How do I grow a tomato plant?

If you find difficulties to grow tomatoes in pots,

you may try growing them in black plastic baskets.

Basket provide good drainage, good air ventilation,

no over watering problems and lasting too.

If you can sprout your seeds indoor, you can grow them

now.

First get a plastic cup and place 1/2 inch of potting soil in it,

wet the soil with clean water. Lay your seeds on top and sprinkle

a few drops of water over them. Cover the seeds with a loose layer

of dry soil.

Sprinkle water everyday and you will see the young little plant is coming up.

Stake them with toothpick when they are one inch tall.

When the night temperature is up to 20°C or 68°F, this is the best time

to move your plants into baskets and stake them with longer bamboo sticks.

Add two or more earth worms in the baskets, they will generate your instant fertilizers.

Their roots must be covered all the time and the soil must always be moist.

Tomatoes love plenty of sunlight and water.

Prune off the side shoots which stay at 45° between the stem and the branch

as soon as they appear. They are known as "Suckers". This way the flower

clusters will soon growing into sweet tomatoes.

Top the plant when 3 to 4 clusters of flowers appeared. So that they will

concentrate on growing the existing fruits.

When there is heavy rain fall, a head shelter may help the plants to grow

better.

I hope it helps!

Try getting a 5 gallon bucket and planting a tomato plant in there. It's large enought that you can still get one of the cages around it and it is still portable enough to set wherever. Try placing it near a sunny window or leave it on a porch to get some sun. If you are moving in a few weeks, you could wait and buy a small tomato plant from a local nursery and still use the 5 gallon bucket if your new garden isn't prepped for planting yet. Tomato plants are pretty hardy little creatures and with a decent amount of light and water I am sure it will be fine!

You can use pots to grow toms, though this can restrict them, they prefer to spread their roots along the ground not down into the ground, so grow bags make idea places or even in your Garden if you have the space. If you use pots try using wide ones. Use sticks to support the toms as they get very heavy when fruiting. If you want them bushing pinch out. You need to water twice a day, and plenty of it they need alot of water, if you notice tomatoes splitting then you are watering too much, if the plant looks dry and the fruit unusually small you maybe watering to little, dont water plants during mid day or the hottest part of the day because if it is hot plants dont like being boiled, morn and eve better times usually, and when they start fruiting you may want to use a tomato feed, think they like potassium feeds, but not sure, you can buy specialist tom feed. They prefer sun so summer is better unless you live in a desert then think about putting them in a sunny but shady spot!

spring and summer, is always a good time, you can usually get another harvest in the fall if you have a greenhouse. tomatos love nitrogen, you have to give them chicken fertilizer, bat guano ect, they are good organic fertilizers with a high nitogen number.

you can amend in the soil prior to planting or make a tea to water, tomatos are part of the "night shade" family, there actually are plants that grow tomatos above ground and potatos below!

they will need to be supported through out growth, they are quite fragile plants, and will get heavy when covered in fruit

Between winter & spring season tomato plant u can growing. Try to growing on land don't in the tub or pots. when u dig soil & put seeds in soil then use some water on them.

kitchen gardening is good thing . you wants to grow a tomato plant for this you have to take some tomato seed . put this tomato seed in soil and throw some water in soil. after few days you can see the seed is going and become a plant.

well,i dont know wher u stay but......the plants brought from nursery usually dont survive at ur place coz the way they nurture a plant is quite diff from what u do and so does the environment.......i can say,a flowering plant can be good from a nursery and not a fruit bearing one!!.....so to grow a plant which bears fruits!! i suggest u to go to a shop who sells fertilizers and seeds!!....u can find them in a busy market in ur area!.....u get seeds of any fruit and flower and 'how to' instructions! a wide and deep flower pot is better than a small one!......u can buy urea,fertilizers from the nursery!......ask them how to mix up the urea in the soil....oh! most important...the soil u use shud be reddish in colour!...the one u find if u dig deep pits!......u can find this at any dumping site or a construction site!.......actually tomatoes grow anywher but if grown on this soil it tastes better!! if u cant find the seeds then take a ripe tomato and separate the seeds,wash them(untill they r scattered and dont stick to each other)and scatter them on a news paper and let it to dry....u r basically takin away the moisture and drying the seeds! once they r dried,sow them in ur pots.....just scatter them in the pot and cover up wit loose soil and water them......cross ur fingers and hav patience!!...they shud grow up to give u the fruits!......

plant your tomatoes lying down,burying the plant except for the top few inches, all of the plant that you buried will become a larger root system to help your plant grow. set your plants out as early as possible, protecting them from frost. give them as much sun as possible. snip off suckers that sprout between the main vine and the leaves, if you let the ****** get around 10 inches or so before breaking it, then it will be large enough to plant it and you will have another tomato plant.you will need to tie your plant to a stake to support it. like most plants they like their soil damp but not drenched. also if you notice leaves dissapearing quickly than you need to inspect your plant for a large green catipillar, if left unchecked it will destroy your plant.

good luck

Grow them outside. I would suggest getting some Miracle Gro soil and use that where you plant them. I did that last year and the plants, and tomatoes, were bigger than I ever had before.

