Lmao at the title…. I made a post about my tomatoes not being ready before the season was over however I have another question. Why is it so small and turning red? Shouldn't they be a bit larger before it started to turn? Only one started turning so far.
by kinky_greens
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Is it getting cold/less direct sun where you are?
There was shrinkage!
Maybe they were in the pool??
I’ve got one that’s turned red and smaller than a golf ball while the others are still green. No clue why
I have a plant full of tomatoes just like that. I am not even sure what variety it is. The tag I had in the starter pot said sweetie cherry. A Mortgage Lifter is the only other tomato I’m growing from seed with a similar shape and colour. I figure they are Mortgage Lifters, and my thought has been that my labelling mistake led me to plant this in a container that was too small, which stunted the fruit. It could also be a random seed mixed into my sweetie seed pack. I ended up with about 40 of these tasty little guys. The two cherry tomatoes in the picture are actual sweeties that I added for size comparison. I hope yours turn out to be as tasty as mine. Do you know what variety you are growing?
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Is it a beefsteak in a container? You need a large container and plenty of water to grow beefsteaks. You might want to look for a patio variety next time. Or go very large on the container, 20 gallons or so.
I think it’s bad form to comment on the size of someone’s tomatoes. I mean we all have bad days, right.
Could be:
1) Size of the pot
2) Nutrients in the soil
3) You may have gotten a seed cross that makes small tomatoes
4) Access to water
5) Lots and lots of other random issues
Just a guess: it’s the end of the season. If they’ve all been like that for the entire summer, others have given good container-centric reasons. I don’t grow tomatoes in containers other than cherry tomatoes
Six different ways.
That’s what she said.
What type are they? Mushroom baskets?
That’s what she said.,…….