Tomatoes are too fickle as far as I'm concerned. I grow all kinds of stuff, but never have luck with tomatoes. The flowers don't pollinate without vibration, they need temperatures in a tight range to fruit, basically every pest on earth destroys them, just not worth it to me anymore. Which is a shame because I love them, but I'm basically over growing tomatoes.

[–] C_Leviathan@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Dude, I grow tomatoes in a 4' x 6' plot of dirt by the sidewalk in Montreal with zero tending and I have more tomatoes than I know what to do with every year. What are you doing so wrong?

[–] CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When you say zero tending, are you even watering them? Asking for a friend who knows fuck all about street tomatoes.

[–] C_Leviathan@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

I was exaggerating a little. I tied them to sticks and removed the useless branches/leaves. I watered the first week and nothing since.

[–] Maturin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

If they are in the ground they only need one good watering a week after they get established. In containers you need to water more.

[–] mister_monster@monero.town 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Living in a place with much hotter summers.

[–] C_Leviathan@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I would think that would benefit them, being native to the area around the equator.

[–] Misconduct@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I have like six different tomato plants growing out of jars (started as seeds) hydroponically. They take almost no effort. It's actually super easy to grow them if you eliminate nature from the process lol.

[–] mister_monster@monero.town 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, maybe I'll try that when I have a greenhouse.