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Tasmania Australia

Hi, i am not far from transplanting my plants out, they are maybe around 8 to 10 inches tall.

As this is my first year having a go at these tomatoes, is there any tips or fertilizers you use to produce mega blooms?
Sorry if it is a basic question, i just haven't personally seen a mega bloom on a tomato plants before let alone trying to grow these giant tomatoes.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.

12/10/2015 11:02:37 PM

Mn

Hi Bluesilver - I will start by saying I am a rookie grower myself so take anything I tell you with a grain of salt- From what I have read you can't do anything to ensure mega blooms - it is all about the seed genetics and a little luck - You can learn a lot just by going through this message board - You have to weed out a lot but there is a lot of good information buried in here - Also check out the link on the homepage under "clubs" then "GVGo 2014 newsletter volume 2 issue 5" read the interview with Dan MacCoy and Bill Foss's "how to" article - This is where I started and got a lot of good info - Bill and Dan are two of the best in the business - I also posted the link below
http://bigpumpkins.com/Attachments/GVGO_Growers_Vine_Vol2_Issue5.pdf

12/11/2015 10:33:08 AM

Georgetown, Ontario

I have noticed that in a year where I plant out the tomatoes and it is followed by a month of great growing conditions and nice warm temperatures I have almost no megablooms. In a year that I plant them out and it's followed by a month of cold, wet, crappy weather I have lots of huge megablooms. What I take from that is don't pamper your plants for the first month after you plant them out. Maybe plant stress has something to do with it.

12/11/2015 2:57:50 PM

Tasmania Australia

Cheers, some very good reading and info it that article.
Will have to keep a look out for those articles in future.
We have a slightly cooler growing climate here, so hopefully that might be a bonus also.
Cheers.

12/11/2015 9:36:32 PM