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| I have to diff cherry tomatoes growing near each other - a small Matt's Wild Cherry plant growing upside down, and a 4 foot tall Large Cherry plant trellised up a staircase railing. Both get full sun all day from noon, maybe earlier. The Wild Cherry has had some fruit on it for maybe a month, is in a small container - about 2 gallons, so I get it, but the fruits have begun to ripen this week. I tried my first ever homegrown one, and it tastes great! More of them look ripe every day, for a few days no. The other plant has had lots of fruits, growing more every few days, several look like they are full size, but haven't begun to ripen yet. I can't wait to try them, bc they grew so fast. There are about 30 on the plant, half of them look the size of a supermarket cherry tomato. Should the sun be hitting the actual fruit, or just the whole plant? Many of the fruits are shaded by their actual leaves, until the sun is at a low angle in the late afternoon. I'm a first time tomato grower and so far, so good, I want to do this right. |
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- Posted by goodground z6 NJ (My Page) on Fri, Aug 8, 14 at 17:59
| I'm no expert but if the leaves are getting sun, the tomatoes will do just fine. In general, fruits benefit from direct sun but leaf shade doesn't seem to bother the tomatoes. Enjoy! |
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- Posted by PupillaCharites 9a (My Page) on Fri, Aug 8, 14 at 18:02
| Tomato fruits can get sunburned (sunscald), especially when the temperatures are over 85F for a while. Different varieties respond differently, and optimally they would not be in killer sunshine. But completely shaded arguably might not be best either since some people say chlorophyll on green tomatoes, especially heirlooms persists a while to help make them sweeter by making more sugars. But unless you are seeing problems on your tomatoes, don't worry about it. People that have problems typically have denuded their plants in response to saving it from some blight, leaving naked fruits in hot sun. The problem is the Sun is like a microwave oven and can heat up the surface more than the ambient temperature from simple air contact. So the surfaces of the tomatoes' surfaces can near 100 degrees even if the temp is 92F out, like here in Florida. If you don't have a problem, no need to fix it. |
This post was edited by PupillaCharites on Fri, Aug 8, 14 at 18:05
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