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Tomato branches drooping / Flowers dropping

Posted by saood Saudi - zone 10b/11 (My Page) on
Tue, Nov 12, 13 at 8:06

Yesterday at around 3:00 pm I noticed that a few branches of both my container tomato plants were drooping. I searched for an answer and it was like it could be anything. Couldn't figure out. Early today morning I checked the plants and they looked fine. Today at the same time I was back and again the branches - more than the previous day - were drooping.

I am expecting this has to do with the outside temps which are touching 90F and the plants have not been under shade.

The only thing that has got me a bit worried is that even when the temps were going above 95F sometimes back, they looked fine then. But after the flowers have bloomed, this has happened / is happening.

Is this a phenomenon that starts after flowering, when temps rise above certain levels? Perhaps because of the flowering stress.

On a side note, the flowers are also not forming fruit and dropping. I understand the temps may have a large part to play in this as well.

What can I do overcome these two things?


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RE: Tomato branches drooping / Flowers dropping

Can you give them partial shade? What color are the pots? Do you have any mulch on the top of the soil? You want to do everything you can to keep them as cool as possible. When it gets hot here tomatoes don't set fruit. Some varieties will produce better in heat than others.

Perhaps your plants have more leaves and are bigger now and the leaves are losing moisture faster than the roots can take it in. I am not a botanist so that may not be what happens. I know many plants wilt in the hot parts of the day even though they don't need water and will recover when it cools off in the evening.

I am not familiar with your climate. Tomato growers in hot climates here try to grow tomatoes early in spring and get their production before the worst heat of the summer. People in different climates have to adjust in many ways to get a crop at the best possible time. Perhaps your university has information about the best varieties and best times there.


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