How to grow tomatoes?

Answer 1

Tomatoes should be bought in the spring pre-grown at any plant nursery. Transfer them to soil and place a wire cage around them. This is to help support the plant more than to keep critters out. If you want a better quality tomato, trim the stems near the bottom of the plant. This will allow air to circulate up into the leaves. pick a few choice tomatoes... at most one per stem and cull all the others. trim the leaves back so that the tomato receives sunlight but not too much direct sunlight or it will scorch. if you just want a bunch of tomatoes, let the plant do its own thing. Fruit is ripe when the tomato is a deep red and has a firm but yielding consistancy. alternatively, tomatoes can be harvested slightly premature and allowed to ripen on a windowsill. Also,you can grow them from seeds.There are many heirloom and heritage seeds that you can get from various groups now that can taste much better than shop and commercial varieties.Plus you can save seed year after year!Sow seed in trays in spring & keep in a warm spot (we sit them on our compost heap) keeping them moist, & they should germinate within a couple of weeks -depending where you live.Plant out when about 10cm ( 4 inches ) high.To save seed,choose a slightly over-ripe fruit from a healthy plant & either spread them out on paper towels to dry , or ferment them in the Tomato Juice for a few days in a jar,then rinse and dry to destoy diseases that seem to plague tomatoes.

Answer 2

If you want to grow tomatoes all year through, all you have to do is use hydroponics. Moreover, you can grow larger tomatoes quicker than in traditional gardens.

Growing tomatoes the hydroponic way involves farming tomatoes in a nutrient-rich solution without using soil. Plants need nutrition, sunlight, and water to grow. Since a hydroponic tomatoreceives a closely monitored supply of nutrition and water, it grows faster and healthier than plants grown in soil. No wonder there has been an increase in the use of hydroponics in tomato greenhouses and indoor gardens.

Now you need not wait for spring to start growing tomatoes. Using hydroponics, you can give them the right amount of nutrients and light and watch them grow.

Benefits of Hydroponic Tomatoes

In traditional gardens, many seeds are lost to pests and the weather. Using hydroponics to grow tomatoes minimizes these risks, producing a better yield as compared to that from traditional gardens.

Tomatoes require adequate spacing to grow well. Besides, a good yield of tomatoes depends on inputs such as the right amount of water, mulch, etc. The lack, or excess, of any of these inputs can play havoc with the crop. It is difficult for a hobby or novice gardener to provide the right amounts of these elements in a traditional garden. Since hydroponic growing systems come with precise instructions and efficient equipments, anybody can learn to grow tomatoes with minimal issues.

Hydroponic tomatoes also can be more environment-friendly. In the long run, these tomatoes use less of all the necessary resources, be it water or nutrients.

Plant nutrition is the key to successful hydroponics, and it is especially true while growing tomatoes. You can use several commercially available hydroponic products to provide the best nutrition to your tomato plants. reference: http://www.hydroasis.com/growingtips/

Answer 3

The method that works for me is: Separate the seeds from the tomato & immediately lay them out on one side of a paper towel.

Fold the paper towel over, taco-style.

Wet the paper towel to soak the seeds in regular tap water, checking daily to visually verify growth of initial root system.

When the roots get to about 1 inch in length, transplant the now germinating seeds individually to dirt in a cup or peat-pots (available for cheap at your friendly local nursery).

Bearing in mind that the root system is about the same volume as what you can see above ground, transplant to larger pots or outdoors when your plants get up to about 4 inches tall.

Use growth fertilizer for growing season, bloom fertilizer for bloom season, and "bloom set" when it is time to bear fruit.

Watch for crawling insects & find a good "green" solution to fight 'em off.

If your tomatoes are tasty, they will come.

Happy growing!

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Answer 4

Tomatoes are easy to grow from a plant. The main things the plant needs are good, loose soil, water, sunshine, and more sunshine.

A great way to get good soil is to throw your autumn leaves onto the ground where you plan to plant the tomato. Leave the leaves there all winter so that their nutrients will be absorbed by the soil. It is a good rule of thumb to wait till there is no more chance of the ground freezing before planting anything. Once there is no more chance of the ground freezing, remove the leaves from the soil. The leaves will be wet and full of worms, so it is not a pleasant task, but the results in the soil are well worth it. Always return every stray worm to the earth. Next, plant your tomato plants. Plant them a good two feet away from each other, for tomato bushes grow big. While the plants are still small, put tomato cages around each one.

