You will be lucky to see ripe tomatoes. They take 60-90 days post transplanting, in the peak of summer. When did you plant them? But if they are in fact setting cherries now then you should be good to get some.

What to expect? It depends, you may or may not get the first crop off of them. But i would keep them going to experiment with and learn from.

Starting some time in early-mid September you can line the ground with black plastic, it'll keep the ground a little warmer. I would also give them a weak shot or two of liquid ferts this month, something with lower "N" and higher P & K.

As
a last ditch resort, late Sept. perhaps, you can disturb
their root systems to coax the plant into a ripening stage. You can do
this by slicing into the ground with a shovel on a couple of sides, or gently
"lifting" the whole plant an inch or so (this is a much riskier method that
takes a certain feel to accomplish, but this is the perfect chance for you to experiment with both methods). Otherwise we can hope for an extended season, or be ready to stow away a lot of green tomatoes into a cool basement. If you haven't had the pleasure of breaded/fried green tomatoes then you've been missing out :)

Steve

I do not know if I did not make it clear or you guys did not read. The planted were moved a long time ago. Here are the plants:

I believe about 1/2 of them are cherry tomatoes, most likely Husky cherry, which we grew last year. The plants are very healthy and some have started bearing. I just did not want to throw them away.

I expect some production out of them, but just do not how much. The plants could get tall. but I run out of tomato cages.

Redsun there's no way of knowing how much production to expect out of them, it would all be a guess. My guess is low production for the regular maters and maybe decent production for the cherries.

Production will depend on how long the warm weather maintains itself, and if they get a shot of the right type of fertilizer during the first half of August.

Good luck either way.

Your plants look like they are doing well and I agree with sjetski's fertilizer supplement soon (but with care not to overdo it), to make sure they don't hiccup since at this point you need them in high gear, and Sept 10-15 I'd start removing blossoms for added insurance, and vibrate all flowers this month. That the best I can do here where both seasons are as short as yours,

Cheers

PC

"A long time ago." How long/when? You never said. Size of plant does't tell us how long they have been in their final spot and that determines the DTM for the fruit insofar as anything can.

I transplant 12-20 rooted cuttings in late June and 1st week of July and get all their first fruit set (picked at color break) by mid-Oct. Also often, but not always, get some of the second fruit set IF the weather cooperates or I cover the plants. Cherries will generally perform better than large fruit plants.

How many that ends up being depends on all sorts of variables so there is no way to quote any specific number. With 40+ plants IF they have been in the ground since late June or early July so at least 6 weeks then you should get a good amount of production IF

they are indeterminates and are not late season varieties

they set fruit

have no pest or disease problems

have sufficient nutrients and water

the weather cooperates

Dave

it really boils down to weather and plant care.

i have been harvesting cherry tomato and big beef tomatoes for about 1-2 weeks now from rooted cuttings that went in late May.. about 60-65 days after planting. last week i harvest a pretty large Big Beef.. about 3/4 pound, and for the past 2 weeks or so, every 2-3 days i harvest about 150-200 cherries from 8 plants.

It is difficult to say "How Much Production", because it depends on various conditions/factors ( Variety , weather, feeding, watering, ..) . But from flower to ripe fruits should take anywhere from 30 to 45 days, depending mostly on the variety and fruit size.

So all those current buds and flowers should end up as ripe fruits before mid October, in NJ zone .

.Sey