How To Grow Larger Tomatoes

What gardener doesn’t want bigger, juicier tomatoes? Here are tips to growing bigger tomatoes in your vegetable gardens. First, choose only larger varieties such as beefsteak tomatoes. These will be much larger. Preparation will be key here. Adding lots of organic matter in about a two foot radius around the future planting area will provide natural food for the plants and will buff up the soil conditions. Try to achieve pH conditions of anywhere between 6.0 and 6.8. If it is too low, add limestone, and it is it too high, add sulfur to this mix to help even out the pH for your tomatoes. To help warm your soil before planting time, add mulch with black plastic. Start growing your tomatoes about two months before it is time to transplant them outdoors and keep these pots around seventy to eighty degrees for best results. Depending on how fast they grow, you might have to transplant these to larger pots if need be. However, plant the seed deeper each time you move it to promote a better and stronger root system and make sure they get plenty of suns even when indoors. Before you permanently put these outside, you will need to make them stiff or so before and put them outside each day to help them adjust to the new environmental conditions. When getting ready for planting, place the plants in a deep hold and space them about two or four feet wide so they can grow and develop. Tomato plants get quite large. During the growing season, add the water-soluble fertilizer once a week and make sure the roots do not dry out. These plants will also need some support such as stakes or trellises for better growth. The weight of the bounty can tear the branches on the plant and cause distress and less production. Also for bigger tomatoes, remove smaller flower clusters to allow room for the larger ones and produce bigger vegetables. Ultimately, be actively involved in your garden, work to protect your tomatoes from wind damage, pests and other animals and make sure you do everything you can to ensure its success. If one puts effort and time into their garden, it is what you will get out of it, and if you want bigger tomatoes, it might take some extra work but will be worth the beauty in the end.