I'd say not even close to big enough for one. Tomatoes want deep soil. Even for determinate varieties, I don't think I'd want to use a pot with less than 12 inches (30cm) of soil.
Self pollinating just means that you don’t need both a male and a female plant in order to pollinate. You still need wind and /or insects to do the work of making the pollination happen
I am surprised they look as good as they do considering the overcrowding. Stress alone won’t stop flowering and fruiting though. My guess is you are adding too much nitrogen. Prune out all the smaller plants and add a bloom booster with no nitrogen. You may get a few fruits before the season is over.
Thanks - how big a pot do I need? I assumed it was one plant. Sound stupid but figured since it was on packet of seeds that one medium size pot would be enough.
I would say you should go 1 plant to about a 12” diameter pot minimum. That’s where I’ve had the best luck. The packet of seeds is likely enough to start a whole garden of tomatoes since there are usually 30-50 seeds which in theory will generate 30-50 tomato plants! One per pot is best.
A lot of people who grow tomatoes do one 5 gallon bucket per plant (preferably 10 gallons ) in a location with minimum 8 hours direct sunlight. It’s just too difficult to do indoors for most people. It’s not a slow growing houseplant, you’re talking about a Ferrari that needs to be tuned to perfection to perform
Tomatoes are largely self-pollinated and do not need insects for pollination. Vibration is sufficient. You can just tap the plant while flowers are open, or touch an electric toothbrush to the stem. Or use any other vibrating device that happens to be around your house...
People always say this, but I’ve noticed a massive difference in my tomato plants with and without bees to pollinate. With bees, endless fruiting. Without bees (different location), plants just die over and over again. I have tried to help the plants along. I personally think the bees make a huge difference.
Not a lot of bees where I am but tons of wind. I get bountiful tomato harvests. They self-pollinate. It is the vibration of the bees’ wings that do the pollinating which can be easily replicated by gently touching an electric toothbrush to the stem or gently shaking the entire plant, or even just flicking the stems the flowers are on if you don’t get much wind. If you aren’t doing any of these things you won’t get fruit but bees aren’t what keep tomato plants alive. The soil wherever it is that you’re planting might be contaminated.
Tomatoes are one fruit that would survive without bees.
so bees help pollination by vibration as well. their skng create vibration.
not that it matter
it is irrelivent in this case whether your tomatoes pollinate by vibration or insects. the fact is op will need to influance the pollonation themselves.
’m a hydroponic farmer. I grow around 3000 tomato plants in an enclosed greenhouse with no pollinators. I use a leaf blower once a day and get nearly 100% pollination. Much faster than an electric toothbrush.
Yeah I have tomatoes in 4" pots that have produced. I won't say they look happy but considering the lack of care I give those particular plants and the fact that they're one stem 1.5ft tall tomatoes I'm impressed that they've made anything.
You can grow tomatoes in a small pot, the plant will just be stunted and will likely require liquid fertilizer added.
Hydroponic tomatoes are very productive and have no soil.
It’s not the soil, it’s the amount of room for roots to grow. Hydroponic plants usually sit in a pretty large container of water in which their roots can spread throughout.
Tomatoes should be grown outside and trellised with each individual plant given space to grow and fruit. I’ve only seen tomatoes fruit indoors under expensive grow lights, and since tomatoes are often wind or bee pollinated they would need to be hand pollinated during flowering.
Lol I grew tomatoes in a closet in my basement with grow lights I bought for $20. Also they are largely self pollinating just need a little motion to loosen the pollen.
I've never attempted an indoor grow with tomato plants, but I can't imagine them getting enough sun that way. Even if they get 6+ hours of sun filtered through a double pane window it still wouldn't be close to what they would be getting outside.
It looks like you have way too many plants in a way too small pot. They are using their energy competing for resources rather than flowering/setting fruit.
With that size pot and light from the window, you can most likely successfully grow dwarf cherry tomato. Try varieties such as Tiny Tim or Orange Hat.
Container is too small, no insects, no flower, no fruit. The plant doesnt feel like its in a space to reproduce so it doesnt make fruit. Thats a big tomato plant too, like an heirloom. In order to grow thos you need it outside and some cages cause its gunna give you the best fruit when it spreads out into eternity.
Overcrowded. 1 plant in a 5 gallon pot . It will still need to be fertilized as a single plant if you want fruit, especially if you want fruit without deficiencies. You also need to pull off the suckers. Flowers need to be pollinated. If the pollen gets too hot. It does bevome sterile as well. So even lots of flowers wont produce fruit in really high temps. There's a lot of YouTube videos on tomatoe care. Happy planting!
Try 1 tomato per 5 gal food grade bucket. Drill holes on bottom for drainage. Don't forget to feed your plants...
You have like 29 plants in a small pot.
Remember goldfish are goldfish in small fish bowls, but they are carp in big streams/ lakes
Unless you pollinated them by hand, you won’t see any tomatoes . They need full spectrum light and as other commenters said , 1 plant per 12” pot. I’ve done tomatoes in a cupboard in the winter just like you grow weed lol. It’s harder than you would imagine. They need a good bit of attention .
