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Growing Tomato Plants – 7 Common Problems

A tomato plant can be a very easy or very difficult plant to have success with depending on what you do. The best part about them is that you really only need to get a few things right and you are all set. The worst part is that if you don’t get them right things can quickly deteriorate into a real mess.

So in this article I will list the 10 most common problems that you will face in your tomato garden adventures.

1) Frost: Tomato plants cannot stand frost it is their number one weakness. Making sure that the frosts are over before you plant and warming the bed in preparation for your seedlings will ensure that you don’t suffer a loss of crops from this.

5 Steps to Stop Weeding Tomato Plants Forever – Tomatoes Containers Heaven

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You can get simple and easy tomatoes by growing them in containers to get those delicious homegrown tasting tomatoes that only green thumb gardeners grow. If you don’t have a lot of space or live in an apartment then tomato growing is great! There are just a few steps you absolutely must know or else you will get those tiny, rotten tomatoes.

1. Tomatoes need sunlight

Tomatoes need at least 6 hours of sunlight. You can put your new tomatoes containers on a patio or in a window sill. Window sills are especially great because they provide a lot of direct sunlight, where the suns shines directly on the plant. Make sure to move the pot around so that it gets the full six hours of sun when growing tomatoes containers.

2. Pick the right plant

You don’t want to get a tomato plant that grows six feet tall, in your kitchen at that! No better to choose a determinate tomato variety. Determinate tomatoes are varieties that only grow a foot or two max. Which is great for you, because one things they go is ripen fast. Just think in as little as two weeks you can have fresh tomatoes in your salad. The smaller varieties ripen quick and with the plant being small you won’t be left with tons of tomatoes that you can’t use.

Greenhouse Growing For Tomato Plants

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There are a couple of ways for approaching tomato growing in a greenhouse, you can either dig and prepare the soil of the greenhouse ready to accept the tomato plants or you can grow the plants in a container such as a plant pot (12″ diameter) or growbag.

Realistically most growbags that are available which can be 35 or 40 litres in size are only enough to support two plants. There are ways in which you can push this out to 3 plants but for the cost of a growbag its probably as well just to stick to 2 plants, particularly if you take good care of them and produce lots of fruit.

If you go for pots then you should steralise them before use, to do this you can use a dilute solution of a suitable disinfectant, something like Jeyes fluid is perfect for this task.

While we are on this subject, you really should wipe down the inside of your greenhouse with disinfectant as well to ensure any residual contaminants that could also cause disease are removed from the glass.

Our Guide to Growing Tomatoes Indoors

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Tomatoes are very versatile plants. Not only are they very good for any meal, these plants also grow in any area regardless of their topographic condition. This is one good thing about the tomato plant. They are not just good to eat but are also very easy to grow. These plants grow very well outdoors but at the same time grow well indoors. Caring for these fruits is not burdensome that you’ll definitely enjoy your planting and growing.

But true to the fact, tomatoes naturally grow outside our gardens. This means that caring for the tomatoes that are grown inside your home requires proper attention. Like all the rest of the plants, your tomatoes would need soil, water, light and nutrients. And as a responsible gardener, it is your duty to give to your plant what they need. It is actually very easy to grow your freshest tomatoes as long as you have the right means to have the end that you want to attain.

You can actually begin with seeds, but making use of seedlings would definitely make your life a lot easier. However, if you prefer to use seeds, you simply have to work things earlier since they are still to be germinated.

Solutions To Growing Tomatoe Problems

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I know you can’t help it. You can never deny that homegrown tomatoes are certainly a top grosser. You love it and you want more of it. But the fresh tomatoes you have in your homes are not products of one day labor. To have a piece of the best, you need to work for it and you need to be very cautious of some problems that may be observed as your tomatoes grow. These problems may be caused by natural conditions while most are caused by diseases, viruses and pests. But hey, you don’t have to worry so much. These troubles are very easy to handle especially if you could handle them earlier.

Here are the signs that you should look for in able to avoid tomato growing problems. You need to observe if green patches are evident on your fruit. These green patches signals that your tomato plant is exposed too much to the sun. This will later lead to fruits that will turn yellow instead of red. Blossom end rot is another problem that you might encounter as you grow your tomatoes. This is the condition wherein the fruit rots down. This disease occurs because of the lack of calcium or if there is an irregular water intake on your plant. Early signs of blossom end rot are the black spots that are formed on the bottom of your tomato’s blossom (just like how it is named).

The most common symptom for tomato plant infection is actually checked through the observation of the leaves of the plant. If the leaves that are found at the lowest part of the stem bows down and when there are brown stripes formed at the midribs, that means the plant may soon suffer from Bacterial Canker. If there are black spots on leaves specially the old ones, this is a symptom of Early Blight. This later on will continue until it includes the stems and even the fruits.