I plan to plant mine next weekend. I believe we had our last frost.

THE BEST 13 WAY TO GREW A TOMATO PLANT

1.Buy a tomato plant from a nursery and transplant it to your garden for the first-time grower. More experienced growers will find it easy to start their own tomatoes from seed, beginning, as appropriate, in a greenhouse or sunny window indoors.

* In most cases, there's no reason to pay extra to buy larger plants.

* Good first-time growers’ varieties include Better Boy, Creole, Big Boy, Early Girl, Brandywine, Celebrity, Lemon Boy, or just about any cherry or grape tomato variety.

* Plant several varieties rather than all of one type-- this ensures a steady harvest. As a rule of thumb, it's good to have two plants for each member of the family who will eat tomatoes. If you plan on canning or making salsa, use up to four plants per person.

* Plants usually cost US $4.

2.Choose a sunny spot to place the plants. Place tomato plants in a site receiving full sun (7 hours or more daily) Tomatoes need lots of warm sunshine for optimum taste.

3.Prepare the garden bed by adding lots of compost (5 to 8 pounds per square foot/25 to 40 kilograms per square meter) to the soil. Turn compost into the top 3 inches (6 to 8 cm). Tomatoes demand a growing medium rich in organic matter. If you don't make your own compost, use store-bought compost or composted manure available in the 40-pound bags. Compost or Manure is usually less than US $5 per 40-pound bag.

4.Transplant the tomato deeply. Bury about 75% of the plant. It’s okay to bury some of its leaves. New roots will emerge along the buried stem, giving the plant a development boost; a new transplant needs to focus on root production.

5.Water the seedlings.

Water the seedlings.

Give each plant about 1 gallon (about 4 liters) of warm water (about 80 degrees F/ 27 degrees C) within ten minutes of transplanting to avoid transplant shock.

6.Space tomato plants 18 to 36 inches (45 to 90 cm) apart; space them half the suggested distance in warmer climates, especially if using tomato cages. The normal distance recommended is for plants allowed to bush out hugely on the ground, while planting closer together in cages allows the plants to shade each other's fruit, helping prevent burn and allowing a sweeter flavor.

* Don't forget to leave yourself enough space to get in between the plants to water, weed, and harvest. Those cute, little seedlings may not remain that way for long.

7.Continue to water about 16 ounces (about 500 ml) of warm water per plant every day for the first 7 to 10 days after transplanting.

8.Wait a week or two after transplanting,and then place a mulch of straw, dried grass, or pine needles to control weeds and keep the soil moist during dry weather. The mulch should be about an inch (2.5 cm) thick and surround at least a circle 12 inches (about 30 cm) in diameter around the stem. Pine needles are especially good for helping raise the acidity of the soil.

9.Ensure that plants are receiving 1 to 3 inches (2.5 cm to 7.6 cm) of rain weekly. If not, give each plant about 2 gallons (about 7.5 liters) per plant per week, beginning 14 days after transplanting.

* The tomato plant should be watered 2 to 3 times weekly (so, water each plant with about .75 to 1 gallon each time (about 3 to 4 liters).

* It's okay in hot or dry weather to water even more frequently with larger volumes.

10.Support the tomato.

Support the tomato.

Consider using a tomato cage or a stake to support the tomato vine about 14 days after transplanting.

* A stake should be at least 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) thick and 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 meters) long. Pound stakes about 12 to 24 inches (30 cm to 60 cm) deep, at least 2 inches (5 cm) away from the plant. Secure the plant to the stake using loose knotted double-loops that won't strangle the plant. Stakes can be made of bamboo, scrap wood, electrical conduit, or iron bar.

* While it is less common, they can also be vined on a trellis or fence, like grapes, beans, squash, and other vining plants. This can produce especially large yields, but is less popular because tomato plants grow so large and bulky.

* A cage should be at least 48 inches (1.2 m) tall, even taller if you grow the plant well. Some tomato plants can be more than six feet (1.8 m) tall in cages. Cages have a tendency to bend if the plants get heavy, and sometimes collapse in summer storms. Carefully pull leaves and secondary stems inside the cage as the plant grows. Cages cost less than USD $4 each.

* If your plants routinely outgrow purchased tomato cages, get some hardware cloth (wire mesh) with a broad grid and cut it and roll it into wide cylinders to make your own, larger cages. Bend the wire ends around the wires on the opposite end, making a circle. This type of cage may need a strong stake for support.

11.Choose whether to use chemical fertilizers. Tomatoes can grow very well organically, provided the soil is well en