Huge tomato plants..pic..

[NYBowhunter]

I had to post these,  pictures are about 2 weeks old and they have grown even taller since than. At the time i took these pictures these tomato plants were 8' feet tall. Anyone that passes my house cant beleive they are tomato  plants. People ask what are those? They continue to throw  tomatoes like crazy. The plants come from my dad who makes his own seeds and plants in his greenhouse. I'm sure these are some type of beef steak hybrids that he has bred over the years, with original seeds coming from Italy some 50+ years ago. Ive just never seen plants that tall. Ive done nothing other than to trim off uneeded branches, other than a couple times mixing water with miracle grow but thats it other than adding water. No lime and no ferrilizer. Crazy.

[dbHunterNY]

mine are doing well too.  not that tall.  but as big around as a table.  staked the middle plant but in hind sight should've staked the cages too.  their cherry tomoate variety.  same thing couple shots of miracle gro and water.  then watered in the beginning.  kind of stopped for a while though.  I think they're about 6.5' tall.  much wider than tall though.

[NYBowhunter]

39 minutes ago, dbHunterNY said:

mine are doing well too.  not that tall.  but as big around as a table.  staked the middle plant but in hind sight should've staked the cages too.  their cherry tomoate variety.  same thing couple shots of miracle gro and water.  then watered in the beginning.  kind of stopped for a while though.  I think they're about 6.5' tall.  much wider than tall though.

Yeah these guys were extremely wide as well but i always cut back the  non flowering branches so that the plant can put all its energy into producing fruit. 

[growalot]

as of yesterday mine were 6 ft......though I have ran out of room to snake them through the concrete mesh to keep them from breaking I started pinching off the main leaders...I have some many tomatoes but most are still green..the cherries are turning now and some plum...Great looking plants...

[ATbuckhunter]

MOst of mine are around the 7 -8 foot mark but a couple are only maybe 4 feet, but loaded with huge tomato's 

[dbHunterNY]

46 minutes ago, NYBowhunter said:

Yeah these guys were extremely wide as well but i always cut back the  non flowering branches so that the plant can put all its energy into producing fruit. 

I haven't trimmed anything.... probably should've.

[turkeyfeathers]

Those are HUUUUUUUGE in my best Fucillo voice

 

Our tomato plants usually get to 6 feet or so by the end of summer. This year they're barely 3 feet and one hasn't even produced a single tomato. Barely giving much fruit on the others. We water thoroughly every day. I hit them with fertilizer early on but I think it's the severe heat and drought in WNY that has stunted them . Pepper plants sucking wind too.