Tomato ain't producing fruit!
 

Hi all,

I hope some one here can help. I have a tomato plant (Japanese Triple
Black) and it's been putting out flowers...but after a couple weeks
the flowers shrivel up and die instead of producing fruit. I thought
tomatoes were self pollinating. No? What should I do to induce it to
produce fruit? The plant is very healthy otherwise. I've been giving
it 1-5-5 organic fert and kelp in small doses.

Thanks,

Layne

I've had that problem in the past. It was usually related to the
weather being too cool & wet.... If you're ANYWHERE in western North
America, that has been the trend this season. I'm not farmilliar with
the specific variety... Did you buy it as a seedling or start from
seed? What has your local weather been like?

Cheers
Mathew

Not surprising in this summer heat wave.

Tomatoes need cool nights in order to set fruit.

If the night temperature is too high, the flowers will spontaneously abort
no matter what you do.


"Layne" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

I hope some one here can help. I have a tomato plant (Japanese Triple
Black) and it's been putting out flowers...but after a couple weeks
the flowers shrivel up and die instead of producing fruit. I thought
tomatoes were self pollinating. No? What should I do to induce it to
produce fruit? The plant is very healthy otherwise. I've been giving
it 1-5-5 organic fert and kelp in small doses.

Thanks,

Layne

What if you have 8 trillion cherry tomatoes, all green, and the plant keeps
making more but not ripening any? Upstate NY, zone 5-6-ish, plenty of nice
hot weather, good rain twice a week, plants caged, 7 feet tall (really).
Nice, fertile soil, pH=6.2 last week. I've heard pruning some branches away
helps. Myth?

"Cereus-validus......." wrote in message
...
Not surprising in this summer heat wave.

Tomatoes need cool nights in order to set fruit.

If the night temperature is too high, the flowers will spontaneously abort
no matter what you do.


"Layne" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

I hope some one here can help. I have a tomato plant (Japanese Triple
Black) and it's been putting out flowers...but after a couple weeks
the flowers shrivel up and die instead of producing fruit. I thought
tomatoes were self pollinating. No? What should I do to induce it to
produce fruit? The plant is very healthy otherwise. I've been giving
it 1-5-5 organic fert and kelp in small doses.

Thanks,

Layne

No myth.... Prune heavily, especially those shoots that come out
between the main branch & the leaf @ a 45 degree angle. Sounds like
your cherry tom is 'indeterminate' which means it will flower till it
dies. By pruning new flowering shoots, you help the allready set fruit
to ripen faster.

Cheers
Mathew

Thanks, Mathew. In prior years, it didn't matter because I also planted
early varieties. But I had limited space this year. Meanwhile, I have tons
of basil, and no tomatoes. The orgy must begin, but it requires tomatoes to
complete the equation. :-)

Did you know you could put pesto on everything, including cereal? :-)

"Mathew in the Mountains" wrote in message
ups.com...
No myth.... Prune heavily, especially those shoots that come out
between the main branch & the leaf @ a 45 degree angle. Sounds like
your cherry tom is 'indeterminate' which means it will flower till it
dies. By pruning new flowering shoots, you help the allready set fruit
to ripen faster.

Cheers
Mathew

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
What if you have 8 trillion cherry tomatoes, all green, and the plant
keeps making more but not ripening any? Upstate NY, zone 5-6-ish, plenty
of nice hot weather, good rain twice a week, plants caged, 7 feet tall
(really). Nice, fertile soil, pH=6.2 last week. I've heard pruning some
branches away helps. Myth?

Doug! What are you doing in this newsgroup!! Small world!! :)

"Dan J.S." wrote in message
...

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
What if you have 8 trillion cherry tomatoes, all green, and the plant
keeps making more but not ripening any? Upstate NY, zone 5-6-ish, plenty
of nice hot weather, good rain twice a week, plants caged, 7 feet tall
(really). Nice, fertile soil, pH=6.2 last week. I've heard pruning some
branches away helps. Myth?

