Little Bitty Beefsteaks

[ArchaicDome]

I planted a beefsteak cultivar in a 5-gal pot, made sure it had good drainage, and used potting mix and Miracle-Gro tomato food. After good initial growth, the leaves turned yellow and curled, and all of the fruits are stunted! I changed the watering and fertilizing schedule and there's no more yellow leaves, but the leaves still curl in from the sides sometimes. And none of the fruits get larger than a golf ball. If they do turn red, and a couple have, they're blemished. I haven't had a single beefsteak tomato yet! What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

[matertoo]

Welcome to Tville!! I don't know what's wrong. Surely someone on this forum will have an answer.

Happy Matering,

Paul

[Sherry_AK]

If you're able to post a photo, that might be helpful. Welcome to T'ville!

Sherry

[remy]

Hi,
It is possible you've done nothing wrong, and that maybe your plant was labeled incorrectly, and it not a beefsteak.
Remy

[matereater]

I bought a "beefsteak" once and it turned out to be an Early Girl Bush, boy, talk about disappointments!

[Timmah!]

Wouldn't hurt to check the ph of the soil in which you have the plant, just to be sure it's within an acceptable range.

[dice]

blemished

Blossom End Rot (big brown spot on the bottom)?

If so, use the search box (or the Advanced Search form)
at the top of the page, and you will find lots of threads
on that problem (basically lack of calcium to the fruit, which
can happen in lots of ways, not necessarily lack of calcium
in the soil).