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Growing Tomatoes
Learn How you to grow and harvest indoor or
outdoor tomato plants
Growing container tomato
plants is simple and very rewarding. There is noting
like the taste of a fresh home grown ripe tomato.
There is debate on the size container that
should be used to grow a tomato plant with a high yield you can
start with a 3 to 5 gallon size container and experiment
yourself.
I suggest you purchase a tomato plant form your local nursery or Wal-Mart
and then transplant when you get home. This method saves a lot
of time opposed to starting from seed.
Many Techniques are used to
grow a tomato plant. Some growers don't prune at all and others
like to cut nearly every branch off the plant once the tomatoes
are near full size and ready to ripen. Again experiment and
you'll find the method that works best for you!
There are several things that do not change. Tomato Plants need
plenty of water and fertilizer once a week. It is essential that
tomato plants are kept moist at all times and not allowed to dry
out between watering. If this happens then it will impact on the
crop. You can get split skins on the tomatoes and may also have
strange shaped
fruits.
 Pruning shoots
It is also important to
nip off with your fingers any side shoots coming out from
the main stem. You just want one strong stem from which the
leaves and fruit trusses will grow. If you do not nip out
the side shoots then the plant will use up considerable
energy that otherwise would produce fruits in producing a
large bush plant with loads more greenery. (If you
want a bust plant let all the side shoots grow but it will
cut down your crop of fruit.)
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