Doug! What are you doing in this newsgroup!! Small world!! :)


Annoying people, as always, and sometimes asking good questions. :-)

Dan J.S. wrote:


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
What if you have 8 trillion cherry tomatoes, all green, and the plant
keeps making more but not ripening any? Upstate NY, zone 5-6-ish, plenty
of nice hot weather, good rain twice a week, plants caged, 7 feet tall
(really). Nice, fertile soil, pH=6.2 last week. I've heard pruning some
branches away helps. Myth?

Doug! What are you doing in this newsgroup!! Small world!! :)


I'm attempting to show people how little I know about anything, is it
working?

Pesto on cereal?!? LOL.

Seriously, have you tried freezing pesto?

Someone on this group (sorry, I forgot who posted it) suggested making it up
*without* the Parmesan cheese, then spooning it into ice cube trays. Once
frozen, pop the cubes out and put them into a freezer bag or freezer storage
container. Easy to remove the amount you want, add Parmesan cheese once it
thaws.

I tried it this year for the first time, and although I still have fresh
basil, I tried some of the frozen pesto two days ago to see how it was. It
was just like fresh - bright green and everything! Granted it's only been
frozen for a month or so, but I am very encouraged.

In fact, I think I am going to go give my basil plants another "haircut"
today because my ice cube trays are looking lonely...

Laura

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Mathew. In prior years, it didn't matter because I also planted
early varieties. But I had limited space this year. Meanwhile, I have tons
of basil, and no tomatoes. The orgy must begin, but it requires tomatoes
to complete the equation. :-)

Did you know you could put pesto on everything, including cereal? :-)

"Mathew in the Mountains" wrote in message
ups.com...
No myth.... Prune heavily, especially those shoots that come out
between the main branch & the leaf @ a 45 degree angle. Sounds like
your cherry tom is 'indeterminate' which means it will flower till it
dies. By pruning new flowering shoots, you help the allready set fruit
to ripen faster.

Cheers
Mathew

"Laura" wrote in message
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Pesto on cereal?!? LOL.

Seriously, have you tried freezing pesto?

Someone on this group (sorry, I forgot who posted it) suggested making it
up *without* the Parmesan cheese, then spooning it into ice cube trays.
Once frozen, pop the cubes out and put them into a freezer bag or freezer
storage container. Easy to remove the amount you want, add Parmesan cheese
once it thaws.

Right. The cheese loses taste and gets gooey when it defrosts. Try a good
Romano, too, and walnuts instead of pine nuts, for a little variety.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Dan J.S. wrote:


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
What if you have 8 trillion cherry tomatoes, all green, and the plant
keeps making more but not ripening any? Upstate NY, zone 5-6-ish,
plenty
of nice hot weather, good rain twice a week, plants caged, 7 feet tall
(really). Nice, fertile soil, pH=6.2 last week. I've heard pruning some
branches away helps. Myth?

Doug! What are you doing in this newsgroup!! Small world!! :)


I'm attempting to show people how little I know about anything, is it
working?


Actually you show that you know a lot about a lot!

Dan J.S. wrote:


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Dan J.S. wrote:


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
What if you have 8 trillion cherry tomatoes, all green, and the plant
keeps making more but not ripening any? Upstate NY, zone 5-6-ish,
plenty
of nice hot weather, good rain twice a week, plants caged, 7 feet tall
(really). Nice, fertile soil, pH=6.2 last week. I've heard pruning some
branches away helps. Myth?

Doug! What are you doing in this newsgroup!! Small world!! :)


I'm attempting to show people how little I know about anything, is it
working?


Actually you show that you know a lot about a lot!


I know how to shoot dogs.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Dan J.S. wrote:


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Dan J.S. wrote:


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
What if you have 8 trillion cherry tomatoes, all green, and the
plant
keeps making more but not ripening any? Upstate NY, zone 5-6-ish,
plenty
of nice hot weather, good rain twice a week, plants caged, 7 feet
tall
(really). Nice, fertile soil, pH=6.2 last week. I've heard pruning
some
branches away helps. Myth?

Doug! What are you doing in this newsgroup!! Small world!! :)


I'm attempting to show people how little I know about anything, is it
working?


Actually you show that you know a lot about a lot!


I know how to shoot dogs.


Dogs? really? glad you are on the side of the gun owners!