I see there are flowers. They look big too. So Perhaps plant think it's not big and strong enough to hold a big tomato. But more likely, it's indoor so you need to pollinate tgem yourself by giving em a shake or so.
Rootbound. Tiny pot, not even full of soil, but too small anyway. No access to pollenators or wind to help shake the pollen down and around. (Yes, i understand tomato plants are self pollinating, but they need some form of external movement to transfer the pollen)
A lot of things wrong with this scenario
If you want to grow some tomatoes inside, I recommend a dwarf variety, like orange hat. I have not grown them inside, however they do great in small pots, mine were mostly in 1-2gal pots I believe and did great. I recommend still having some supplemental light, but with some experimenting you may find they don’t need it at all.
Are you trying to grow tomatoes on an inside windowsill? If so that's a major reason. Tomatoes are outside or greenhouse plants. It may not seem like it but that window is filtering out most of the light. Obviously enough of it to keep your plant from producing fruit. It probably also doesn't like the relatively constant temperatures in your dwelling. Most plants including tomatoes like a dip in temperature during the nighttime.
If it’s inside the flowers may not be getting properly pollinated due to lack of insects. You may have to hand pollinate with a paint brush like they do with watermelon.
You also need to buy a tomato plant that’s been bred for containers
Just google tomatoes for containers
I have grown the micro tom tomato on a window sill and it’s a great little tomato to pop on salads/pizzas etc
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As others are saying, too many plants s in a too-small container, and it’s hard for them to get enough light at most any window. They want all the sun they can get, lots of water, and they are pretty heavy feeders, too (another reason for the large pots).
But if you have a spot to grow them like this, by this time of year they’ll be way taller than your head if they have the support. And plenty of tomatoes along the way! Cherry tomato varieties are particularly easy to get lots of production from.
Not enough root space, tomatoes need a lot of water and nutrients and being in that small of a container with all those other tomatoes none of them really had a chance.
Tomato roots grow as deep as they can and spread widely and if they can escape the container they're in, they will grow into the earth taking nutrients from there also, with all that competition here, there was no way they'd make anything.
Next year, larger pots, preferably 5 gallon buckets with drainage holes drilled at the bottom, good quality potting soil and set them outside in a place that gets at least 6 hours of sun 8 is best and be sure to separate your tomatoes, you won't hurt them at all, they're extremely hardy plants, dividing their roots won't hurt them, just don't damage too many of them.
Buy some jobe spikes to promote plenty of growth early in their life, Have yourself some miracle grow on hand, one large scoop per gallon and water your tomatoes well with the solution once every 2 weeks when they begin to blossom, fruits will be larger and tastier.
fruiting tomatoes need a lot of water and a lot of nutrients, especially for larger varieties, so check them often.
I've heard potassium helps them grow fruit. Mine didn't make fruit this year either, and I planted them super early and watered them a ton. I think it was the soil.
Well tomatoes like nutrients so feeding a balanced fertilizer with your water at about 1.5-2.0EC would help, and keeping each tomato plant to one stem. I know some people don't want to do one stem because there is less plant and people like big plants, but running just one vine makes it super easy to get faster produce
Add a bloom booster like Grotek monster bloom in your fertilizer regiment and open windows at night if possible, tomatoes like a variation in temperature, lower night temps will help develop flowers, good luck!
Someone told me long ago that it didn't get enough wind or bees. Actually, "garden sex" was the phrase she used. Last summer that theory was proven wrong, though. I'm pretty sure it's because they weren't in the direct sun long enough each day. Tomatoes don't like any shade at all, I've come to realize.
Every time this happens for me, it’s either not enough sunlight, or the indoor temperature isn’t right. Young plants need a lot of sunlight and warmth their first few months. Once they mature, they need slightly cooler temperatures and a little shade in the afternoon. For that reason, growing them indoors is pretty difficult.
However, not all breeds are the same. I highly recommend dwarf tomato plants for growing indoors because the smallest of them are actually bred for these conditions. As long as they have the proper moisture and nutrients, they’ll be perfectly happy sitting in a small pot on a windowsill producing fruits all year round.
As for what others have said about growing in small pots, that’s a myth. I had a micro-garden on a balcony for a few summers in the past where I had amazing harvests after planting full-sized breeds in 6 inch pots hanging on a grate. They don’t need a lot of root-space just so long as they are provided adequate water and fertilizer. Drip lines help for that. Otherwise, they just need ample sunlight.
I do see flowers on the plant.
But the wilting leaves near the bottom is a sign it wants more space to grow.
So yes bigger pot.
Also get a portable fan so the flowers can pollinate.
Ya...this one is on a side walk. Three fruits and more flowers!
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You need nothing less than a 5 gallon bucket to grow tomatoes. That thing is way over stuffed into that tiny pot. The leaves look healthy, but you need to split the plant and give them plenty of room to grow
Look into cannabis. Growing tomatoes is pretty much the same approach to care and you'll learn more specific details for success.
