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Sometimes, when you are enjoying a plate of fresh green salad with red, plump tomatoes, you ask how tomatoes grow to be big and juicy. Of course, we know it came from someone’s tomato garden, cultivated with tender, loving care in order that we can enjoy this nutritious fruit.

For some people who do not grow their own food, it is quiet a mystery to them.

The process of growing tomatoes begins with a beautiful little plant that has a distinct odor. Try touching the tomato plant and you will smell a certain odor. The stems will feel moist when you touch them. Did you know that they are said to be toxic? Every part of the tomato plant is toxic except the fruit.

Planting the flower or even the seeds should be done during the warmer season particular during the months of June or July.

During this time, expect your plant to produce massive amounts of fruit. The warm climate and the generous sunlight allows your tomato plants to produce much fruit rapidly because it is easy to control the spread of diseases because most of the leaves and stems produce enough sugar as a result the photosynthesis from the sun. They are strong enough to withstand diseases and so they flower easily and produce fruit. Another step involved in how tomatoes grow is the pollination of the flower of the plant. The fruit will form behind the flower. When the flower wilts, a little tomato is then formed. As the warm weather continues the fruit gets bigger and when it reaches its mature size its color will appear. The change in the fruit’s color is another significant process to look for when one considers how tomatoes grow.

Different varieties will give you give strange colors. The process of how color begins to appear on the tomato is strange. Some colors from either side over or the whole fruit at once. Some red varieties color from bottom up and the orange variety like Juan Flame colors from top down. Heirloom varieties ripen quickly once they are brought indoors and ripen overnight. Another thing to consider involved in how tomatoes grow is the growing process of two kinds of tomatoes-the determinate and indeterminate tomatoes. The determinate tomatoes are usually known as bush tomatoes.

They usually grow up to 4 feet tall. They are one of a kind because once the main bud bears fruit the plant will stop growing and the fruits will ripen almost at the same time within 2 weeks. They are the kinds that does not need pruning. Another type of tomatoes that grow contrary to the determinate variety is called the indeterminate tomatoes. They are the climbing type that continues to grow and set fruit until the winter season where frost covers the fruit. They often grow over trellises or crawls to the ground. It can grow as long as 10 feet. It will yield fruits throughout its growing season, produce new buds and ripen fruit all at the same time. With this simple information on how tomatoes grow, I hope that next time you take a bite on a juicy and plump tomato you can tell yourself that this plant went through a special process to produce this delicious fruit for you to enjoy.

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