You can also keep any ripe tomato in your fridge to slow decay, although this may dampen its flavor. If you have lots of them and want to conserve them for longer, you can dry or can them. This is a great way of enjoying the fruits of your labor over a long period like cold winter months.
This is your one-stop site for all of your gardening needs. Learn how to plant, grow, harvest, protect, and use all kinds of plants. Photo from YouTube by Gary Pilarchik. You say nothing of sunlight. I live in Florida and it is very hot, humid and bright. How do I prevent early blossom drop off. Are Beefstake ok as container plants?
Thanks, Tom. Check MIgardener on YouTube for his video on 3x tomato production. Re: blight — I use 2 tablespoons of baking soda, 1 tablespoon veg oil, and a gallon of water to spray my plants. By low, I mean trimming the bottom inches to reduce splash contact and allowing for fungal issues.
I hope this helps. Can you send me a copy of planting tomatoes and peppers and what chemical should be used for these plants thank you in advance.
I halve grow n beter boy 4 years but as central Oklahoma is getting extreame hot on sumer days I am seeking a beter tomato plant like beefsteak. What are the small white mushroom looking things around my beefsteak tomato plant? There is a lot of them. What are they, are they harmful? And what do I do about it? Is this ok, or should I do something? I have Beefsteak tomato plants along with some Big Boy plants. Both types of plants look great and they have grown amazingly well.
The Big Boy plants are producing tomatoes and the Beefsteak are not. I have great looking tomato plants with only 1 tomato. I have the same problem as Brian Boshart. My Beefsteak only has one tomato growing. My Early girl, Jet Star, and Whopper are all growing 10 or more tomatoes.
None ready to pick. I wonder if I damaged my Beefsteak by forcing it into the cage? Then I tried to prune but maybe did too much at one time? I am trying my garden for the very first time! Three cucumbers and one watermelon! There are small mushrooms aroun my tomatoes plants. Do I remove them or they are helpful to the plant? Your email address will not be published. Notify me of follow-up comments by email.
Notify me of new posts by email. In this image, the bottom two red circles show crevices where branches have been pruned away to prevent them from becoming new main stems. The top circle shows a branch that still needs to be clipped. Humidity and water droplets can allow fungal spores and disease remnants to enter through the open plant wounds. The tomato plant will continually try to grow new main stems out of the crevices between the existing stem and leaf-bearing branches.
Keep a close eye on your garden and try to prune your tomato plants every few days. Leaving them for too long will make it difficult to know which stem is the true main stem and which needs to be pruned away. Once the clusters of tomatoes start to grow, pinch off some of the smaller duds. Large, thickly fleshed beefsteaks are the biggest type of tomatoes, weighing 1 pound or more. Growing quickly to at least 6 feet tall, the late-maturing tomato plant will produce a bountiful harvest in about 85 days.
It needs a sturdy cage, trellis, or stake to support its fruit. Learn to grow and care for this abundant plant and welcome a plentiful harvest to your vegetable garden. Space tomato plants at least 18 to 36 inches apart. Beefsteak varieties are especially tall and require lots of space and training. For optimal growth and air circulation, space 5 feet or more apart.
Tie the plant to a trellis, stake, or cage. They usually grow too tall for a typical tomato cage, so they will need extra support as their baseball-sized fruit can be quite heavy. Dig a to inch deep hole for each plant and consider using a post-hole digger. Establish a post or stake down the center of the row between the two end posts at each end of the row if end posts are more than 20 feet apart.
Posts that are 3 inches in diameter and 6 feet tall are ideal. Replace the dirt and pack it in firmly so that the posts do not fall over. Wrap a gauge wire around the top of one end post about 6 feet above the soil surface. Nail or staple the end of the wire to the post. Stretch the wire to make it taut, extend it to the next post, and keep the post anchored in place. Tie a second wire between the posts about 12 inches above the ground.
Tie twine to the bottom wire and stretch it to the top wire. Tie the other end to the top. Attach any additional lengths of twine for each plant and space the twine 36 inches apart on the length of the trellis. Once the trellis system is ready, plant a seedling at the base of each length of twine. Plant each seedling deeper than it was growing in its starter pot.
Establish deep enough so that the bottom leaf is just above the soil surface. Do this by planting it straight into the soil or sideways to encourage healthy rooting. Beefsteaks thrive most if planted deeper in the ground rather than being planted in containers. As the plant grows, you should prune it regularly.
Do this weekly throughout the growing season to ensure that the plant develops no more than one or two main stems. This will make it easier for the plant to grow on the trellis, and it will slow upward growth and promote better branching.
As the stem grows, wrap it around the twine in the same direction each time. Handle the stem carefully so that it doesn't break. Give beefsteak tomatoes full, direct sunlight 8 hours or more per day.
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