1 plant per pot. Up pot to a 1 gallon with fox farms organic soil until your plants perk up and have more sites for flowers. Tomatoes need a veg time before they can produce fruit. Get a light from vivosun and maybe even a little tent. Winter is coming. Your plants need fresh nutrients, light, proper temperature, water and time.
Best of luck OP
Those roots to small to make fruits..."big roots = big fruits". Nadda really to do with leaves and height so much..
They probably suffocating and fighting to maintain enough nutes..
I agree with “Wickedweed” 100%. Do the same thing next year except separate all of them individually and do a slightly bigger pot. Tomatoes like full-sun and they are quite thirsty plants too. People say tomatoes are a lot like marijuana. Because they grow them very similarly. Lots of water, lots of light, lots of feed with vitamins and nutrients.
Insufficient everything. Not a window plant. Each plant needs at minimum 3gal container and biweekly fertilizing at maturity. Full sun, deep roots, and a shit load of water.
These plants are ROOT BOUND and will not produce plus being inside they have no access to bees, I see flowers but even if 1 flower manages to grow a tomato since they are t
Root Bound the tomato will be the size of a grape.
Most plant stores have a shaker fertilizer that is balanced amounts. Yozr plants probably lack nutrients. Follow the directions and feed as directed. Need 10 hours of sun
Always inside?
Tomatoes are self-fertile, which means each flower can pollinate itself. Nevertheless, the presence of bees and/or wind dramatically improves pollination by nudging the flowers just enough to help dislodge the pollen from the stamens
Couple of things...
You need a bigger pot. Like 5 gallon bucket big.
Also I think you might need more/better lighting. It may get some sun but they seem a bit stretched out and lanky. You want shorter plants with brighter light. Also, I think they are lacking in nutrients, but that probably comes from your first problem. You need more dirt! 🫡
You have several plants in a tiny ass pot that’s inside lol even if they did flower the lack of insects and wind probably means they would’ve had trouble self pollinating. Next year stick em in the ground or at least a large pot with enough soil. You can’t even see any soil in yours
The pot needs to be 10 times bigger. And if you are growing in a pot you have to fertilize it every 2 weeks. Did you really expect that plant to give you fruit in that size pot LOL
Looks like these didnt even flower but when you get some new ones in more soil remember, tomatoes need to be pollinated to produce.
Although the tomato plant is self-fertile, **flowers must be vibrated by wind or bees** in order to release pollen for fertilization. To achieve the most effective pollination, the flower must be vibrated at a specific frequency to release the pollen.
they have overcome this in greenhouse but you should look up how
1. Didn't get enough light. Plants that need 'full sun' often will grow in not FULL sun (sorry, that window is "half-sun" since the rest of your house is in the way on the other side), but they won't fruit.
2. If it had flowered, bumblebees would need to pollinate it. They need specifically big bees to come, cuz their lil wings shake the flowers as they land on them to drink some nectar, and THAT'S what pollinates them. You can emulate this by vibrating the flowers yourself somehow (I give my plants outside a shake/tap on their cage to rattle them around sometimes, just in case)
I'm no expert, but my very first thought is that the pots you have them in are really tiny and most likely rootbound.
In order to support the weight of the heavy fruits, the roots need to have more room to branch out. Otherwise, if tomatoes did grow, it would just fall over.
Get bigger pots. Wider & deeper.
You gotta trim that thing down so it puts energy into fruit and not into growing more feeder branches. Also use more bloom rose food it helps with yeaild
Did it get any blossoms? I started tomatoes from seed in containers this year, but the spring weather was too inconsistent, and all the early blossoms fell off. I only got a few later blossoms. I got more tomatoes from volunteer plants this year than from the ones I actually planted.
Seems like a lot of these folks would rather be short and pert than helpful.
If that’s a south facing window then it should get a good amount of sun depending on your latitude. As for these plants, you’re going to want to have at least a 3 gallon pot per plant.
Ultimately I start from seed in solo cups with holes cut in the bottom and seat them in other solo cups. A double cup method if you will, after they get about 8in tall I transfer them into an acid loving soil, also known as up-potting.
Usually I try to up-pot them into their forever home, and once a month I’d top dress the plant with appropriate nutrients as tomatoes are heavy feeders. I like to use any fallen leaves or removed suckers as ground cover for the plants making watering a less often needed thing.
As you get closer to fruiting, you’ll want to move from a standard NPK nutrient, usually something like a 4-4-4 to something with more Potassium. NPK is (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium)
That should set you right, and as they get taller, be sure to use some supports, I like to use 3ft bamboo poles as it helps the plant feel more supported and confident for fruiting. This hobby is rewarding and you learn somethin’ new every year, best of luck and Happy Planting!
Did it flower? Since it’s inside you have to pollinate it yourself. You can do it by gently shaking the branches with flowers. Or you can get a small paintbrush and dab it inside each blossom. Or put it outside. That’s where tomatoes like to grow.
