After plucking off blossoms so the plants would develop, then learning that really hot weather prevents even heat-tolerant tomatoes from setting fruit, I decided to simply keep these poor plants alive and safe from horn worms until cooler weather. Imagine my surprise when I saw this:
We have a tomato! (Update: there’s been a second sighting.) Stay tuned for other gardening adventures as they develop.
I’ve been wondering why ours keep getting flowers, but no tomatoes! Maybe it’s too hot?
Sounds like it. My Reader’s Digest Back to Basic book says, “Tomatoes will not set fruit when nighttime temperatures are below 60 or above 75, to many a gardener’s puzzlement and dismay.” My plants could almost be considered ornamental – they have so many flowers!
I have lots of tomatoes but something is eating some of them, probably hornworms, I have yet to find one yet, which is a tad strange here, not to find one if they are here.
I put in too many cherry and grape varieties this year, wish you lived closer. Of course, the tomatoes that are getting eaten by nature before I can pick them are the big ones, not the salad type.
I need to find my worm killer gross green stuff I guess, mix it up and spray away.
Congrats on the T’s!
You’re so funny!! How exciting to see your first tomato… I love seeing garden pics. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Good luck with your garden!