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| I am growing tomatoes on my deck in an apt building, the heat has burned off a lot of blossoms, two of the plants all of them, I built a canopy to shade the plants and brought the two plants that suffered the most damage indoors, my question is, will more blossoms appear after the plants are moved to an environment where the sun cannot burn the blossoms off? |
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- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ%3A Sunset 13 (My Page) on Sat, Jun 28, 14 at 11:18
| If the blossoms don't get pollinated because it's too hot, they will fall off. When it cools off, pollination will start happening again. They'll keep blooming even if they don't set fruit. Where are you that it's "burning" the tomatoes? |
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- Posted by missingtheobvious Blue Ridge 7a (My Page) on Sat, Jun 28, 14 at 11:28
| If you're growing an indeterminate variety, their growth pattern (on each branch) is 3 compound leaves, then 1 flower truss. That pattern is repeated as long as the plant lives, regardless of the weather. Determinate varieties have different patterns. |
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- Posted by SteveO63 none (stvo1963@hotmail.com) on Sat, Jun 28, 14 at 11:29
| I live in Rhode Island, the temperature has been high 80s some days, and during July-Aug it will be in the 90s.... I live in an apartment on the top floor with a deck,....and it gets so hot out there....so I built a canopy to shade the plants so they'll get partial sun hopefully that will work |
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- Posted by SteveO63 none (stvo1963@hotmail.com) on Sat, Jun 28, 14 at 11:35
| I have 2 different varieties, German Queen and Big Boy,.... |
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| There are other contributing factors to Blossom Drop other than just air temps. Air temps in the mid-90s in day time and above 75 at night cause Blossom Drop. But so do inconsistent soil moisture levels, excess nitrogen fertilizers, high humidity, hot dry winds, etc. So if your temps have only been in the 80s you may have something else going on. If you haven't read it there is a FAQ here that discusses all the factors you might want to review. Dave |
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| Posted by SteveO63 none (stvo1963@hotmail.com) on Sat, Jun 28, 14 at 11:29 I live in Rhode Island, the temperature has been high 80s some days, That sounds like ideal temperature for growing tomatoes. Unless the temperatures get much higher on your balcony/deck. So I suspect your blossom drop might be due to some other causes. Also one should realize that not all blossoms should turn into fruit. |
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