I just joined because I have so many tomato questions. Well, it turns out most were answered in previous posts, so I've got to get out to the garden right now for some corrective surgery and hydration. We live in Brooklyn and have large pots of cherry tomatoes, grown from organic seed. The plants grew very quickly and very tall. Strong, not leggy. Some are six feet.
I am going out to trim some lower branches...
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In the meantime, if you have cherry tomatoes that quickly got to 6' tall, sounds like you are giving them plenty of fertilizer. If that is the case, you probably want to back off now and especially be sure you aren't feeding them with anything nitrogen heavy (nitrogen is the N in NPK, the first number in the ratio). You want a ratio of 5-10-10 or even heavier on the PK end. Too much nitrogen at this point encourages them to keep getting taller and leafier, but slows down fruiting...
In the meantime, if you have cherry tomatoes that quickly got to 6' tall, sounds like you are giving them plenty of fertilizer. If that is the case, you probably want to back off now and especially be sure you aren't feeding them with anything nitrogen heavy (nitrogen is the N in NPK, the first number in the ratio). You want a ratio of 5-10-10 or even heavier on the PK end. Too much nitrogen at this point encourages them to keep getting taller and leafier, but slows down fruiting...
