Tomatoes look greatm but fruit-set is slowing down........
So here on HOT Long island, my big beef and other tomatoes seem to be
doing well - big (7 foot+) plants with lots of fruit that's just begining to show the blush of ripening. But the fruit set of these plants has slowed down. I have lots of flowers near the tops of the plants, and I give them a tap to aid pollination, but now, if I have a cluster of 5 flowers, it typically results in only 1 or 2 fruits - the other flowers die without producing fruit. In past months 5 flowers would mean 4 or 5 fruit. Any tips for increasing my production? Fertilizer? More water? or is this just a side effect of the plants having so much fruit to support already? Thanks in advance for any info! |
"Anthony A." wrote:
So here on HOT Long island, my big beef and other tomatoes seem to be doing well - big (7 foot+) plants with lots of fruit that's just begining to show the blush of ripening. But the fruit set of these plants has slowed down. I have lots of flowers near the tops of the plants, and I give them a tap to aid pollination, but now, if I have a cluster of 5 flowers, it typically results in only 1 or 2 fruits - the other flowers die without producing fruit. In past months 5 flowers would mean 4 or 5 fruit. Any tips for increasing my production? Fertilizer? More water? or is this just a side effect of the plants having so much fruit to support already? Thanks in advance for any info! Most tomatoes do not set well when it is extremely hot. -- Susan N. "Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy." Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974) |
TRY SHADE CLOTH AND A FAN TO LOWER TEMP. TOMATOES SLOW DOWN IN EXTREME
HEAT. THIS WORKS FOR ME IN S.E. LOUISIANA. GOOD LUCK. |
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