Do you cover your tomatoes with visqueen?
I have had a very good year with tomatoes but now that it’s raining so much my pick bucket is mostly empty. Even the green tomatoes will rot. In the last two weeks I have recorded 11 inches of rain. The vines are still growing , producing flowers but no fruit set. Humidity is very high , but there is nothing I can do to correct that. I could control the amount of water to the plants with poly or visqueen but would this improve fruit set? My guess is that I would have less fruit rot since I could better control irrigation. Karpes
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I routinely every year near the end of the season cover my plants with visqueen, but I am covering for frost protection.
Good luck and I am sure it would help with the rain. Dean |
Unfortunately, high temperatures along with high humidity generally spells "clumpy pollen", and that means no pollination and no fruit set.
If "Gustav" does what they think, you're about to get a whole lot wetter. Take care of yourself. [quote=karpes;108767] .....I have recorded 11 inches of rain. The vines are still growing , producing flowers but no fruit set. Humidity is very high , but there is nothing I can do to correct that. I could control the amount of water to the plants with poly or visqueen but would this improve fruit set? ...... Karpes[/quote] |
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