We just had a horrific day of rain rain rain and high winds and now temps are down substantially. We had a very hot and humid summer with little rain. I had a lot of weird shaped tomatoes and fused tomatoes like crazy. The blossoms kept sticking to the tomatoes and I had to hand pick them off. Despite the amount of sun and heat, a lot of my tomatoes stalled in terms of ripening.
ISPL was a beast - surprisingly pumping out tons of tomatoes. Rebel Yell was great, but even my cherries were slow to ripen. I was very careful not to over water, but I’m wondering if I could have watered a bit more. Surprisingly, my plants stayed incredibly healthy in spite of the humidity. Russian 117 pumped out so many tomatoes but a lot of them developed a weird leathery, area on the shoulders, almost like dehydration.
I am happy to report this was a BER free summer!
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