4 Things To Know About Growing Dwarf Tomatoes
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Tomatoes are tomatoes, right? Well, different varieties can benefit from different techniques. I want to share the 4 best things I've learned about growing dwarf tomatoes.
GROWING CONDITIONS
They may be smaller, but they really like the same as other tomatoes. That means full sun, good soil (compost, fertilizer, manure), and water.
These all play off of each water as well. Good soil will retain water but also allow for drainage. Water keeps the plants hydrated and growing without being too stressed.
SIZE
You probably guessed it already, but these plants are small. The actual tomato fruit itself, though, can range from tiny to totally "normal" sized.
Because the plants are compact, you don't need a big ol' trellis or things like that. You can get away with just stakes and netting or even - I can't believe I'm saying this - a tomato cage.
PRUNING
Indeterminate tomatoes require a bit of maintenance between trellising and pruning. Dwarfs, on the other hand, don't really need much in terms of pruning. You can do it to help increase air flow, especially if you get diseases in your area, or to just keep the plant under control.
HARVESTING
Always be aware of what kind of tomato you're growing. Dwarf tomatoes can be determinate or indeterminate, but give them a nice snip when they have at least some color on the fruit.
One thing that you want to be careful of is how carefully you harvest the tomatoes. Because the plants are smaller, you don't want to damage them because there is less plant to recover.
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Great video. Most of my tomatoes are dwarves and I have lots of success with them.
Hi, great video. I have to say your tomatoes have beautiful leaves. No curling! Is that because of consistent watering?
Fun to watch.
I am in year 2 of gardening and I found that dwarf tomatoes are the perfect size for my garden. Also very manageable if you dont have tons of time to put into maintaining a large structure. Thanks for this video, very informative. Hoping to start finding other varieties to take advantage of going into next season.
Aren't they so handy?!
I am researching dwarfs because of their size. Hoping to find similar tastes to replace the classic ind. varieties I have. I’m in 8a but have very hot dry summers. Looking forward to next spring!
We have so many incredibly tasting tomatoes. Wilpena has won taste tests 2 years in a row! Not to mention the other amazing tasting dwarf tomatoes we have. Check them all out. You won’t be disappointed!
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I`m growing compact 8 to 9 inch tall and wide micro dwarf tomatoes in 5 gallon hydro buckets outside in Louisiana under the edge of my camper roof in mostly bright shade except morning and late evening but the original parent plant bucket is under a 15 watt directional bulb at night. It looks better but the others bloom and fruit more. I have no clue what variety they are but they`re very red when ripe. I planted "Pinocchio Orange" but that`s not what`s growing. But maybe I got the seeds mixed up because a freeze came and I moved pots I started them in and some froze. Anyway, I`ve cloned the original to make more because they taste much better than the sour, tasteless Tiny Tim I first planted (It`s still alive in the garden, ha! Soil didn`t improve taste.) and are very compact and productive and in winter I move them inside. The original was planted about 2 years ago. I want to try a bigger variety inside in winter. These are cherry types.
Thank you for this video, now I know what I’ve been doing wrong! Florida wants their weave back though, lol!
Ha! I'll go back to calling it the California weave :P
How does the yield of Dwarf Tomatoes typically compares to Indeterminate Tomatoes?
Total yield is going to be less for sure. Dwarfs can get totally loaded with fruit, but it's a much smaller plant rather than something that you might have growing up 10+ feet over the season.
@@SanDiegoSeedCompany And will indeterminate dwarves produce continuously until the end of the season (until frost or something like late blight gets them)?
No such thing as indeterminate dwarfs. 😂 @@rose_roots dwarfs are technically called determinates and they produce heavily then die off. Indeterminates continue producing until frost.
I live near San Francisco California. My pumpkins are bright orange. It doesn’t look like they’re getting any bigger. I want to use them for Halloween. Should I leave them on the vine or harvest and store them somewhere?
Every variety can be a little different, but it sounds like they may be ready. You can cure them, and they'll store until then.
Also be sure to check the "days to harvest" and make sure you're within that window.
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Hay has a ton of forever pesticides. Never find horse manure in our garden.
Dwarf tomato plants!!?? What's next? Elf cucumber plants? Ha! Ha!
Gotta work on the wizard corn too!
❓❔❓❔❓ okay .... question .... DO YOU PUT IN FRESH horse manure???? ALSO, be aware, if horse owner is blasting their horse every 2 months or so with a worming product, those chemicals will carry into the manure. I give my horses DE daily to combat the parasites organically. So, I have plenty of 'clean' manure but have always heard you need to 'cure' it by leaving it out for +/- 6 months before using .... hence the question. BTW, learned of and purchased dwarf tomatoes from you and looking forward to harvesting what the varmints don't beat me to. . . . urghhhh!
I would never use fresh unless it is from rabbits.
@@irony11 That's what I was thinking .... @Brigette?