New grower planted too many tomato plants

[grow55]

       This is my first attempt at growing tomatoes I planted all nine spots and now have dwarf tomato 

plant with lots of tomatoes, this is day 84 will these ripen? Or do I need to get rid of some?

[campingcorgis]

Hi grow55 and welcome to AGA!  Looks like you've got a bunch of tomatoes!  I'm sure there will be other responses, but I thought I would give my 2 cents worth anyway.

Yes, you've kind of overfilled the Bounty machine.  Oh, well, live and learn!     That said, it looks like you're going to have a bunch of tomatoes!  Yes, I believe many/most will ripen.  They may be on the smaller side, but maybe not!  Just need to give them time...and plenty of water and nutes when they need it too.  

Again, welcome and I hope you enjoy the forum!

[lynnee]

grow55, give the tomatoes time, and they will ripen. Some may enlarge, too. It may help to prune away some of the canopy—particularly the dry lower leaves and any twisted interior leaves at the top—to improve air circulation.

If you want to take some of the plants out now, you can try ripening their green tomatoes on the kitchen countertop. It always surprises me, how many of the small tomatoes will actually ripen.

To take some of the plants out, you can lift the grow deck and separate the plants by cutting their roots apart with scissors or pruning shears. The plants you leave might appreciate a “rinse & refill” (drain the bowl and refill with fresh water and nutrients).

You do have a healthy looking batch of tomatoes!

[grow55]

Thank you for the advice

[airscapes]

If I were you, I would drain an fill my bounty every 4 days.  you have way to many plants for that amount of water. If you were reading EC levels you would see the food is gone in 2 days..  It really won't  be a big deal, just drain fill and and feed every 4 or 5 days and see what happens!

[grow55]

I had thought that would be the case with the nutrients because they drink a large amount  of water 

[lynnee]

Jan 8, 2022 23:08:27 GMT -5 airscapes said:

If I were you, I would drain an fill my bounty every 4 days.  you have way to many plants for that amount of water. If you were reading EC levels you would see the food is gone in 2 days..  It really won't  be a big deal, just drain fill and and feed every 4 or 5 days and see what happens!

I'll have to try more frequent feedings with my Veranda Reds. They're growing awfully slowly.