Problem with Health Kick tomato

Balr14 · June 22, 2024

I do not have the facilities to grow plants from seed, so I rely on the local garden centers for small plants to start the season. For many years, I have bought a hybrid roma called Health Kick, from the nearby big box garden center. It is very hardy, grows like mad and has huge yield, perfect tomatoes for sauce. I have had problems with plants from this big box center in recent years, so I don't buy a lot from them any more. But I still buy the Health Kick.

Here is the problem... last year and so far this year, these plants don't grow very big and they start producing fruit within a few weeks of planting. The tomatoes don't get very big either. It's almost like they are a lot older plant than they appeared to be, but just didn't get enough water. That's just a theory, I have no idea if that is even possible. They sort of act like a mislabeled dwarf plant (they have done this before), but that doesn't explain why it's setting fruit in 2 weeks. Anyone have any better ideas?

June 22, 2024	#1
Balr14 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: wisconsin Posts: 135	Problem with Health Kick tomato I do not have the facilities to grow plants from seed, so I rely on the local garden centers for small plants to start the season. For many years, I have bought a hybrid roma called Health Kick, from the nearby big box garden center. It is very hardy, grows like mad and has huge yield, perfect tomatoes for sauce. I have had problems with plants from this big box center in recent years, so I don't buy a lot from them any more. But I still buy the Health Kick. Here is the problem... last year and so far this year, these plants don't grow very big and they start producing fruit within a few weeks of planting. The tomatoes don't get very big either. It's almost like they are a lot older plant than they appeared to be, but just didn't get enough water. That's just a theory, I have no idea if that is even possible. They sort of act like a mislabeled dwarf plant (they have done this before), but that doesn't explain why it's setting fruit in 2 weeks. Anyone have any better ideas?