Dan J.S. wrote:


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Dan J.S. wrote:


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Dan J.S. wrote:


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
What if you have 8 trillion cherry tomatoes, all green, and the
plant
keeps making more but not ripening any? Upstate NY, zone 5-6-ish,
plenty
of nice hot weather, good rain twice a week, plants caged, 7 feet
tall
(really). Nice, fertile soil, pH=6.2 last week. I've heard pruning
some
branches away helps. Myth?

Doug! What are you doing in this newsgroup!! Small world!! :)


I'm attempting to show people how little I know about anything, is it
working?


Actually you show that you know a lot about a lot!


I know how to shoot dogs.


Dogs? really? glad you are on the side of the gun owners!


You only need to have a dog dig up your lettuce seedlings once, in order
to
see that they have no place in a civilized society. Fortunately, we have
an
old law in this town which says that any animal can be "liquidated" if
it's
destroying food crops. I've only had to print this law, ask to have a
cop
meet me at the offending owner's house, and read them the law, in order
to
stop offenders. It's worked wonderfully (so far).

I guess that explains it. I live in Los Angeles. For a while the
weather's been warm with cool nights. But lately due to the ridge of
high pressure to the east and the hurricane to the southeast we've
been having hot, muggy nights...and days.

Thanks,

Layne

On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:37:36 GMT, "Cereus-validus......."
wrote:

Not surprising in this summer heat wave.

Tomatoes need cool nights in order to set fruit.

If the night temperature is too high, the flowers will spontaneously abort
no matter what you do.

Hi Mathew,

I bought the tomato plant as a seedling. I've had a chance to sample a
slice from another Japanese variety called Momotaro with a pinch of
salt. It was heaven! Now, if I can get *my* plant to fruit...some of
the other tomato varieties at the nursery I got this one from did and
have set fruit. The other 3x black plant there was in the same
condition as this one so maybe my problem might be culitvar specific
too.

Thanks,

Layne

On 22 Jul 2005 09:56:20 -0700, "Mathew in the Mountains"
wrote:

I've had that problem in the past. It was usually related to the
weather being too cool & wet.... If you're ANYWHERE in western North
America, that has been the trend this season. I'm not farmilliar with
the specific variety... Did you buy it as a seedling or start from
seed? What has your local weather been like?

Doug Kanter wrote:
Dan J.S. wrote:



Doug! What are you doing in this newsgroup!! Small world!! :)



I'm attempting to show people how little I know about anything, is it
working?


As always...

"G Henslee" wrote in message
...
Doug Kanter wrote:
Dan J.S. wrote:



Doug! What are you doing in this newsgroup!! Small world!! :)


I'm attempting to show people how little I know about anything, is it
working?


As always...

Talking to yourself again?

Doug Kanter wrote:
"G Henslee" wrote in message
...

Doug Kanter wrote:

Dan J.S. wrote:


Doug! What are you doing in this newsgroup!! Small world!! :)


I'm attempting to show people how little I know about anything, is it
working?


As always...


Talking to yourself again?



If I were, as opposed to talking to you, at least I would be talking to
someone with intelligence.

If you two are intending to spank the monkey, its best you don't do it in
open forum.

At least change the subject heading.

The two of you sure are starting to come across as fruity enough.


"G Henslee" wrote in message
...
Doug Kanter wrote:
"G Henslee" wrote in message
...

Doug Kanter wrote:

Dan J.S. wrote:


Doug! What are you doing in this newsgroup!! Small world!! :)


I'm attempting to show people how little I know about anything, is it
working?


As always...


Talking to yourself again?

If I were, as opposed to talking to you, at least I would be talking to
someone with intelligence.

Actually, Henslee is posting fake messages in various newsgroups using my
name. I'm sure you've spotted that already. Then, he returns and responds to
those same messages. Pretty obvious pattern. The fakes he posts are simple
enough that he's able to respond to them. Anything more challenging and he'd
need to dive into his mom's shirt again for some stress relief.



"Cereus-validus......." wrote in message
...
If you two are intending to spank the monkey, its best you don't do it in
open forum.

At least change the subject heading.

The two of you sure are starting to come across as fruity enough.


"G Henslee" wrote in message
...
Doug Kanter wrote:
"G Henslee" wrote in message
...

