Tuesday, June 22, 2010

My tomato plants are beatiful but not many blooms?

They are about 4' high with only a few blooms


in the top of the plantMy tomato plants are beatiful but not many blooms?
Too much nitrogen in the soil promotes lush green growth over flowering. So review your fertilzing.





Another thought is you have a determinate type tomato.....one that must grow to a certain ';maturity'; before it flowers. Then all the tomatoes come at once. Great for farmers, not great if you want tomatoes all summer. Hence the answer above about it not being the right time is essentially correct.





So, i fyou are fertilizing, make certain it's with a tomato or vegetable product...lower nitrogen higher phosphorus product. If irrigating, add a half day to one full day to time between waterings......use mulches to conserve soil moisture.....and be patient.My tomato plants are beatiful but not many blooms?
Try using Miraclegrow fertiliser for tomato, or all purpose Miraclegrow.





You can try applying KCl solution to soil, make saturated solution in water and give a cup of it every week, but water it as usual at least once a day, for this one but you may have missed the season, in that case it will not flower any more. Depends on the variety and many other things, every thing is late this year at least in my area.
Excess nitrogen fertilizer can result in plants with extremely vigorous vine growth but little fruit production. Tomatoes respond well to fertilizer applications, especially phosphorus. Apply 2-1/2 to 3 pounds of a complete fertilizer, such as 5-10-10, 5-20-20, or 8-16-16 per 100 square feet of garden area. Work the fertilizer into the soil about 2 weeks before planting. An additional sidedressing of a nitrogen fertilizer may be desirable after the first cluster of flowers have set fruit.
give them some fertilizer.that will help them along.you can buy the fertilizer at any hardware store or walmart.get the kind with the fish oil in it.as it is the best.it will say it on the front of the fertilizer with fish oil.
Depending where you are, it isn't time for bloom yet and if you have some, it's a bonus. Here in Erie, PA we just planted gardens a couple of weeks ago because it wasn't warm enough yet. If your where yours have been in the ground a while, it's time to feed them.
picking off the first blooms, will make the plant concentrate on growth and getting taller and bushy. that's what I did and now my tomato plants are 5 ft tall and full of blooms and little tomatoes forming
There is a spray called bloom set sold in nurseries and chain stores in the garden center section. Just follow the directions and it works great!
Minootoo has your best answer!
you may have too much nitrogen in your soil...?
Where are you located? Where I am, it's still way too early for them to produce fruit. I'm in Zone 6 in the Northeast.

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