I used the tonic early in the summer and it really got things going. I've been using Miracle Grow the past month and I have more than I can eat.
My tomato plants are about 5ft tall and have produced flowers, but no fruit - it's August 7th, what's up!?
They require lots of water. If your in a drought state that may be the problem. I water mine every other day as I am allowed here in GA and they made very tiny tomatoes this year. Otherwise they were planted late in the year.
Reply:In the wild, original state, tomatoes required cross-pollination; they were much more self-incompatible than domestic cultivars. As a floral device to reduce selfing, the pistils of wild tomatoes extended farther out of the flower than today's cultivars. The stamens were, and remain, entirely within the closed corolla.
As tomatoes were moved from their native areas, their traditional pollinators, (probably a species of halictid bee) did not move with them. The trait of self-fertility (or self-pollenizing) became an advantage and domestic cultivars of tomato have been selected to maximize this trait.
This is not the same as self-pollination, despite the common claim that tomatoes do so. That tomatoes pollinate themselves poorly without outside aid is clearly shown in greenhouse situations where pollination must be aided by artificial wind, vibration of the plants (one brand of vibrator is a wand called an "electric bee" that is used manually), or more often today, by cultured bumblebees.
The anther of a tomato flower is shaped like a hollow tube, with the pollen produced within the structure rather than on the surface, as with most species. The pollen moves through pores in the anther, but very little pollen is shed without some kind of outside motion.
The best source of outside motion is a sonicating bee such as a bumblebee or the original wild halictid pollinator. In an outside setting, wind or biological agents provide sufficient motion to produce commercially viable crops.
Reply:nothing not to worry the weather is to warm , than to cold .don't worry they are late bloomers . my Tomato plant is only on blooming time and has some little dime size green tomatoes on it yet there is still time for the tomatoes to grow , give them miracle grow for tomatoes, and lots of water ,that will boost the growing cycle. good luck
Reply:Depends on where you are. Sounds like maybe a bit too much fertilizer. How has the weather been where you are. If it has been cool especially at night that may be the main problem. Tomatoes need warm nights and lots of them to make fruit. So maybe if you have not had many of those some will be headed your way soon. Good luck and happy picking!! Sticks
Reply:When GE food was first discussed there were fears that the food corporations would start outlawing health food crops so they could sell you their own foods, artificial vitamins , plants and crop seeds, of course the watch dogs pointed out that it wouldnt be long and theyd start selling seeds that only grow once, so that we have to buy new seeds every year for our gardens. I hope thats not whats happened in your case.
Reply:Has it been very hot where you are? Tomato blossoms will not pollinate and set fruit if the temperature is above ninety, or nightime temperature is below 50.
Reply:It just happens that way sometimes, I had some that did the samething when I was in Cali. and I watered them everyday.
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