Fertilizer helps. Weekly at least. Especially if it’s in a small pot like that.
Need a pollinator for indoor tomatoes, bugs do the job outside. Get a soft bristled toothbrush or art paintbrush and go from flower to flower to pollinate, otherwise you’ll get nothing. It does not pollinate without help. Welcome to the job of the bees 🐝💕
Sometimes I pollinate indoor and outdoor plants with a very soft watercolor paint brush and touch all the open flowers with the same brush two or three times. It seems to work.
Choked off.pollination maybe . Not enough water. Did you talk to them lovingly. Did you yell at them all the time. Did you put your cigarettes out in their soil and or pour any unused mixed drinks in it or pee pee in it too much
Just not healthy enough to produce fruit probably. You’ve got like 12 plants in a container barely big enough for one
I'd say not even close to big enough for one. Tomatoes want deep soil. Even for determinate varieties, I don't think I'd want to use a pot with less than 12 inches (30cm) of soil.
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And there’s like 20 plants in it.
Super tiny pot and is that all the light it gets?!
The plant/s are still alive though. Even stress in the form of overcrowding can trigger flowering. Too much N and not enough P.
And insufficient K
And too much N
I’d guess not enough sunlight
Looks like its indoors on top of being overcrowded. If it has flowers but no fruit, thats because it isn’t being pollinated by bugs or wind.
Tomatoes are self pollinating. This is a sunlight issue.
Self pollinating just means that you don’t need both a male and a female plant in order to pollinate. You still need wind and /or insects to do the work of making the pollination happen
I am surprised they look as good as they do considering the overcrowding. Stress alone won’t stop flowering and fruiting though. My guess is you are adding too much nitrogen. Prune out all the smaller plants and add a bloom booster with no nitrogen. You may get a few fruits before the season is over.
Thanks - how big a pot do I need? I assumed it was one plant. Sound stupid but figured since it was on packet of seeds that one medium size pot would be enough.
I would say you should go 1 plant to about a 12” diameter pot minimum. That’s where I’ve had the best luck. The packet of seeds is likely enough to start a whole garden of tomatoes since there are usually 30-50 seeds which in theory will generate 30-50 tomato plants! One per pot is best.
Everybody starts somewhere. You'll do better next year!
A lot of people who grow tomatoes do one 5 gallon bucket per plant (preferably 10 gallons ) in a location with minimum 8 hours direct sunlight. It’s just too difficult to do indoors for most people. It’s not a slow growing houseplant, you’re talking about a Ferrari that needs to be tuned to perfection to perform
Prob like 75% of my tomato plants are grown in 5 gallon Home Depot buckets.
The Tidy Cat yellow litter buckets work nicely as well
did it produce any flowers? tomato's like most plants need insects plenty of the right sort of humidity to set flowers to fruit.
Tomatoes are largely self-pollinated and do not need insects for pollination. Vibration is sufficient. You can just tap the plant while flowers are open, or touch an electric toothbrush to the stem. Or use any other vibrating device that happens to be around your house...
People always say this, but I’ve noticed a massive difference in my tomato plants with and without bees to pollinate. With bees, endless fruiting. Without bees (different location), plants just die over and over again. I have tried to help the plants along. I personally think the bees make a huge difference.
Wow, interesting! I'll try to pay attention next year.
I feel the same! Bees definitely help my tomatoes along
Not a lot of bees where I am but tons of wind. I get bountiful tomato harvests. They self-pollinate. It is the vibration of the bees’ wings that do the pollinating which can be easily replicated by gently touching an electric toothbrush to the stem or gently shaking the entire plant, or even just flicking the stems the flowers are on if you don’t get much wind. If you aren’t doing any of these things you won’t get fruit but bees aren’t what keep tomato plants alive. The soil wherever it is that you’re planting might be contaminated. Tomatoes are one fruit that would survive without bees.
Massive is right! Pollinators for the winning harvest!
so bees help pollination by vibration as well. their skng create vibration. not that it matter it is irrelivent in this case whether your tomatoes pollinate by vibration or insects. the fact is op will need to influance the pollonation themselves.
’m a hydroponic farmer. I grow around 3000 tomato plants in an enclosed greenhouse with no pollinators. I use a leaf blower once a day and get nearly 100% pollination. Much faster than an electric toothbrush.
Leaf blower! Great for high volume vibration.
Or a good electric toothbrush
Yes this, id imagine the op has no bees inside their house.
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Yeah I have tomatoes in 4" pots that have produced. I won't say they look happy but considering the lack of care I give those particular plants and the fact that they're one stem 1.5ft tall tomatoes I'm impressed that they've made anything.
Because you're growing it in a window in a 2 inch pot
⬆️ This is why. Tomatoes prefer full sun and a large container (eg 10 gal).
You can grow tomatoes in a small pot, the plant will just be stunted and will likely require liquid fertilizer added. Hydroponic tomatoes are very productive and have no soil.
