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05-09-2020, 01:47 PM
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I got 3 tomato plants earlier this year and they've grown really well and I have lots of tomatoes on them. However, they are quite small (the size of cherry tomatoes). Do tomatoes carry on growing in size after they've turned red or will they remain the same size? Or is it because its their first year that they are small? Or some other reason? Also, I don't know when I should pick them?

It's not as simple as I thought

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05-09-2020, 01:57 PM
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Sounds like you do have cherry tomato plants Pam and yes, when they turn red they are ready for eating and will grow no bigger.
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05-09-2020, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Pamela ->
I got 3 tomato plants earlier this year and they've grown really well and I have lots of tomatoes on them. However, they are quite small (the size of cherry tomatoes). Do tomatoes carry on growing in size after they've turned red or will they remain the same size? Or is it because its their first year that they are small? Or some other reason? Also, I don't know when I should pick them?

It's not as simple as I thought

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Hello Pamela, I agree with Barry, you must have bought cherry tomatoes.
But all tomatoes flower, then start growing fruits, and finally ripen as they become full grown and ready to eat.
I'm guessing they didn't have a label when you bought them perhaps?

Also, your comment about maybe it's because it's the first year - well tomatos are not perennials, they are only annual plants, so only last for one season.
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05-09-2020, 03:13 PM
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Although you may be able to coax two or more years out of them but this wouldn't be financially beneficial.
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05-09-2020, 03:21 PM
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They were labelled with someone's name so I didn't know what they were going to be.

So does that mean the whole plant will die after one year, or will they only produce tomatoes for one year?

Sorry for being such a dunce.
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05-09-2020, 04:08 PM
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Re: Tomato help

Originally Posted by Pamela ->
I got 3 tomato plants earlier this year and they've grown really well and I have lots of tomatoes on them. However, they are quite small (the size of cherry tomatoes). Do tomatoes carry on growing in size after they've turned red or will they remain the same size? Or is it because its their first year that they are small? Or some other reason? Also, I don't know when I should pick them?

It's not as simple as I thought

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05-09-2020, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Pamela ->
They were labelled with someone's name so I didn't know what they were going to be.

So does that mean the whole plant will die after one year, or will they only produce tomatoes for one year?

Sorry for being such a dunce.
The plants are annuals, which means they germinate, grow, fruit, then die in the space of a year, so when the plants have finished fruiting then throw them on the compost heap and start afresh with new seed next year.
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05-09-2020, 05:54 PM
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Marge says that once they've gone red they won't get any bigger. It depends on the variety as to how red they'll go.
As Barry said, they are annuals so every year is their first year!
When to pick them depends upon their variety, but her advice is to pick them when they've gone red and see how they taste.

I might add that I'm just passing on what Marge has said.
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05-09-2020, 07:38 PM
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Most of my tomatoes started off normal size but now nearly every plant is covered in marble size fruit.
I thought it might be due to the fluctuations in temperature we've had this summer
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05-09-2020, 08:55 PM
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Thank you every for your advice.

One last question, can I grow new tomato plants from cuttings or do they have to be grown from seed?

Thanks again
 
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