How to Grow Large Tomato Plants

Tired of mediocre tomato plants? This article will help you grow large tomato plants that produce abundantly!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Tomato Plant
• Shovel
• Fertilizer
• Tomato Cages

1. Finding the Right Location: You want a spot in your garden that gets a lot of sunlight. The more sun the better. Also if you are planting other vegetables besides tomatoes, make sure you do not plant them next to kohlrabi, potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, under walnut trees, and mature dill. Some plants will stunt tomato growth or carry diseases which can damage tomato plants.

2. Digging: Once you have a good location for the tomato plants, dig down into the ground two and half feet deep. This may seem like a lot but this helps the roots of the tomato plant to grow down easier and deeper resulting in fuller tomato plants.

3. Fertilizer: Once the hole is dug, fill it back in with about 5 inches of dirt. Then add a hand-full of 4-10-10 Nitrogen phosphate potash mixed fertilizer to the hole.

4. Planting: After the fertilizer is in the hole, fill it the rest of the way with dirt except the length of the tomato plant roots. Place another hand-full of fertilizer in the hole. Gently break up the roots of the tomato plant and place in the hole. Fill in with the rest of the dirt. Do not compress down. You want some air and water to seep into the ground. Sprinkle a little more fertilizer on top of the ground around the tomato plant.

5. 

   Support: Gently place the wire tomato cage over the tomato plant. This will help keep the tomato upright when it gets big and heavy with tomatoes. Water well!

Tips & Warnings

• Tomatoes love water, especially when the weather is hot and when you start to see little tomatoes on the vine.
• Keep the area around the tomatoes well weeded.

[sweetspirit]

on 9/21/2009 Love home grown food. Thanks!

[alltrails]

on 9/6/2009 Good tips - my tomatoes never seem to produce much. I'm going to try this. 5 stars - thanks!