Tomater plants not producing fruit (tomato, insects, veggies, backyard)

[sunshineann]

Originally Posted by irman

Not an answer to question of OP, but similar.
Our tomatoes, do not seem to get ripe (red) ...
They are big and plenty, but stray green.
Solution ???

Ours were the same way. Our plants are huge in the height and width and full of tomatoes. we've had friends tell us they never seen tomatoe plants that big. They just this past weekend started turning red. We checked with a relative not in our state, and hers were the same way. so hang in there.

[Phawk57]

I would venture to say that the better boys are 7 feet high. They look beautiful and lush. The only feeding they had gotten is from the compost I put in the soil.
I went to the farmers market Saturday and got some tomatoes for $2 a pound. I was talking to the vendor and she said that their tomatoes were very late coming on this year. I didn't think that there were a lot of tomatoes there yet.
I agree that the hornworms are gross. Those things are hard to pull off of the plants. I lost a mexibell that had a very small pepper on it to a hornworm. I was hoping that some leaves would grow back and it would pick up but so far it hasn't.
I did notice a small cucumber growing on my plant. Yay! Hopefully it will grow to eating size. I have blossoms galore on the green beans but I am not seeing many beans. I do know that next year I will grow those purple pod green beans so that I can find them better.

[Opyelie]

Well I used the blossom set spray and now all my tom plants have fruit setting, but now this week the temps have suddenly dropped from high 80s to mid 60s - sigh..........

[7G9C4J2]

I have been told that tomato plants won't set fruit unless the temps drop below 75 degrees for at least an hour or so out of every 24. When we lived in Texas, we'd have tomato plant jungles with flowers everywhere, but the darn things would never set fruit. Once we figured out to plant early enough in the season (that was early February where we lived!) that the plants got at least a little cooler temps in the wee hours, we had plenty of 'maters.

We've had a plentiful crop of Roma-style tomatoes this year; probably have 25-30 lbs put up in the deep freeze already, and there's another dishpan-full ready to be picked. We get the best results with the Italian paste-type tomatoes, and they're terrific to put up in the freezer and enjoy all winter long.

[pamelaBeurman]

Originally Posted by irman

Not an answer to question of OP, but similar.
Our tomatoes, do not seem to get ripe (red) ...
They are big and plenty, but stray green.
Solution ???

Either put them on a window sill to ripen or make lots of fried green tomatoes. Yummy!

[Cattknap]

With the heat you need to make sure they are getting plenty of water.

[phonelady61]

mine did so stinky I pulled them up already . I had two tomatoes out of 6 plants and none of my neighbors had any good tomatoes either . it was the heat this year and hardly any of my friends in different states had any either . Just way too hot this year maybe next year . who know oh well .

[sunshineann]

woohooo...my tomatoes are starting to turn red. my youngest made sure every morning and evening the garden got watered. She loves "her" garden.

[gentlearts]

Originally Posted by MidwesternBookWorm

I have been told that tomato plants won't set fruit unless the temps drop below 75 degrees for at least an hour or so out of every 24. When we lived in Texas, we'd have tomato plant jungles with flowers everywhere, but the darn things would never set fruit. Once we figured out to plant early enough in the season (that was early February where we lived!) that the plants got at least a little cooler temps in the wee hours, we had plenty of 'maters.

We've had a plentiful crop of Roma-style tomatoes this year; probably have 25-30 lbs put up in the deep freeze already, and there's another dishpan-full ready to be picked. We get the best results with the Italian paste-type tomatoes, and they're terrific to put up in the freezer and enjoy all winter long.

Wow, if this is true it explains a lot. I planted late because I figured the growing season was longer here, but it hasn't really been under 90 degrees since June. Maybe I'll try again next year...maybe I won't.

[Phawk57]

I am very hopefull. The Bigboys have more flowers on them than they've had all season. My neighbor found more tomatoes on her plants. She was just going to get rid of them until she saw that they had them.