Hi Walter, I have a sweet orange cherry tomato in my upside down "topsy-turvy" hanger and as soon as I put the plant in, it turned upwards, not hanging down and has only produced about 7 little tomatoes..good, buy not many. There are a few buds and all my other tomatoes are growing great guns. ODD??? or normal? Do I start tapping my already distressed plant?
I have tried the last 3 seasons to grow large tomatos. I do beefsteak, cherry and I have tried a couple other types. My cherry tomatos grow like wildfire, and they get pretty big for a cherry. But all other types of tomatos seem to not grow and when I do get one that looks nice it ends up being shriveled on one side or stops getting big. Im about to give up and just do cherrys, but I will try that trick, maybe get some better ones this year.
Oh I never even thought of that. My sister asked me what to do few months back I told her to use Q Tip. LOL it worked for her. She is in southern Ca so there growing season is so different there. She pretty much lives in the desert. So the heat also play's big part too.
I just left mine alone and let them grow....watered them occassionally. Really got a great load and was kept in Tomato's all summer long - just from a few plants.
JL