the size of a golf ball. I'm scratching my head over here and can certainly use some advice. |
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| Sounds as if you might have an overdose of nitrogen going and a shortage of phosphorous and micro nutrients. Excess nitrogen results in huge healthy plants with little or no fruit. Also container plants require regular supplements of nutrients as they leach out of the containers with watering. Plus given the layering of ingredients you may have a water tabling issue going on that can result in uneven moisture levels for the roots and either water retention or drainage problems. Which issue - retention or drainage - depends on the mix used. One reason why only well mixed peat-based soil-less mixes are recommended for use in containers - balanced retention and drainage. You may want to do some reading over on the Container Gardening forum here for all their tips on successful methods for growing in containers as it is very different methods than in ground gardening. Dave |
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| I also have 2-3 plants with few main stems, that are 8 ft. tall, and just started to have flowers. Most likely there will be no ripped tomatoes on those late season plants. I have tomatoes that have fruits at 1 ft. high from ground, but most are at 3-4 ft. high. |
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| 1) what is the variety's name ? 2) How much sun it gets ? 3) how often do you water it ? 4) what has been your temperatures ( Highs, Lows) ? Big containers, with rich soil, water, .. can encourage some varieties to keep just growing and putting off fruiting. Another extreme is depriving plants to some extent ( small root space, less nutrients). Then they will hurry to fruit (that is actually producing seeds). So, in my mind , there must be an optimum middle ground. |
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| seysonn, those questions are for me ? |
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| No, Daniel. I was responding to the OP's post. |
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| finally those tomatoes have small fruits... at 7 ft. high, nothing lower... now they are 9 ft high. |
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