Welcome to the Garden Ninja Gardening Forum! If you have a gardening question that you can't find answers to then ask below to seek help from the Garden Ninja army! Please make your garden questions as specific and detailed as possible so the community can provide comprehensive answers in the online forum below.

Welcome to the ultimate beginner gardening and garden design forum! Where no gardening question is too silly or obvious. This online gardening forum is run by Lee Burkhill, the Garden Ninja from BBC 1's Garden Rescue and a trusted group of experienced gardeners.

Whether you are a beginner or an expert gardener, it's a safe place to ask garden-related questions for garden design or planting. If you have a problem in your garden or need help, this is the Garden Forum for you!

Posting Rules: This space is open for all garden-related questions. Please be polite, courteous and respectful. If you wouldn't say it to your mum's face, then don't post it here. Please don't promote, sell, link spam or advertise here. Please don't ask for 'cheeky' full Garden redesigns here. They will be deleted.

If you need a garden design service, please use this page to book a design consultation. I will block anyone who breaks these rules or is discourteous to the Garden Ninja Community.

Join the forum below with your gardening questions!

Ask a Gardening QuestionGardening Questions & Answers: Plant ProblemsTomato plant won't put forth frui …

Please or Register to create posts and topics.

Tomato plant won't put forth fruit

#1 · 11th May 2023, 7:19 am

Hi!

Thanks for reading my question. I live in a condo and every year I grow three or four cherry tomato plants in pots on my balcony. This year i have three. Two of them are doing great and are full of blossoms and fruit. The third one which is the largest of the three has been blossoming for weeks but as yet there is not a sign of fruit. I am concerned at this and wonder why no fruit when it's neighbors are producing. They each get equal amounts of sun and I water all three regularly. Many thanks for your replies.

Ken

#2 · 11th May 2023, 11:44 am

Hi @eternityroad

Great question about how to grow tomatoes and make sure they fruit!

It sounds like your tomato plant may be suffering from a lack of pollination. Each tomato plant will need an insect or human intervention to make sure it cross-pollinates itself.

One way to do this is to get a small paintbrush and dab each flower to transfer pollen onto the brush. Then dab other flowers all over the plant. This will make sure they get pollinated and then fruit!

Also check it's getting enough sun and water too.

Hope that helps!