They should be receiving six to eight hours of sun a day. Pinch off any flowers that are growing to close together. Water in the early morning hours so they are moist during the afternoon hot sun. Feed them every other week with a well balanced fertilizer for Tomatoes.
Don't get them to watery. Tomatoes don't like a lot of water. Let'em dry down a bit before you water again. And they need sun. The lowest leaves on the plant can come off after it looks healthy enough. I can about 100 quarts every year. Nothing like homemade tomatoes!!
Tomatoes like lots of water, but they don't want to be in soggy soil so let them dry out a little between waterings. Water with the rubber, round soaker hoses that do not spray water as the water is bad for the blooms. When I plant the plants outside, I always put 1 handful of dry, crushed eggshells in the bottom of the hole before planting the plants at least 8" deep; the stem below the ground will get roots all along it which helps feed the plant. After planting, I sprinkle another handful of the crushed eggshells all around from the plant to about 6" out from the plant; the eggshells give the plants calcium which prevents blossom-end rot on the tomatoes and also keeps all cutworms, etc. away from the plant as they won't crawl across the shells. I then lay down my hoses and cover them with straw; the straw keeps the moisture in the ground so it does take as much water for the plants and it also keeps the weeds from growing up in my tomato patch. I raise 25 plants every year without any problems; I can 200 qts. of pure tomato juice (I liquefy the entire tomato and remove the seeds) and also have lots of fresh tomatoes to sell at the local Farmer's Market. Hope this helps.
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There is one thing I know about tomatoes. They won't flower and produce if the temperature goes below 65 degrees.
They should be receiving six to eight hours of sun a day. Pinch off any flowers that are growing to close together. Water in the early morning hours so they are moist during the afternoon hot sun. Feed them every other week with a well balanced fertilizer for Tomatoes.
Don't get them to watery. Tomatoes don't like a lot of water. Let'em dry down a bit before you water again. And they need sun. The lowest leaves on the plant can come off after it looks healthy enough. I can about 100 quarts every year. Nothing like homemade tomatoes!!
Tomatoes like lots of water, but they don't want to be in soggy soil so let them dry out a little between waterings. Water with the rubber, round soaker hoses that do not spray water as the water is bad for the blooms. When I plant the plants outside, I always put 1 handful of dry, crushed eggshells in the bottom of the hole before planting the plants at least 8" deep; the stem below the ground will get roots all along it which helps feed the plant. After planting, I sprinkle another handful of the crushed eggshells all around from the plant to about 6" out from the plant; the eggshells give the plants calcium which prevents blossom-end rot on the tomatoes and also keeps all cutworms, etc. away from the plant as they won't crawl across the shells. I then lay down my hoses and cover them with straw; the straw keeps the moisture in the ground so it does take as much water for the plants and it also keeps the weeds from growing up in my tomato patch. I raise 25 plants every year without any problems; I can 200 qts. of pure tomato juice (I liquefy the entire tomato and remove the seeds) and also have lots of fresh tomatoes to sell at the local Farmer's Market. Hope this helps.
Oops, I meant does not take as much water. These old 71-yr-old fingers missed a few keys.