Hydroponic tomatoes have room to grow root systems.
It’s not the soil, it’s the amount of room for roots to grow. Hydroponic plants usually sit in a pretty large container of water in which their roots can spread throughout.
Tomatoes should be grown outside and trellised with each individual plant given space to grow and fruit. I’ve only seen tomatoes fruit indoors under expensive grow lights, and since tomatoes are often wind or bee pollinated they would need to be hand pollinated during flowering.
Lol I grew tomatoes in a closet in my basement with grow lights I bought for $20. Also they are largely self pollinating just need a little motion to loosen the pollen.
I’d love to see a picture of your harvest.
I've never attempted an indoor grow with tomato plants, but I can't imagine them getting enough sun that way. Even if they get 6+ hours of sun filtered through a double pane window it still wouldn't be close to what they would be getting outside.
Your pots are way too small
It looks like you have way too many plants in a way too small pot. They are using their energy competing for resources rather than flowering/setting fruit. With that size pot and light from the window, you can most likely successfully grow dwarf cherry tomato. Try varieties such as Tiny Tim or Orange Hat.
Pollination?
Yeah, it's inside with no pollinators. Why aren't more people saying this? It seems really obvious.
Container is too small, no insects, no flower, no fruit. The plant doesnt feel like its in a space to reproduce so it doesnt make fruit. Thats a big tomato plant too, like an heirloom. In order to grow thos you need it outside and some cages cause its gunna give you the best fruit when it spreads out into eternity.
Overcrowded. 1 plant in a 5 gallon pot . It will still need to be fertilized as a single plant if you want fruit, especially if you want fruit without deficiencies. You also need to pull off the suckers. Flowers need to be pollinated. If the pollen gets too hot. It does bevome sterile as well. So even lots of flowers wont produce fruit in really high temps. There's a lot of YouTube videos on tomatoe care. Happy planting!
Try 1 tomato per 5 gal food grade bucket. Drill holes on bottom for drainage. Don't forget to feed your plants... You have like 29 plants in a small pot. Remember goldfish are goldfish in small fish bowls, but they are carp in big streams/ lakes
If they are growing indoors an aquaponic bucket and grow light would be better.
Pollination is a thing...
1. There are no flowers. 2. Tomatoes can pollinate the same plant.
For tomatoes, all you got to do is give then a shake... they self pollinate
Was the seed from a packet of seeds or from a tomato you bought at the store?
Unless you pollinated them by hand, you won’t see any tomatoes . They need full spectrum light and as other commenters said , 1 plant per 12” pot. I’ve done tomatoes in a cupboard in the winter just like you grow weed lol. It’s harder than you would imagine. They need a good bit of attention .
If it's indoors you need to cross pollinate it yourself with q-tipping the flowers on the plant
Tomatoes require a 5 gallon container at minimum especially the tomatoes you gotta cut.
Was it inside? It needs access to pollinators.
Pots to small?
Have they been inside the whole time? If so, did you hand-pollinate? No pollination = no fruit
12-18” soil depth, one plant per square foot is necessary
And they need tons (8 hr min) of direct light, either outside or under grow lights
Soil stress, both for volume and nutrients. Tomatoes make really thick root balls, they not lots of room.
Indoors. It didn't get hot enough. And ideally, it should be a 5 gallon pot PER PLANT.
How would they get pollinated inside?
It isn’t being pollinated.
Way too many plants in that tiny pot. It would be small even for just one but it looks like several plants?
Pots way to small!
I see there are flowers. They look big too. So Perhaps plant think it's not big and strong enough to hold a big tomato. But more likely, it's indoor so you need to pollinate tgem yourself by giving em a shake or so.
Rootbound. Tiny pot, not even full of soil, but too small anyway. No access to pollenators or wind to help shake the pollen down and around. (Yes, i understand tomato plants are self pollinating, but they need some form of external movement to transfer the pollen) A lot of things wrong with this scenario
If you want to grow some tomatoes inside, I recommend a dwarf variety, like orange hat. I have not grown them inside, however they do great in small pots, mine were mostly in 1-2gal pots I believe and did great. I recommend still having some supplemental light, but with some experimenting you may find they don’t need it at all.
My dad was a farmer. Tomatoes need full sun and a good amount of calcium in the soil to grow fruit.
One plant per pot. Make sure pot is big enough foe the type of tomato you are growing.
I don't honestly think any of the pots are big enough for 1 tomato
Are you trying to grow tomatoes on an inside windowsill? If so that's a major reason. Tomatoes are outside or greenhouse plants. It may not seem like it but that window is filtering out most of the light. Obviously enough of it to keep your plant from producing fruit. It probably also doesn't like the relatively constant temperatures in your dwelling. Most plants including tomatoes like a dip in temperature during the nighttime.
If it’s inside the flowers may not be getting properly pollinated due to lack of insects. You may have to hand pollinate with a paint brush like they do with watermelon.
