So, I have discovered that tomatoes need a lot of light. Mature plants need more light especially if they are going to flower/fruit soon. So I am increasing the light on my mature plants to 18-20 hours per day. That should get them to flower/fruit. 🙂
The seeds and seedlings that I have started for outdoor transplanting will still have 12-16 hours of light until they are larger.
I am also going to fertilize the mature tomatoes for 2 weeks when I water them. That should give them enough nutrients to flower.
I will keep you up dated on their progress!.
My tomatoes are outgrowing their spot on the shelf:
So I had to move them to a new place! I am scared to put them on the ground because I have 3 cats who would probably love to dig in the dirt they are planted in and see how they taste just for the fun of it!
So now, they are living on a little plant stand next to the shelf and have plenty of room to grow upward, for now. 🙂
Here they will stay until they are too tall to get good light on them from above. Then I will have to figure something else out!
Thanks for stopping by!
I promised you all a picture of my tomatoes after I staked them, so here it is:
As you can see, you don’t need anything fancy when the tomatoes are this small! I have used 3 chopsticks, and 2 cooking skewers and some (not so sticky) tape. You don’t have to invest in stakes and green tape. At least not at this stage. You can use things that you have around the house.
Make sure that you tape them loosely, they need to continue to grow. Make sure that the stakes are taller than the plant when they are firmly placed into the soil next to them. Be very gentle when you place the stakes into the soil, and don’t place them right next to the base of the plant. This can destroy a tender root system. You can see from the picture that I have placed my stakes about 1 inch from the base of each plant.
Happy gardening!!!
Last night with dinner I made a plate of tomatoes with lime juice, salt, pepper and fresh cilantro on top from my indoor garden! Here is a picture:
I see earlier posts for when these seeds were started.
