Are you sure they are Tomato plants ? Once the flower falls off you should be able to see a tiny BB size tomato infant growing in it place .

Could it be you have a Tomatillo plant ?

but 5 weeks later the little flower buds are unchanged

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Buds wouldn't last that long; they would fall off if the blossom never opened from the buds.

So did you ever get open blossoms?

And are you speaking of just one tomato plant or are you raising other tomato plants as well and if so how are they doing?

Reading your post it seems to me that you're a bit confused, maybe, on the difference between a bud and a blossom.

Carolyn

Yeah, something's wrong.

A photo would be nice if you have one.

Thanks all. Unless the seeds were wrong in the packet I got then 'yes', these are tomatoes....yellow pear to be exact.

I only have one plant.

Maybe I am confused on bud vs blossom. Here's what I saw:

dangling in a downward direction and growing off some of the stems were tiny little �trumpet� shaped yellow flowers�.really tiny. But I was able to see small little yellow flowers inside the green outer �leaves�. After about two weeks the little yellow flowers seemed closed up. They are still there, but I guess are essentially �dead��..the flowers seem closed now anytime I check them, they haven�t grown at all, and otherwise I have seen no change. So�.is this plant beyond hope�.it�s likely never going to produce tomatoes?

Tx.

How about posting a picture ?

Well to all the non-believers out there (including myself...I was almost ready to give up on this plant)....yesterday I saw that one of the blossoms that had been on the plant for like 5 weeks, with no change in it at all....there's now a teeny weeny hard bulb shape emanating from it! I'm sure it's the start of a yellow pear tomato! Yeah!!!

Cool, hope youâÂÂll have many yellow pear tomatoes.

yippee1999 wrote: >Am I wasting my time watering it every day?!

EVERY DAY? YouâÂÂre kidding right?

I live in your area - Long Island, NY - and I water every 2-3 days.

My tomatoes trellis has a roof that serves both to:

1. Avoid overwatering or unplanned watering from heavy / long rains, and
2. Protect for a few days, from strong sun, the recently planted seedlings / companion plants

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To control even more the watering, I also have a DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM:

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