The blossoms are fine. However, the plant looks a bit leggy. Any chance you can get some more light on it? You could set it outside in the sun, or put some fluorescent lights on it.

You're going to have to hand pollinate if it's an indoor plant. Some people use a tiny paintbrush (brush it back and forth over the blossom a couple of times) or they shake or vibrate the plant. Some people use an electric tooth brush to do that, they turn the toothbrush on and touch the back (not the bristles) to the stem near the blossom cluster.

Hope that helps.

Sojourner

Actually, those plants look quite well. Hopefully your going to put them outside in the future. They'll need a larger pot, quite a bit larger, to give you the results you want. Don't worry about pollination, Mom nature has taken care of that already - no bees necessary. They need sunlight and no amount of lighting will do. Water gently, that is to say "don't drown 'em" and get them into the sun. They'll take right off since they're a cultivated weed and are really tough. Best of luck.

Thanks guys! Sadly I am in an extremely urban neighbourhood. My "outside" is the side walk on a 4lane Blvd. Also no balcony or roof access. Also I live in Vancouver BC and we have been having a sunless summer, even for us, though it is suppose to be improving! So pay day I can try and get a light to hang above it to at least help. Also pot size....if I move it up to something bigger..isn't a bit late to transplant or would it be pretty safe?

Hi again. You can always transplant but the root system will be stressed a little. If your plants are going to fruit then it'll be a little earlier because of the stress. They really do require sunlight but maybe a good gro-light would work. It's worth a try. Anyway, when you do transplant, don't disturb the roots if you can help it. Tomato roots are normally just as large at the above ground plant. You'll have to compensate for cramped conditions. That means careful watering and fertilization. Best of luck in your endeavors.

I appreciate it. Of course my first year gardening anything up north here is a year of freakish weather! According to the weather channel we have only received 35% of the sun we normally have. So although I started growing tomato "just to see, and if it doesn't work I won't try it again" I may try again next year just to see. I haven't mulched or anything but because of the lack of sun I really am only having to water every few days. I was thinking that I might try either a foliar spray with Epsom salts or putting just a touch of Epsom salts in the water. If i read everything correctly that should help the plant make best use of what it has. Last thing I will mention (because I can cyber-chatter ad nauseum) is that this week has been a tad sunnier and the plant does seem to be putting out a few more branches...

Again thanks everyone and if you have any more tips for my shady apartment garden PLEASE let me know!!!...

I don't think you are going to get enough sunlight in there... But there are some tricks you can try. A mirror behind the plants to reflect sunlight increases the sunlight exposure. Or a white painted flat surface. Several sunlight type fluorescent fixtures set vertically can add a lot of good photosynthesis time.

I have some mirrors set-up. I have also started moving the tomato to the east window in the morning and putting it in the south window in the afternoon....