In my experience, the only time you have to worry is when a tiny plant, such as the ones in the picture, have almost fully grown fruit.... I only see this in plants that are in small nursery pots that have failed to sell for the first few weeks..

Those grow bags look like a decent size.

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James

Tomato plants grow faster WHENT temperatures are on the high side and they get all the nutrients and sun they need..The opposite is cool temperatures and poor soil.

On the flowering : If the plant is healthy and about 12" ++ tall , I would leave it to its own to decide. I believe that a tomato plant can grow and fruit in parallel. Another factor is the variety. Some are early, more compact and micro. So you would expect them to flower/ fruit much early.

Yet another factor is a root bound condition. I have seen plants in 2" cell with fruits on it in the nurseries. Plants, when faced a dead end, get on with their mission : TO FRUIT AND PRODUCE SEEDS.

sey

I'm in the same situation, I have a bunch of cuttings that are now rooted and on their way. I just recently potted them up to 2 gallon pots, but will probably put them in bigger containers when they become available . I did pinch the flowers off when reporting them, so they can focus on roots. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them yet, as I'm still keeping my other tomato plants alive for the time being.

I decided to leave the flowers alone and 3 days later the plants had grown a few more inches of course they are even bigger now.

5 of the plants are in 25 gallon fabric pots and one plant is in a 15 gallon one. ..this pot was meant for an eggplant plant but not a single seed germinated so i decided to grow a 6th tomato plant.

I had quite a bit of leftover seedlings that were really not happy in their small containers but i am happy one friend took them all for her garden.

Thats great that you have someone to give them to! I dont really have a friend to give my leftover seedings to. Perils of being young and into gardening :)

I am happy my friend took all of them and she is growing some in pots and some in her yard directly in desert sand so I am excited to get to see what happens to the ones growing in sand.

My leftover seedlings go in the compost heap :(

Probably not the best growth unless the sand has been amended with plenty of compost and manure. It drains too quickly, and with all that water go all the nutrients with it. But it should be interesting :)

James

My friends tomato plants in the Sandy soil didn't grow one bit in all this time. But the ones in pots are growing slowly. She hasn't given them any fertilizer so i told her she needs to.