Any hope that the tomato plants will bear fruit? (flowers, tomatoes, corn)

[Fields of Green]

Shortly after I planted small (approximately 10-12 inches tall) yellow pear tomato plants in May, we had a surprise frost and they looked pretty dead. I didn't get around to removing them, and now they are large green bushy gorgeous things, with maybe one flower. No flowers = no fruit, is that correct? Not sure if it was the freeze, or the bees just didn't do their thing, or a combination.

[ArkansasSlim]

Originally Posted by Fields of Green

Shortly after I planted small (approximately 10-12 inches tall) yellow pear tomato plants in May, we had a surprise frost and they looked pretty dead. I didn't get around to removing them, and now they are large green bushy gorgeous things, with maybe one flower. No flowers = no fruit, is that correct? Not sure if it was the freeze, or the bees just didn't do their thing, or a combination.

No flowers no fruit, correct. Tomato's are self pollinating but bees will make them more productive. Large green bushy could mean the soil is too rich, so they are putting all their energy into growth. Have you had hot weather as we have? They like no lower than 75 at night and no higher than 95 days, and day temp is most critical, so if your days have been hot, they will kinda go dormant until it cools off. And they need at least 60% direct sun. And if they died back to the point that this new growth is from the original root, if they have fruit it may not be yellow pear. Good luck.

[Dreison Rhodes]

I have three 65 to 80 ft rows, three differing varieties of tomato, the Cherokee Purple is the more dominant variety, they make the best tomato sandwich you have ever tasted. I also have three rows of a corn named "incredible" an understatement. A very hardy and quite delicious variety, very rich in sugar content. My Cantaloup and Watermelon are all doing well, it will be another month before they start getting ripe.

[Icy Tea]

Our tomato yields look like they'll be down this year. We had some fluctuating temps in June, from scorching hot to unseasonably cool. We have tomatoes, but they seem delayed and slow to ripen and not in the quantity we normally have.
One disappointment were the San Marzano tomatoes. We'd never had them before and planted two where we normally plant others. They've come down with blossom end rot. So far 4 of the tomatoes have it. Maybe its that the variety is prone to it, the other tomatoes nearby are okay.
The sun sugar ( or maybe its sun gold, I forget) cherry tomatoes seem to be doing the best, as usual. Beefmaster( or is it Big Beef, I forget) also seems to be doing the best among the big tomatoes.

[nmnita]

Where there are blooms there could be fruit, I would suggest leaving them alone for a month or so and see what happens. If you get any tomatoes it is unlikely you will get many, but there is no reason to pull them up at this time.

Nita