Harvest time for tomatoes will occur at the end of its growing season, usually late summer, once the tomatoes are at their mature green stage.

Tomato plants do not regrow every year. There are two possibilities for a tomato plant: it either survives the winter, or it does not. Tomatoes are perennial, but they can only make it to the next year if they survive the frost! If you protect a tomato plant from cold, it can survive the winter.

How To Make Tomato Plants Produce More Fruit

1. Avoid Root Bound Seedlings.
2. Plant In Warm Soil.
3. Protect Plants In The Early Season.
4. Plant Tomatoes Deep.
5. Feed With Phosphorous.
6. Mulch Well.
7. Prune Lower Tomato Leaves.
8. Increase Tomato Pollination.

It will take 7-10 days after the flower has opened before you will know if the tomato has been pollinated. The tiny green tomatoes develop slowly for the first 2-3 weeks. During the following 3-5 weeks, the fruits grow quickly. When they reach their mature size, the fruits begin to change color and ripen.

On average, a tomato plant can yield 10 to 30 pounds of tomatoes. Depending on the size of the tomatoes, this can be roughly 20 to 90 tomatoes from a single plant. When grown in a square foot garden, each tomato plant can typically yield up to 20 pounds, depending on environmental factors.

You can plant tomato seeds directly in the ground if you live in a warm climate with a long growing season. For colder climates, you should start tomato seeds indoors and transplant the seedlings outdoors later.

Choose healthy plants that are 10 to 12 inches tall. Dig your hole about 12 inches deep for each plant and work a handful of good fertilizer into the hole. (Heyming also likes to add a banana peel and the shells from one egg into the bottom of the hole to provide extra nutrients for the roots later in the season.)

ANSWER: Once your tomato plants have reached 12 to 18 inches tall, you may notice that some of the leaves are dying or turning yellow. It’s fine to remove those leaves as long as they are below the first set…

Fungal infections are the most likely culprits if your tomato plants have lower leaves that are beginning to wilt and die. Possible fungal infections include Fusarium wilt, early blight, late blight or Septoria leaf spot. Although these each present with different symptoms, all tend to affect the lower leaves first.

Early Girl bears lots of fruit for early harvest, but because the vines are indeterminate, they continue producing through summer. In our Alabama test garden, where conditions are ideal and the growing season is long, we harvest an average of 300 tomatoes from each Early Girl plant!

Most cherry tomatoes are indeterminate and have a large, sprawling growth habit that requires pruning and support. When space is limited, many gardeners choose determinate varieties as they grow in a more compact, bush-like shape.

Beefsteak tomato varieties will need tying in, as they are trained up a support. Beefsteak tomatoes are primarily indeterminate, which means you may remove the auxiliary shoots to promote better branching.