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Originally Posted by ScottinAtlanta
Thanks, everyone. I am putting together a "high heat" list for our gardeners in this area, and your posts are very helpful.
B54, Stump and Cherokee Purple both slowed down for me when the heat rose. Did yours keep flowering and setting fruit in 100 degree weather?
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Scott, it mainly was determined by the age of the plant. The younger plants continued to produce in the heat and the older ones did not but that is true of most of the plants setting in the heat. It seems that once the plant has grown off a lot of fruit and has very long stems with the new growth mainly on the tips that setting in high heat is difficult. I have had older plants do very well setting again once the heat lets up a bit in the fall.