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Struggling tomato plant ???

I have 5 different tomato plants in my garden. All of them are thriving and getting ready to fruit except one. The one in question is called a Cherokee Purple. We purchased it from a local feed/garden store. We were recommended it by the owner because of the taste. Anyway . . . it just seemed to stop growing at about half the size of all the others. The plant is very greeen and looks perfectly healthy . . . but it hasn’t produced any flowers yet . . . and all of the other tomato plants have. Does anyone have any experience with a Cherokee Purple ???

First, you don’t say what the others are. But the Cherokee is an heirloom. On average, heirloom tomatoes will bloom later than hybrids. They are tastier, and many may be more vulnerable to infections because their genetics has not been manipulated to have this color or that, resistance to this or that, or maturing quickly switches..

I am in zone 6, and I just barely noticed a bud on my Cherokee Purple the other day. All my hybrids are in bloom or with fruit already. The heirlooms that are in bloom or fruit in my garden were in a greenhouse, so they got a headstart.

Keep doing what you are doing, and give it time. You’ll be pleasantly rewarded

Gardening Plant Care : Tomato Plant Care