get a variety that produces huge tomatoes Beefsteak,Giant monster,Big Boy,Big Brandy,Big Rainbow; they require a lot of nutrients. They’re wild about fertilizer and before you even think about growing tomatoes, you should think about “growing” your soil first. Tomatoes like rich, amended soil teeming with worms and microbes.
Two key nutrients must be present for tomatoes to thrive: phosphorus, which promotes the growth of flowers and fruit, and calcium, which prevents blossom-end rot (that dreaded black sunken hole on the flower end of your calcium-deficient tomatoes). Providing these nutrients right from the start ensures you’ll grow bigger tomatoes that will be the envy of all your neighbors.
To a lesser extent, tomato plants also need nitrogen, but too much nitrogen could result in a big, bushy, and green tomato plant with no flowers. https://www.gardenbetty.com/grow-bigger-and-better-tomatoes-this-summer/ To prune your tomato plant, look for the suckers that grow in the “V” space between the main stem and branches. While these suckers can eventually become full-grown branches and produce fruit, the tomato plant can become too large with the additional foliage and will not produce as much fruit in the long-run
Make sure that your plants are far enough apart that they get plenty of air circulation. I found a calcium supplement to use if the dreaded blossom end rot shows up. It is a spray bottle that you use on the leaves for quicker absorption to keep anymore tomatoes from getting blossom end rot. Don't use foliar fertilizer, as with the nitrogen, you will get a big wonderful green plant with little to no produce. This goes with all veggie plants that I know of, they like to be fed from the roots. The only foliar feeding I do is if the tomatoes need more calcium. Potted tomatoes re more prone to blossom end rot than ones planted in the ground, they lose their nutrients in the pot since the plants are watered so much and it looses the nutrients quicker.
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Here is a nice video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ybIlGqLxNU
get a variety that produces huge tomatoes Beefsteak,Giant monster,Big Boy,Big Brandy,Big Rainbow; they require a lot of nutrients. They’re wild about fertilizer and before you even think about growing tomatoes, you should think about “growing” your soil first. Tomatoes like rich, amended soil teeming with worms and microbes.
Two key nutrients must be present for tomatoes to thrive: phosphorus, which promotes the growth of flowers and fruit, and calcium, which prevents blossom-end rot (that dreaded black sunken hole on the flower end of your calcium-deficient tomatoes). Providing these nutrients right from the start ensures you’ll grow bigger tomatoes that will be the envy of all your neighbors.
To a lesser extent, tomato plants also need nitrogen, but too much nitrogen could result in a big, bushy, and green tomato plant with no flowers. https://www.gardenbetty.com/grow-bigger-and-better-tomatoes-this-summer/ To prune your tomato plant, look for the suckers that grow in the “V” space between the main stem and branches. While these suckers can eventually become full-grown branches and produce fruit, the tomato plant can become too large with the additional foliage and will not produce as much fruit in the long-run
Make sure that your plants are far enough apart that they get plenty of air circulation. I found a calcium supplement to use if the dreaded blossom end rot shows up. It is a spray bottle that you use on the leaves for quicker absorption to keep anymore tomatoes from getting blossom end rot. Don't use foliar fertilizer, as with the nitrogen, you will get a big wonderful green plant with little to no produce. This goes with all veggie plants that I know of, they like to be fed from the roots. The only foliar feeding I do is if the tomatoes need more calcium. Potted tomatoes re more prone to blossom end rot than ones planted in the ground, they lose their nutrients in the pot since the plants are watered so much and it looses the nutrients quicker.
It does depend on the subspecies of tomato variety how large they will get, but I swear by these fertilizer sticks for best results.... https://www.amazon.com/Jobes-Fertilizer-Release-Blister-Package/dp/B000UVR656/ref=asc_df_B000UVR656/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198092200243&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15411655937749149684&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9033057&hvtargid=aud-643191255296:pla-320548819356&psc=1