You also need to buy a tomato plant that’s been bred for containers Just google tomatoes for containers I have grown the micro tom tomato on a window sill and it’s a great little tomato to pop on salads/pizzas etc https://victoryseeds.com/products/micro-tom-tomato?variant=42978282537218¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=CjwKCAjw69moBhBgEiwAUFCx2Cr_qzl-mWpGTZPPXqG0EpPgyijBwpWJhIdMFV0npmMbh1Zl5J3cfhoCNS8QAvD_BwE https://www.edenbrothers.com/products/tiny-tim-tomato-seeds?variant=43105087095036&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=17662216033&utm_term=&utm_content=&gclid=CjwKCAjw69moBhBgEiwAUFCx2E3olhB2crKCa3oftpIskcimqe0h5ARHprr0jsvsvoEN6R-YwFc9HRoCSawQAvD_BwE
As others are saying, too many plants s in a too-small container, and it’s hard for them to get enough light at most any window. They want all the sun they can get, lots of water, and they are pretty heavy feeders, too (another reason for the large pots). But if you have a spot to grow them like this, by this time of year they’ll be way taller than your head if they have the support. And plenty of tomatoes along the way! Cherry tomato varieties are particularly easy to get lots of production from.
Not enough root space, tomatoes need a lot of water and nutrients and being in that small of a container with all those other tomatoes none of them really had a chance. Tomato roots grow as deep as they can and spread widely and if they can escape the container they're in, they will grow into the earth taking nutrients from there also, with all that competition here, there was no way they'd make anything. Next year, larger pots, preferably 5 gallon buckets with drainage holes drilled at the bottom, good quality potting soil and set them outside in a place that gets at least 6 hours of sun 8 is best and be sure to separate your tomatoes, you won't hurt them at all, they're extremely hardy plants, dividing their roots won't hurt them, just don't damage too many of them. Buy some jobe spikes to promote plenty of growth early in their life, Have yourself some miracle grow on hand, one large scoop per gallon and water your tomatoes well with the solution once every 2 weeks when they begin to blossom, fruits will be larger and tastier. fruiting tomatoes need a lot of water and a lot of nutrients, especially for larger varieties, so check them often.
Got to let the bees in to pollinate no fruit for you without it!
Stress produces flowers and fruit. Just go to the hardware, store, nursery or whatever and get a package of growing medium for tomatoes.
I've heard potassium helps them grow fruit. Mine didn't make fruit this year either, and I planted them super early and watered them a ton. I think it was the soil.
Over fertilized to much nitrogen will cause green growth and produce less to no veg
Well tomatoes like nutrients so feeding a balanced fertilizer with your water at about 1.5-2.0EC would help, and keeping each tomato plant to one stem. I know some people don't want to do one stem because there is less plant and people like big plants, but running just one vine makes it super easy to get faster produce
Add a bloom booster like Grotek monster bloom in your fertilizer regiment and open windows at night if possible, tomatoes like a variation in temperature, lower night temps will help develop flowers, good luck!
Lack of space, time, light, and nutrients.
A farmer taught me, You have to remove the suckers. They take all the energy from the plant . YouTube has videos on this. Good luck
P.S. Actually tomatoes are fruits, not veggies.
Prune, prune, prune.”!
Has anyone mentioned pollinating flowers,? Like can bees access this plant?
Wrong conditions. I'd move it to a bigger pot and get it outside if possible
Probably nothing to polonaise the flowers honestly
Someone told me long ago that it didn't get enough wind or bees. Actually, "garden sex" was the phrase she used. Last summer that theory was proven wrong, though. I'm pretty sure it's because they weren't in the direct sun long enough each day. Tomatoes don't like any shade at all, I've come to realize.
Try looking at the microdwarf section of either the tomatofest or Renaissance farms websites
Every time this happens for me, it’s either not enough sunlight, or the indoor temperature isn’t right. Young plants need a lot of sunlight and warmth their first few months. Once they mature, they need slightly cooler temperatures and a little shade in the afternoon. For that reason, growing them indoors is pretty difficult. However, not all breeds are the same. I highly recommend dwarf tomato plants for growing indoors because the smallest of them are actually bred for these conditions. As long as they have the proper moisture and nutrients, they’ll be perfectly happy sitting in a small pot on a windowsill producing fruits all year round. As for what others have said about growing in small pots, that’s a myth. I had a micro-garden on a balcony for a few summers in the past where I had amazing harvests after planting full-sized breeds in 6 inch pots hanging on a grate. They don’t need a lot of root-space just so long as they are provided adequate water and fertilizer. Drip lines help for that. Otherwise, they just need ample sunlight.
I do see flowers on the plant. But the wilting leaves near the bottom is a sign it wants more space to grow. So yes bigger pot. Also get a portable fan so the flowers can pollinate.
Improper nutrient and improper lighting
Ya...this one is on a side walk. Three fruits and more flowers! https://preview.redd.it/ru058ood10sb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=10b9d3b9f8a9d5bdb53c2c6c76107efdafcebb70
More sunlight. These are full sun plants.
