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Hi All,
Cherry tomatoes are getting too hard for me to harvest
with my old back. So I bought one of those 18" tall
full tomato plant. It came with four green fruit. All
four eventually ripened.
The plant itself is turning into a jungle. It has double
or more in height and has lots of flowers on it.
Problem. The flower and not turning into fruit. They
just stay flowers. Tomatoes are suppose to be self
pollinating.
Now what am I doing wrong?
On 2025-07-19, T wrote:
Hi All,
Cherry tomatoes are getting too hard for me to harvest
with my old back. So I bought one of those 18" tall
full tomato plant. It came with four green fruit. All
four eventually ripened.
The plant itself is turning into a jungle. It has double
or more in height and has lots of flowers on it.
Problem. The flower and not turning into fruit. They
just stay flowers. Tomatoes are suppose to be self
pollinating.
Now what am I doing wrong?
Is the plant somewhere that's fairly protected from the
wind? If so, give the flowering stems a little shake to
help dislodge the pollen from the stamens.
Is the plant somewhere that's fairly protected from the wind? If so,
give the flowering stems a little shake to help dislodge the pollen from
the stamens.
[...]
it won't be long before i have to start checking the
plants for tomato worms.
What's the temperature like around your place?
Tomatoes won't set fruit if the temperatures are
over ~95 degrees. Even with the bees working regular
hours, the pollinated flowers won't do their work
if it's too hot.
On 2025-07-19, T wrote:
Hi All,
Cherry tomatoes are getting too hard for me to harvest
with my old back. So I bought one of those 18" tall
full tomato plant. It came with four green fruit. All
four eventually ripened.
The plant itself is turning into a jungle. It has double
or more in height and has lots of flowers on it.
Problem. The flower and not turning into fruit. They
just stay flowers. Tomatoes are suppose to be self
pollinating.
Now what am I doing wrong?
Is the plant somewhere that's fairly protected from the wind? If so,
give the flowering stems a little shake to help dislodge the pollen from
the stamens.
Dan Purgert wrote:
...
Is the plant somewhere that's fairly protected from the wind? If so,
give the flowering stems a little shake to help dislodge the pollen from
the stamens.
yes, also if it is too hot to set fruits it might be a good
thing to go out and spray it with some water to cool things
off. note this also will shake the flowers.
by spraying the plant you may encourage some diseases but
i'd rather have some results than none.
we stopped growing cherry tomatoes here because we ran out
of time to pick them and are happy enough with the bigger
beefsteak tomatoes we grow.
as of now the tomato plants we do have growing are taller
than the tomato cages and it is very nice in the shade and
cooler space between the plants and it smells so good to me
as i've always liked the smell of tomato plants.
it won't be long before i have to start checking the
plants for tomato worms.
songbird
On 7/19/25 4:48 AM, Nyssa wrote:
What's the temperature like around your place?
Tomatoes won't set fruit if the temperatures are
over ~95 degrees. Even with the bees working regular
hours, the pollinated flowers won't do their work
if it's too hot.
We have had a string of about two weeks of 98F
to 102F and that explains it.
:'(
On 7/20/25 12:39 AM, T wrote:
On 7/19/25 4:48 AM, Nyssa wrote:
What's the temperature like around your place?
Tomatoes won't set fruit if the temperatures are
over ~95 degrees. Even with the bees working regular
hours, the pollinated flowers won't do their work
if it's too hot.
We have had a string of about two weeks of 98F
to 102F and that explains it.
:'(
Not to ask to dumb a question, but are the overheated
flower a loss? Or will they take now that temperatures
are in the 80's?