Question
Hello !
Last year I had a tomato plant in a large garden box on my balcony.
Many tomatoes appeared. So, this year I placed another there.
The plant grew twice as large, wide and high. IT IS ALMOST 4 FT HIGH.
Not one single tomato fruit is appearing.
It appears beautiful and vigorous and happy to be growing.
Doesn't this seem impossible ?

It is making me very disappointed and angry.
WHY WON'T IT MAKE TOMATOES ?

regards,
James
Toronto

Answer
James,

A few questions for you.... Has the plant produced any flowers yet?  Do you know the variety you planted?  Did you put new soil into the garden box or just plant it into the old soil?

If it has not flowered yet it could be a late blooming variety.  Since the plant is healthy, just be a bit more patient as some tomato varieties do not produce fruit until late in August (depends on the variety and when the seed was first planted).  For some varieties 4 feet high is still a young plant, some can reach over 6 feet high.   

If the plant is flowering but not producing any fruit the soil may need more phosphorus and potassium to help produce fruits, adding bonemeal or a manure tea may help the plant.  If the plant is flowering another reason fruits may not be forming may be that the flowers are not being pollinated by the wind or bees, so you may have to manually pollinate the flowers.  

I hope this helps, please let me know if you have any further questions.

Catherine
www.your-vegetable-gardening-helper.com