QUESTION: How do you keep tomatoes from growing too tall?
ANSWER: You can prevent your tomatoes from growing too tall by pruning them. Pruning also encourages the plant to grow fruits instead of creating more foliage. Always use clean, sterilized shears when you prune to avoid spreading disease in your garden. Prune so that leaves do not throw shade onto other leaves, but do not prune away the leaves that shade flowers or clusters of fruit, as the shade will protect them from the heat.
Once a plant is the same height as its support mechanism (which is usually four or five feet), prune it regularly to remove all the new growth at the top and keep the plant a manageable size. You may also wish to prune away the “suckers” that grow from the bend where a branch meets the main stem, which will make fruits larger but can reduce the number of overall fruits produced.
Next time, try growing a bush or determinate type of tomato, which does not tend to get as tall.
My plants look healthy and they buds but the buds never turn into tomatoes they just dry up nd fall off, whats the problem ?
Shake those plants to help pollinate the blossoms. Makes a big difference. Sounds like you don’t have many bees around. Helps to plant flowers that attract bees around fruits and vegetables.
You can also tease them with a small hand paint brush and self pollinate the flowers. Works wonders!
Mostly likely your soil.
Probably lack of pollination. You can look up how to hand pollinate. In the future, consider planning flowers specifically for bees, and avoid mosquito treatments and other things that kill bees.
Probably your soil and watering. Plant w basil…on a next subject… Makes tomatoes tastier ?
I had the same exact problem with my tomato and my chilli plants. The plants would bear flowers but never turn to fruits.
Then I started to hand pollinate then with a small artists piant brush every couple of days and voila problem solved.
My back yard is very very hot. I purchased a variety of tomato that flourish’s in the heat, but even then I had to put 30% shade cloth over them. This year I have many many tomatoes already!!
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I HAVE THREE HAZEL NUT BUSHES BUT NOTHING IN THE NUT THE BUSHELS ARE NICE AND TALL ABOUT 9 FEET TALL AND ARE REALL Y HEATHLY. THANK YOU MR PICKLES
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I hope it works for you and God bless you and your hazelnuts.
-Mrs. Cucumber
HERE I AM AGAIN. WHEN TOMATO PLANTS ARE ABOUT FOUR FEET TAIL SHOULD A PERSON CUT THE TOP OFF OF THEM? IVE TRIMED OFF ALL THE SHUTS AND HEALTHY PLANTS. THANK You mr pickles