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| Although we are still having great weather here....it appears my plants are winding down. Starting from the lower half...the leaves are turning brown and drying up. I still have lots of green fruit. Is this the way it usually goes??? |
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| That's the way mine usually goes. Despite fine weather. I think it has something to do with the length of the day. Plus they're getting old. |
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| G...I totally agree with you...about the diminishing light. I really think temps are over-rated (except frost, etc). |
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| I never thought of shortening day length to be a factor. Because in the tropics day length are around 12 hrs. Unless it is part of the genetics of tomato plant requiring longer days or preferring it. But , I thing the length of growing season and cooling off signals something to the plants. For this reason some suggest that near maturity fruits ripen up faster than before. |
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| The fall weather is almost everywhere in the north half of us. Some places have already seen their first frost. In our location at PNW, our high - low is forecasted as 59F-46F. Not quite a frost but getting there. I have been topping new growth and flowers as of early August but I will have some green tomatoes that will little chance to ripen. I checked the temperature map of USA@ 5:10 AM. |
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| makes me feel blessed...as I read that chart north to south! |
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| My tomatoes are worn out. The ones producing are making smaller tomatoes. Bugs and rain and drought and heat have taken a toll. The only thing still going like mad is Matt's Wild Cherry - foliage is pretty little tomatoes are bright red. I predict I will have millions of them next year. |
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