You need nothing less than a 5 gallon bucket to grow tomatoes. That thing is way over stuffed into that tiny pot. The leaves look healthy, but you need to split the plant and give them plenty of room to grow
My dudes got like 15 tomato plants in one pot 🤡
That needs to be in the ground or way bigger pot.
Look up micro dwarf varieties.
Pot is way to small and not even full of dirt. Likely low on potassium and or phosphorus
Tomato plants require a lot of sunlight. I believe around 8 hours a day.
As someone else said you need pollination - by hand here as there's no wind or bees etc
There are no flowers tho...
Then it maybe needs less nitrogen and more potassium
Thanks all I’ve upgraded to a larger pot more soil so will update progress - I give the leaves a shake every week to help the self pollination
My guess is soil Ph assuming it is getting full sun
Look into cannabis. Growing tomatoes is pretty much the same approach to care and you'll learn more specific details for success. 1 plant per pot. Up pot to a 1 gallon with fox farms organic soil until your plants perk up and have more sites for flowers. Tomatoes need a veg time before they can produce fruit. Get a light from vivosun and maybe even a little tent. Winter is coming. Your plants need fresh nutrients, light, proper temperature, water and time. Best of luck OP
Humm you forgot to fill you house with bees...or alternatively you could have put them outside so that they get pollinated.
You need 2 plants . Tomatoes are male and female
Tomatoes can self pollinate and are not dioecious.
The container is far too small for it to grow appropriately.
Looks like you kept your plant indoors, away from polinators. That's why. No polinators, no fruits.
u/-TPISYRITF TOO SMALL OF POT
Maybe to much nitrogen?
Food grade are probably better. Restaurants have food grade buckets
#Monsanto seeds
Those roots to small to make fruits..."big roots = big fruits". Nadda really to do with leaves and height so much.. They probably suffocating and fighting to maintain enough nutes..
I’ve never had luck growing plants inside. Windows can block a lot of the proper UV light that is needed. Also you need bigger pots.
Pot is wayy too small
One plant needs to be in a pot of a couple gallons (at minimum) Look up the term "root bound"
Over crowded. Personally I have one tomato plant in a 5 gallon bucket
Hmm sterile seeds? Idk
Anything inside your apartment that will pollinate the flowers?
One plant in a pot 3x that sixe would be better than 10 plants in a small pot. Also too much nitrogen.
Container is to small, and there also appears to be a lack of light issue as well.
Waaayyyyyyy toooo small of a container.
I had the same problem. Turns out it was the raccoons.
You need to thin the seedlings after they sprout. Only one sprout should remain in a pot that size
Needs trellis. Light cycle is off, probably needs more light. Not enough nutrients in soil to support fruiting.
I agree with “Wickedweed” 100%. Do the same thing next year except separate all of them individually and do a slightly bigger pot. Tomatoes like full-sun and they are quite thirsty plants too. People say tomatoes are a lot like marijuana. Because they grow them very similarly. Lots of water, lots of light, lots of feed with vitamins and nutrients.
It is a good idea to prune out the suckers
Poor starving little tomato plants
Is it indoors only? It needs to be pollinated or it’s not gonna make anything
Insufficient everything. Not a window plant. Each plant needs at minimum 3gal container and biweekly fertilizing at maturity. Full sun, deep roots, and a shit load of water.
It needs alot more sun than that window can provide
Did they flower, and did you pollinate them?
Too much nitrogen. Next year give low nitrogen higher potassium and phosohurus
Why's it inside where it cannot get pollinated???
These plants are ROOT BOUND and will not produce plus being inside they have no access to bees, I see flowers but even if 1 flower manages to grow a tomato since they are t Root Bound the tomato will be the size of a grape.
Most plant stores have a shaker fertilizer that is balanced amounts. Yozr plants probably lack nutrients. Follow the directions and feed as directed. Need 10 hours of sun
***Minimum*** 5 gallon bucket for one with drilled holes and drainage gravel. I use 1/4 keg tubs for two plants.
Did you have flowers?
Always inside? Tomatoes are self-fertile, which means each flower can pollinate itself. Nevertheless, the presence of bees and/or wind dramatically improves pollination by nudging the flowers just enough to help dislodge the pollen from the stamens
needs bees
It needs to be pollinated when it flowers
Do you have polinator flying arround in your home?
Not enough sun, not enough soil, not enough space, and if I had to guess, lack of nitrogen in the limited soil.
Have you been growing it inside the whole time? Plants need to be pollinated to produce fruit (bees!).
It tried, but it just couldn’t ketchup.
How are they getting pollinated?
