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My tomato plants look like crap ??

BigAl

BigAl

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Every thing else seems to be growing fine here in Panama . Heck ,even the plastic flowers got to be cut back once a week .

The tomato plants look like crap . Small and not growing . Gave them a shot of plant food this morning .
Maybe I should have never transplated them as the instructions told me to do .
They been gettin plenty water and sunshine ????????
 
BigAl said:
Every thing else seems to be growing fine here in Panama . Heck ,even the plastic flowers got to be cut back once a week .

The tomato plants look like crap . Small and not growing . Gave them a shot of plant food this morning .
Maybe I should have never transplated them as the instructions told me to do .
They been gettin plenty water and sunshine ????????
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Try giving them some shade a few hours a day. Did you tickle the roots when you transplanted them?
 
Probably the rum and coke you've been giving them. ....just sayin ..... :D
 

Use high acid fertilizer for tomatoes.
It’s too damn cold in Oregon for tomatoes.
We still have winter here.
 
We have what I call a "square foot garden," as it's only 8' x 10'. Still, I practice crop rotation, and move the tomatoes to the opposite side of the garden each year. Also, I'm not sure what kind of water you have at your place, but our tomatoes thrive when they get rain water (they don't seem to like damn city water with chlorine), and seem to get really perky when we have a good thunderstorm with lightning. Something in that combination excites the plants and perks them up. I also have pretty good drainage in my garden, and find the plants don't particularly like "wet feet." FWIW, I have never use commercial fertilizers my garden. I just bury as much as possible in the fall and let it rot naturally. That's my worthless two cents. YMMV
 
I planted some squash in my old tomato garden. (Planting bed)
Nothing will grow there.
Cukes won't sprout there either.
I spade it up each year...
 
JEV said:
We have what I call a "square foot garden," as it's only 8' x 10'. Still, I practice crop rotation, and move the tomatoes to the opposite side of the garden each year. Also, I'm not sure what kind of water you have at your place, but our tomatoes thrive when they get rain water (they don't seem to like damn city water with chlorine), and seem to get really perky when we have a good thunderstorm with lightning. Something in that combination excites the plants and perks them up. I also have pretty good drainage in my garden, and find the plants don't particularly like "wet feet." FWIW, I have never use commercial fertilizers my garden. I just bury as much as possible in the fall and let it rot naturally. That's my worthless two cents. YMMV
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Yep, All we got is rain water . I can't move them to shade but maybe put a cover over them some times .

Thunder storms ??? Really ?? Hell my plants should be 12' tall based on that .

Thanks for all the input, guys
 
BigAl said:
Yep, All we got is rain water . I can't move them to shade but maybe put a cover over them some times .

Thunder storms ??? Really ?? Hell my plants should be 12' tall based on that .

Thanks for all the input, guys
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Last season my 4 tomato plants (2 Early girl and 2 Better Boy) were still growing above the 6' high stakes. it was a banner year, and those hybrids seem to thrive in NE Ohio.
 
My first planting ones are already 15" tall and we had to stake them and move them to 8" pots today. Damn things will be flowered before we get them set out. Second and third plantings are doing well also.
 
Nitrate content and acidity are major factors for tomato plants. Not sure what the soil is like there so hard to tell you anything. I would try adding a little calcium nitrate to your liquid fertilizer.
 
I'm waiting for a back ordered soil analysis, but I'm pretty sure we're running very basic - tomatoes [and most most plants - on both points] still seem to thrive, in size anyway, rather than flavor.
 
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