Doug Kanter wrote:

Dan J.S. wrote:


Doug! What are you doing in this newsgroup!! Small world!! :)


I'm attempting to show people how little I know about anything, is it
working?


As always...


Talking to yourself again?

If I were, as opposed to talking to you, at least I would be talking to
someone with intelligence.

Cereus-validus....... wrote:
see below

"G Henslee" wrote in message
...

Doug Kanter wrote:

"G Henslee" wrote in message
...


Doug Kanter wrote:


Dan J.S. wrote:


Doug! What are you doing in this newsgroup!! Small world!! :)


I'm attempting to show people how little I know about anything, is it
working?


As always...


Talking to yourself again?

If I were, as opposed to talking to you, at least I would be talking to
someone with intelligence.



If you two are intending to spank the monkey, its best you don't do
it in
open forum.

At least change the subject heading.

The two of you sure are starting to come across as fruity enough.




Who said anything about disciplining chimps? This is a gardening group.
Behave. Kanter detests top posters.

Cereus-validus....... wrote:
If you two are intending to spank the monkey, its best you don't do it in
open forum.

At least change the subject heading.



Actually, Kanter is posting fake messages in various newsgroups using my
name. I'm sure you've spotted that already. Then, he returns and
responds to those same messages. Pretty obvious pattern. The fakes he
posts are simple enough that he's able to respond to them. Anything more
challenging and he'd need to dive into his daddy's pants again for some
stress relief.

Sorry Baboon boy, Chimps are primates not monkeys.

Maybe that's what you've been doing wrong all along?

You better keep far away from the lemurs before you really get hurt!!!


"G Henslee" wrote in message
...
Cereus-validus....... wrote:
If you two are intending to spank the monkey, its best you don't do it in
open forum.

At least change the subject heading.



Actually, Kanter is posting fake messages in various newsgroups using my
name. I'm sure you've spotted that already. Then, he returns and responds
to those same messages. Pretty obvious pattern. The fakes he posts are
simple enough that he's able to respond to them. Anything more challenging
and he'd need to dive into his daddy's pants again for some stress relief.

Cereus-validus....... wrote:
Sorry Baboon boy, Chimps are primates not monkeys.


That chimp you call a mother sure swung on my pole like a monkey.

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:42:37 -0700, G Henslee
wrote:

Cereus-validus....... wrote:
Sorry Baboon boy, Chimps are primates not monkeys.


That chimp you call a mother sure swung on my pole like a monkey.

Oy vey, that's the best you can do? Geesh. You're banging old ladies
now?

Bourne Identity wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:42:37 -0700, G Henslee
wrote:


Cereus-validus....... wrote:

Sorry Baboon boy, Chimps are primates not monkeys.


That chimp you call a mother sure swung on my pole like a monkey.


Oy vey, that's the best you can do? Geesh. You're banging old ladies
now?

Bourne Identity, that's the best you can do? Geesh. You're a faggot
for male movie stars?

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:17:19 -0700, G Henslee
wrote:

Bourne Identity wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:42:37 -0700, G Henslee
wrote:


Cereus-validus....... wrote:

Sorry Baboon boy, Chimps are primates not monkeys.


That chimp you call a mother sure swung on my pole like a monkey.


Oy vey, that's the best you can do? Geesh. You're banging old ladies
now?

Bourne Identity, that's the best you can do? Geesh. You're a faggot
for male movie stars?

Yeah, I'm a faggot. bwahahaha.

Bourne Identity wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:17:19 -0700, G Henslee
wrote:


Bourne Identity wrote:

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:42:37 -0700, G Henslee
wrote:



Cereus-validus....... wrote:


Sorry Baboon boy, Chimps are primates not monkeys.


That chimp you call a mother sure swung on my pole like a monkey.


Oy vey, that's the best you can do? Geesh. You're banging old ladies
now?

Bourne Identity, that's the best you can do? Geesh. You're a faggot
for male movie stars?


Yeah, I'm a faggot. bwahahaha.

Then this should make your day, gay boi.
http://snipurl.com/gicf

"G Henslee" wrote in message
...


Yeah, I'm a faggot. bwahahaha.

Then this should make your day, gay boi.
http://snipurl.com/gicf

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