Now you will have to wait for some time before anything seems to happen. Like every plant, tomatoes need water. It is good to check the soil around the plants everyday. If it is moist or wet, leave it alone. But if it is dry, water it generously. When you water tomatoes, always put the hose or the water pitcher right at the base of the plant's stem so that the water goes directly into the dirt without touching the leaves or branches of the bush. If the tomato plant is too wet for too long, it will become sickly.

A sign of a healthy tomato plant is green powder from the leaves. Rub your fingers along the tops of the tomato plants; if a green powder is left on your fingers, your plant is healthy and getting plenty of sunshine.

Eventually yellow flowers will blossom on the bushes. From these flowers will grow tomatoes. Although you have to wait a considerable time before the tomatoes start actually coming, once they come, they come in full force. Now you have to check the bushes for two things besides the dampness of their soil; you must also look for tomatoes and for cracked stems.

Pick the tomatoes when they are ripe. If you leave a tomato for too long, it will fall prey to little rodents and insects. So it is best to check your tomatoes bushes every morning. If a tomato looks almost ready, pick it. It is better to pick a tomato a few hours early than to find it half eaten by vermin the next morning. Because tomato bushes are so thick, you will have to search through the mesh of their foliage to find the tomatoes growing on their central branches. It will take a good several minutes to completely find every tomato on a single healthy bush.

Cracked stems are a problem caused by the weight of the tomatoes. A tomato bush can handle several cracked stems. But it is better to avoid cracked stems by tearing an old T-shirt into long, 1 inch wide strips. Use these strips to hold stray branches (like in a sling) and tie the ends of these strips to a horizontal bar on the tomato cage.

Very large tomato bushes will grow so far beyond their cages that they will begin to fall over, taking their cages with them. In this case, hammer several tall, strong sticks into the ground and tie the bush and cage to the sticks to hold the bushes and cages upright. You may break a few stems in the process, but that is not bad if you do not break more than a few.

Finally, as the tomato bushes die, remove the cages and sticks and ties. Also remove the dead tomato plants! Letting them "rot in place" or chopping them up and adding them to your tomato plot is one of the #1 ways tomato plant diseases are spread.

A final note to keep in mind is that land cannot support the same plant for year after year. So it is good to let the land rest for a year every two or three years.

Answer 5

Enjoy delicious garden-fresh tomatoes when you learn to grow them yourself. With a little care and some planning, you are sure to succeed.

Growing requirements

Tomatoes can grow just about anywhere. The first requirement for growing tomatoes is plenty of sunlight. For the best results, locate your garden or pots in a sunny area for full sun and less than three hours of afternoon shade per day. Most soils need some augmentation to make them ideal for tomatoes. A well-drained, loamy soil with a pH of 5.8 to 7.0 suits most varieties well. To space your plants, give them approximately two feet of space on all sides if you are using stakes. For un-staked varieties, use six feet of space.

Meet your plant's basic conditions, plenty of sun, suitable soil, frequent and deep watering and room to grow. Choosing seeds or plants

There are hundreds of tomato varieties that are available for purchase. Each one produces a particular texture, taste and yield. The growing requirements are the same for almost all of them. The varieties best for beginners tend to require less care. For an easy starter plant, choose from Early Girl, Beefsteak, Celebrity, Roma or Cherry tomatoes. Once you choose your seeds or starter plants, plant them according to the included directions. If this information was not included, it is easy to obtain it from the people you bought your seeds from.

General care

Once your tomatoes are planted, it is time to start the general care that continues until harvest. The first is watering. Tomatoes enjoy deep watering, at least six to eight inches, at least twice a week. During hot periods, increase this as needed. They do like to dry out a bit between watering, so keep that in mind. Next, consider mulching the soil. This prevents excess moisture loss, and the growth of weeds in your garden. Your tomatoes also need fertilizer throughout their life cycle. Many manufacturers offer slow release formulas and even tomato specific types that are great for beginners.

Once your plants are started, and you care for them through the season, you can enjoy delicious tomatoes. Use them in your favorite sauces, salads or eat them raw. Learning is part of the process and every season, see improvements in your crop.

Answer 6

If you want to grow good tomatoes u first have to eat the seeds and then rape a girl then make love to your mum.

Answer 7

First you put it in a good part in a garden. Then you put a stake next to it so it grows right. You have to water it every day. When it gets bigger you can fertilize it.

Answer 8

Tomatoes are grown by, someone planting tomato seeds in the ground, so they water it, and later the tomatoes grow out of the ground.

Answer 9

you put the plant in the ground