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| 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!!! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Big tomato plant picture
This post was edited by machita on Sat, Sep 7, 13 at 10:26
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| Put a roof over it. |
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| I don't know if you were trying to be funny or not, but if you were actually serious that won't work. It rains so hard here it goes sideways. Like in Forest Gump. A roof would not keep the plant dry. |
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| It can bbe done but needs some hard work. Make a HOOP over it. Got to be firm to stand the winds. |
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- Posted by spacetogrow 4 MN (My Page) on Wed, Sep 11, 13 at 12:32
| If you can't get the tomatoes to ripen, you can eat them green. I'm no great fan of the flavor of green tomatoes, but if you add a good bit of hot pepper, green tomato salsa tastes fine to me, and tends to be less runny if you cook your salsa. Even with green tomatoes, I prefer that they get fairly close to starting to ripen so they're not really very hard. Good luck. As for your other plant, see when/how folks in your community usually grow tomatoes. Timing can be very important, and can also be very different from one area to another. If you live in a mountainous area, it may even depend on how high up you are and which side of the mountain you are on. |
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