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Tomatoes in rainy season (Costa Rica)

machita
10 years ago

I have a giant volunteer tomato plant in my backyard. It has tons of tomatoes on it, but they won't ripen! I've looked it up and it seems like the reason could be because it's getting too much water. Unfortunately, we're in rainy season meaning it rains very hard every day for hours (we do get lots of sun in the mornings). The other day I noticed about 5 tomatoes were rotten. Today I picked 5 big, green tomatoes in hopes they'll ripen off the plant.

Is there anything I can do to help this plant so the tomatoes ripen? It's so big and I've never grown tomatoes before, heck I didn't even plant this one! This plant is probably 6 feet tall now and has definitely taken over the stakes I put in for it. It looks like a giant bush. It still has plenty of blossoms.

I've also noticed ANOTHER volunteer tomato plant growing in another location. It's about 2 feet tall now, when should I put in the stakes?

Thanks!!!

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This post was edited by machita on Sat, Sep 7, 13 at 10:26

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