Is it ever too late to transplant tomato plant?

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• Helix Posts: 631

  July 2019

  The problem might be that the plant would concentrate on developing more roots which will take energy away from setting fruit. So I’m not sure that it’s a good idea.....but otherwise that size pot looks muxh more suitable than the one it’s in. 
  

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• Amylovesplants Posts: 23

  July 2019

  It already has some small tomatoes growing already. When do you think would be the best time to replant?

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• wild edges Posts: 10,497

  July 2019

  The pot it's in should be ok if you put a gravel tray under it and keep it fed regularly. Keep the gravel topped up with water and that will help prevent blossom end rot etc.
  

  If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  

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• Helix Posts: 631

  July 2019

  Amylovesplants said:

  It already has some small tomatoes growing already. When do you think would be the best time to replant?

  Next year transplant your tomatoes much earlier, as soon as you see a root getting to base of pot then move them up a size.  You should aim to have them in final pot before they start flowering. 

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• Nollie Posts: 7,529

  July 2019

  I don’t know that variety, is it meant to be a cordon or a bush type? I would keep it in the existing pot too, at this stage, but if you are worried that there is too much plant for the pot, you could remove one of the stems so it concentrates it’s energies into the others.

  Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.

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• B3 Posts: 27,505

  July 2019

  If the roots are coming out the bottom, i suppose you could put a bit of compost in the bottom of the container and insert the pot into the container and then put some more compost on top.

  In London. Keen but lazy.

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• BobFlannigon Posts: 619

  July 2019

  Yep, just do it, it'll be absolutely fine.

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