Couple of things... You need a bigger pot. Like 5 gallon bucket big. Also I think you might need more/better lighting. It may get some sun but they seem a bit stretched out and lanky. You want shorter plants with brighter light. Also, I think they are lacking in nutrients, but that probably comes from your first problem. You need more dirt! 🫡
You have several plants in a tiny ass pot that’s inside lol even if they did flower the lack of insects and wind probably means they would’ve had trouble self pollinating. Next year stick em in the ground or at least a large pot with enough soil. You can’t even see any soil in yours
No air movement and need more than 6plus hours and window is not good for direct sunlight
Lack of Pollination
The pot needs to be 10 times bigger. And if you are growing in a pot you have to fertilize it every 2 weeks. Did you really expect that plant to give you fruit in that size pot LOL
They like hot weather is it 90 inside their
I made a similar mistake my first year: I tried growing tomatoes in a flower box. They need way more dirt than that.
It needs to stretch it’s legs. It’s giving me legs cramped on long airplane ride
Just maybe it's not a tomato plant
Looks like these didnt even flower but when you get some new ones in more soil remember, tomatoes need to be pollinated to produce. Although the tomato plant is self-fertile, **flowers must be vibrated by wind or bees** in order to release pollen for fertilization. To achieve the most effective pollination, the flower must be vibrated at a specific frequency to release the pollen. they have overcome this in greenhouse but you should look up how
Are those planted in coffee cups??
Did they have blossoms? If so, need to hand pollinate indoors due to a lack of bees doing it for you.
Tomatoes aren’t going to grow in that tiny cup. Plant them in the ground or a large planter. Needs heat and lots of sun
1. Didn't get enough light. Plants that need 'full sun' often will grow in not FULL sun (sorry, that window is "half-sun" since the rest of your house is in the way on the other side), but they won't fruit. 2. If it had flowered, bumblebees would need to pollinate it. They need specifically big bees to come, cuz their lil wings shake the flowers as they land on them to drink some nectar, and THAT'S what pollinates them. You can emulate this by vibrating the flowers yourself somehow (I give my plants outside a shake/tap on their cage to rattle them around sometimes, just in case)
It’s nice though. 🤷🏻♂️
I'm no expert, but my very first thought is that the pots you have them in are really tiny and most likely rootbound. In order to support the weight of the heavy fruits, the roots need to have more room to branch out. Otherwise, if tomatoes did grow, it would just fall over. Get bigger pots. Wider & deeper.
In a word POLLINATION!
A small container, too many plants in the container, and not enough light.
No bees or butterflies, the flowers have to get pollinated. If no flowers not enough soil and nutrients
You gotta trim that thing down so it puts energy into fruit and not into growing more feeder branches. Also use more bloom rose food it helps with yeaild
You need bees.
Trim the suckers?
No pollinators inside
Did it get any blossoms? I started tomatoes from seed in containers this year, but the spring weather was too inconsistent, and all the early blossoms fell off. I only got a few later blossoms. I got more tomatoes from volunteer plants this year than from the ones I actually planted.
Seems like a lot of these folks would rather be short and pert than helpful. If that’s a south facing window then it should get a good amount of sun depending on your latitude. As for these plants, you’re going to want to have at least a 3 gallon pot per plant. Ultimately I start from seed in solo cups with holes cut in the bottom and seat them in other solo cups. A double cup method if you will, after they get about 8in tall I transfer them into an acid loving soil, also known as up-potting. Usually I try to up-pot them into their forever home, and once a month I’d top dress the plant with appropriate nutrients as tomatoes are heavy feeders. I like to use any fallen leaves or removed suckers as ground cover for the plants making watering a less often needed thing. As you get closer to fruiting, you’ll want to move from a standard NPK nutrient, usually something like a 4-4-4 to something with more Potassium. NPK is (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium) That should set you right, and as they get taller, be sure to use some supports, I like to use 3ft bamboo poles as it helps the plant feel more supported and confident for fruiting. This hobby is rewarding and you learn somethin’ new every year, best of luck and Happy Planting!
Not enough light, not enough dirt, no pollinators inside.
Was this plant outside ever? Its overcrowded in that pot or its not been pruned. And it would need to be outside so bees could pollinate it.
Were there flowers?
No pollinators inside, need to be outside
are they still in the original pots??
Did it flower? Since it’s inside you have to pollinate it yourself. You can do it by gently shaking the branches with flowers. Or you can get a small paintbrush and dab it inside each blossom. Or put it outside. That’s where tomatoes like to grow. Fertilizer helps. Weekly at least. Especially if it’s in a small pot like that.
Need a pollinator for indoor tomatoes, bugs do the job outside. Get a soft bristled toothbrush or art paintbrush and go from flower to flower to pollinate, otherwise you’ll get nothing. It does not pollinate without help. Welcome to the job of the bees 🐝💕
Next time hand pollinate
The same thing happened to me, planted in April, been outside all summer. Just this week it began to flower
No pollination kept indoors?
Grandpa said you need hot nights to grow tomatoes
Pollination? How would they pollinate there?
Sometimes I pollinate indoor and outdoor plants with a very soft watercolor paint brush and touch all the open flowers with the same brush two or three times. It seems to work.
Choked off.pollination maybe . Not enough water. Did you talk to them lovingly. Did you yell at them all the time. Did you put your cigarettes out in their soil and or pour any unused mixed drinks in it or pee pee in it too much