My cherry tomatoes won’t get bigger and won’t ripen?
My cherry tomatoes won’t get bigger and won’t ripen?
by Temporary-Concert199
7 Comments
DrJonathany
This happened to me! I started them early in hopes that they would ripen sooner. They started ripening in August in the northern hemisphere.
billthedog0082
For sure they shouldn’t get bigger, being cherry tomatoes.
Melodic_Letterhead76
Yes, you’re right. And No, you’re wrong
The will stay small. Hence CHERRY tomato. They will ripen.
Just not on YOUR SCHEDULE.
IT’S ALL GOOD
CHILLAX. enjoy the journey
Brampton_Gardener
They seem to take forever to ripen, but will do so in their own time. the plants look good.
Blk_shp
That plant is still very small/young looking, those look like the first tomatoes it’s grown, give it time, they’ll ripen and the plant will really hit its stride in a few weeks.
Also you’re going to need a taller cage/trellis since that’s an indeterminate tomato, they can get up to like 10’ tall. Id also suggest looking into indeterminate pruning, it looks like you have 2 main stems, you’ll want to keep it to 2-3 main stems or it’ll get out of hand.
aliyune
I feel like people here aren’t looking at how small the leaves especially are. I had this happen my first tomatoes and it was because they needed a much bigger pot <3
AccomplishedRide7159
There are people like your tomato…popularly termed “failure to launch.”
7 Comments
This happened to me! I started them early in hopes that they would ripen sooner. They started ripening in August in the northern hemisphere.
For sure they shouldn’t get bigger, being cherry tomatoes.
Yes, you’re right.
And
No, you’re wrong
The will stay small. Hence CHERRY tomato.
They will ripen.
Just not on YOUR SCHEDULE.
IT’S ALL GOOD
CHILLAX. enjoy the journey
They seem to take forever to ripen, but will do so in their own time. the plants look good.
That plant is still very small/young looking, those look like the first tomatoes it’s grown, give it time, they’ll ripen and the plant will really hit its stride in a few weeks.
Also you’re going to need a taller cage/trellis since that’s an indeterminate tomato, they can get up to like 10’ tall. Id also suggest looking into indeterminate pruning, it looks like you have 2 main stems, you’ll want to keep it to 2-3 main stems or it’ll get out of hand.
I feel like people here aren’t looking at how small the leaves especially are. I had this happen my first tomatoes and it was because they needed a much bigger pot <3
There are people like your tomato…popularly termed “failure to launch.”