Why are my tomatoes growing so slow it feels like they've been green forever
by BotanyBum
5 Comments
xenidus
Depending on where you are, these have got to be close to the last of the season. They might never cross over the breaker threshold but you could still pick them and process/eat them green.
It’s because the light is changing. The leaves aren’t able to photosynthesize as well and the plant isn’t producing sugars like it was 2 months ago.
SwiftResilient
It’s pretty much a whole month from green to ripe, longer if the weather is too hot
ThrowawayCult-ure
Plant is healthy dw
IndividualAnybody287
Are they in the ground or in a pot
motherfudgersob
Any day now…and they’ll all turn at once. You could top your plants (cut the growing top portion of the vine and keep removing suckers) or stop watering to stress it. You didn’t say where yiu were so if frost us over a month away I’d leave it alone! If frost is days to weeks I’d try what I suggested…. Then if frost is coming that night pull plants up and hand them upside down in garage, basement, or other similar area (I say that as my grandparents…well mine now… interestingly had an upstairs with three bedrooms a d two closet like areas. Upstairs isn’t heated except by what little heat comes from downstairs. Apples in one closet, potatoes in the other…then laster of tomatoes in one or the other depending if they wanted them sooner (apples…ethylene) or later. For the curious onions, flower bulbs and other tubers etc. went downstairs….rationale being that critters didn’t want the onions as much and that all worked for them for 50-60 years or so.
I’m in metro ATL and the excess rain has caused some splitting and one plant seems blighted…and another just seems to be dying although new growth is trying. Anyway the totally dying one….everything is ripening. I have likely until December though the light conditions will deteriorate. So it all depends. I wouldn’t feed anymore either.
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Depending on where you are, these have got to be close to the last of the season. They might never cross over the breaker threshold but you could still pick them and process/eat them green.
It’s because the light is changing. The leaves aren’t able to photosynthesize as well and the plant isn’t producing sugars like it was 2 months ago.
It’s pretty much a whole month from green to ripe, longer if the weather is too hot
Plant is healthy dw
Are they in the ground or in a pot
Any day now…and they’ll all turn at once. You could top your plants (cut the growing top portion of the vine and keep removing suckers) or stop watering to stress it. You didn’t say where yiu were so if frost us over a month away I’d leave it alone! If frost is days to weeks I’d try what I suggested…. Then if frost is coming that night pull plants up and hand them upside down in garage, basement, or other similar area (I say that as my grandparents…well mine now… interestingly had an upstairs with three bedrooms a d two closet like areas. Upstairs isn’t heated except by what little heat comes from downstairs. Apples in one closet, potatoes in the other…then laster of tomatoes in one or the other depending if they wanted them sooner (apples…ethylene) or later. For the curious onions, flower bulbs and other tubers etc. went downstairs….rationale being that critters didn’t want the onions as much and that all worked for them for 50-60 years or so.
I’m in metro ATL and the excess rain has caused some splitting and one plant seems blighted…and another just seems to be dying although new growth is trying. Anyway the totally dying one….everything is ripening. I have likely until December though the light conditions will deteriorate. So it all depends. I wouldn’t feed anymore either.
Good luck.