Huge Tomato Plants – and Pepper Maintenance

August 15th, 2006

Our tomato plants are HUGE this year.  They’re planted in containers, with the usual tomato fence around them and they’re doing great.  Jeff waters with a little miracle grow about once a week, and he makes sure they get water every day.  They will let you know when they’re dry by looking very wilty.  Tomatoes need a lot of sun, so if you have them in containers, be sure to water them every day and yours could look like this too! 

So far, we have eaten the red ones as soon as they appear, YUM!  I Love homegrown tomatoes, they actually taste like tomatoes, not like water, like the store bought ones.

I’m not sure if tomatoes have the same problem as peppers, but I have heard some people complaining that their peppers rot before they get ripe.  If this happens, you might want to get more sunlight to them.  Peppers need a long, warm season to mature, so if you use a dark colored mulch to absorb the heat during the daytime you will be one step ahead.  Peppers need about 8-10 hours of direct sunlight each day.  I think tomatoes need the same, ours get sunlight in the morning, and then constantly until about 4:00 p.m.  If you don’t have enough heat, try attaching some tinfoil to a board, and then nailing it to a stick (kind of like a sign).  Put this by the plant, making the sun bounce off the tinfoil and onto the plant.

Water both tomatoes and peppers from below, being careful not to get too many leaves wet. 

If you follow these simple steps, you should have a great harvest!  If you’ve never had a great harvest, you might want to try Gardners Supply Tomato Success method.  Just click on the picture below for more info.

 

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