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To: Red_Devil 232

Question: My tomatoes make huge vines but little fruit. Blooms but no fruit. What’s my problem?.........


9 posted on 08/18/2009 6:23:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (I am totally against spooning............it eventually leads to forking................)
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To: Red Badger
Red Badger, I had the same problem this year: huge jungly tomato plants covered with luxurious foliage, but little fruit. I think I know what the problem(s) were:

My solution next year will be to use a more balanced compost/fertilizere combo, hold off on the watering, and locate the tomatoes in the sunniest part of the back yard. In the semi-shady placs I'll plant greens which appreciate a bit of shade in the hot midsummer, like swiss chard, which did beautifully for me even up next to the house where they were in shade in the afternoon.
19 posted on 08/18/2009 7:20:01 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets." - Isaac Asimov)
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To: Red Badger
Where are you located?

Your tomatoes blooming and lacking fruit can be do to air temp. either too cool or to hot. Also, as another poster noted, to much nitrogen in your fert. can be a problem.

28 posted on 08/18/2009 8:08:18 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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