My tomato plants are spindly- what can I do?

Sue Stelmach
by Sue Stelmach
  7 answers
  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Mar 13, 2017

    Were they started from seed?

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    • Sue Stelmach Sue Stelmach on Mar 14, 2017

      I started them in pods, put a plastic cover and in daylight, no lamp. I lifted the lid, when they reached the top

  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Mar 14, 2017

    homeguides.sfgate.com/can-spindly-tomato-plants-helped-56976.html

  • Shoshana Shoshana on Mar 14, 2017

    Your plants are possibly suffering from lack of light, lack of nitrogen, or lack of space. If you think any of these could be the issue, try either moving them somewhere with more light (if possible), adding fertilizer, or pinching back some of the leaves in the center to stop the plant from growing up and instead forcing new growth along the stem.

    Best of luck!

  • Shaley Shaley on Mar 14, 2017

    Check out you tube voodoo garden he teaches how to prune them so the stem gets thicker. Plus you might aso have indeterminate tomatoes which need a string to climb, they ripen fruit over time where determinate flush fruit all at once and are a bush.

  • Johnchip Johnchip on Mar 14, 2017

    You say, you started too early. For the 75 cents you paid for pack of seeds, start over.

  • Sue Stelmach Sue Stelmach on Mar 14, 2017

    Thank all of you for your replies

  • Me Me on Mar 19, 2017

    lots of sunlight, and manure. if you're transplanting, plant the seedling deep, even up to the bottom of the top leaves. Tomatoes recover from rough starts with amazing speed