Stunted growth?

elight · July 20, 2012

This year, I planted four tomato plants, two in an EarthTainer and two in 5-gallon SWC buckets (all with the same EarthTainer-recommended potting mix). The EarthTainer plants are doing great. The ones in the 5-gallon buckets are doing "OK". The problem is that they--a Sunsugar and a Jet Star--stopped growing vertically about 2 weeks ago. Whereas the Supersweet Millions in the EarthTainer is about 8' tall, the Sunsugar stopped at about 5' tall. I grew the Sunsugar last year, and it was much bigger.

Could this be a product of the heat wave? Is it something I need to be worried about?

July 20, 2012	#1
elight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Allentown, PA Posts: 349	Stunted growth? This year, I planted four tomato plants, two in an EarthTainer and two in 5-gallon SWC buckets (all with the same EarthTainer-recommended potting mix). The EarthTainer plants are doing great. The ones in the 5-gallon buckets are doing "OK". The problem is that they--a Sunsugar and a Jet Star--stopped growing vertically about 2 weeks ago. Whereas the Supersweet Millions in the EarthTainer is about 8' tall, the Sunsugar stopped at about 5' tall. I grew the Sunsugar last year, and it was much bigger. Could this be a product of the heat wave? Is it something I need to be worried about?