Its almost here time to think like a tomato

Tapout · February 20, 2013

Its almost time here in NW Indiana for the tomato frenzy.

I am back, with new vigor and stamina

Last year I was a bucket man with a dream for huge tomatoes. I found out that buckets can only hold so many roots before the plant freaks out. My tomato plants suffered because I decided not to prune them into a single or double stemmed plant. I pruned them some what, but let to many leaders go and suffered with stunted plants because of root over load in the buckets. Over all my plants reached a average height of right under 6 foot some 5. The yields were terrible.

This year I am going at it again with a better concept of root to plant ratio and wont make the same mistake again

I hope

I think I have skewed results (that I cant count on IE: yield, plant health, growth) on the types of plants I tried last year.

I was fooled by early fantastic growth health and flower set, only to have it all go to pot later on because of over crowding the roots.

So I am thinking about what plants to grow this year and trying not to be biased about the ones that did poorly last year but its hard not to be.

February 20, 2013	#1
Tapout Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 355	Its almost here time to think like a tomato Its almost time here in NW Indiana for the tomato frenzy. I am back, with new vigor and stamina Last year I was a bucket man with a dream for huge tomatoes. I found out that buckets can only hold so many roots before the plant freaks out. My tomato plants suffered because I decided not to prune them into a single or double stemmed plant. I pruned them some what, but let to many leaders go and suffered with stunted plants because of root over load in the buckets. Over all my plants reached a average height of right under 6 foot some 5. The yields were terrible. This year I am going at it again with a better concept of root to plant ratio and wont make the same mistake again I hope I think I have skewed results (that I cant count on IE: yield, plant health, growth) on the types of plants I tried last year. I was fooled by early fantastic growth health and flower set, only to have it all go to pot later on because of over crowding the roots. So I am thinking about what plants to grow this year and trying not to be biased about the ones that did poorly last year but its hard not to be.