I've posted here before about growing some microdwarf tomatoes, first for some advice on flowering and last time showing that they were bearing fruit. Well… theyre finally ripening! That's a Yellow Canary on a plant that is about 5" tall which amuses me and not pictured are some Rosy Finch pink tomatoes coloring up.

These should have ripened in about 60 days and its been closer to 90 but most of that, I think, is that I keep my room cool, about 65F during the day and in the mid-50s at night. Next fall I'll plant earlier but also put them in a tent to increase the temperature around them.

For anyone who is sad when your summer and early fall tomatoes start failing… try this if you can give them light (theyre under Barrina grow lights). It's fun to have toms in mid-winter and amusing to have them from plants that are so tiny.

Edit: For reference, these are 6" pots and between the 4 plants there are probably 25-30 tomatoes right now. Flowering has slowed (I forget if these are determinate). The plants would likely be bigger if they were in slightly larger pots as they grow up to 12".

by rickg

5 Comments

  1. TableTopFarmer

    So glad you are joining the micro lovers crew. They are such fun winter projects. Some, like Red Robin, and probably Yellow Canary, have been bred to produce under lower light levels than summer tomatoes.

    If you want to increase production, shake the plants first thing in the morning when the pollen is fresh. This helps it to fall into the baby maker part of the blossom. And this is true for all self fertile plants.