"Every Man" wrote in message
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Very strange.

I'm in eastern Virginia -- Northumberland County, along the Potomac
River.

Last year as we were building our house we planted a dozen or so
tomato plants along the back of the lot and harvested tomatoes all
summer and into the fall.

This year, I have 26 plants, all heirloom varieties. They are in
raised beds that are filled with half-and-half compost and topsoil.

I prune my plants so there are 3-4 main stems. I have lots of
foilage, healthy plants, no pests, and lots of green tomatoes. However
-- only two of my plants are ripening. I have been picking an
occasional ripe tomato from these two plants for 3 weeks; the rest of
the plants show no sign of ripening although they are loaded with
tomatoes.

Any suggestions?


Beats me. Mine are just staying green. I have had exactly 2 yellow pear
ripen and one only because I picked it green and set it on my kitchen
counter for a week. The rest have completely stopped growing. Plenty of
flowers, new tomaotes appear but all three of my plants have just stalled
out.

Paul