I have a couple of tomato plants. The fruit is very small this year. Why? They are beefsteaks and better boys.

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? They are in full sun. the plants are huge. I feed every two weeks with miricle grow tomato food and water about every two to three days... when the soil dries out. Last year (in a different area of the yard) they were huge fruits and so many that I couldn't keep up with them. It is in the low to mid 90's here. Please tell me what I am doing wrong.

I have a couple of tomato plants. The fruit is very small this year. Why? They are beefsteaks and better boys.
My first impression is that you are using to much miracle grow and possibly too much water. Tomatoes should set new fruit at temperatures up to about 95 degrees so the heat is not a factor. The fertilizer is the problem. In the right climate tomatoes will grow year round and if they receive too much fertilizer and water they will grow beautiful bushes but no tomatoes. Do not fertilize again this year and water deep once a week or when the plants look droopy in the morning. Its normal to look wilted in 90 degree heat.
Reply:I would say that you need to water more, to keep the soil evenly moist, and fertilize a bit less. It sounds like your plants are getting lots of nitrogen (the first number on the fertilizer package) and so the plants are big, but for some reason, they're not utilizing the phosphorous (2nd number). You might consider switching fertilizers for the time being; Miracle Gro is usually good stuff, but it's always possible that you got a bad batch.





Good luck!
Reply:Stop feeding wiath Miracle Grow adn pinch out the additional foliage growth will force the plant to start putting its nutirents into the tomatoes. The plant is growing its foliage and not the fruit. Tomatoe vines will put out a leaf and a few days later where the leave joins the vine, you can pinch out the growth and the tomato plant will begin putting its energy into the tomatoes. If you live in an area you don't have to worry about sunburn on the tomatoes (NE and NW United States) you can trellis the tomato vine up a post and grow other low lying veggies around the post. Good Luck!
Reply:Ours are doing the same thing here in MI. I just believe this isn't the year for tomato's. My friend's in NE,%26amp; PA are having the same probs. :(