My tomatoes are not setting

Elliot · July 29, 2012

I hasve 12 plants and most have some green fruit on them but unlike previous years, the amount of fruit is very minimal. Could this be because of the intense heat we have had on long island?

Darren Abbey · July 29, 2012

Most variaties will fail to set fruit with high heat. They will pick up once the temperatures cool.

edweather · July 29, 2012

Agree, and you still have a good 2 months of growing season left.

lakelady · July 29, 2012

Elliot, I got fruitset early, then a long stretch of nothing. Now I'm getting fruitset again near the tops. Thankfully my tomatoes are not all ripening at once so hopefully by the time I eat the last of this fruitset bunch, the next ones will begin ripening. If the chipmunks don't get them all!

elight · July 29, 2012

Same here. Basically every blossom died off during those 1-2 weeks of high heat. Of my 4 plants, only exception was the Supersweet 100s, which don't seem to mind the heat.

rsg2001 · July 29, 2012

Same for me. I won't complain about the harvest that I'm getting at the moment, but I will likely have a gap.

markd42 · July 29, 2012

Same here in Westchester County. Got some decent fruit set early, then not much for awhile during the heat wave, now lots of fruit setting at the tops. Agree that the cherry/small fruited varieties dont seem to mind as they have lots of fruit set.

BigBrownDogHouse · July 30, 2012

Everyone seems to be describing exactly what I got also.
Good start to the season, then a big lull and then it finally started back up again the past few weeks once we got out of the extreme 90's and 100's.

We'll have a bunch of tomatoes really soon, then I am hoping it won't drop off to bad because of all the different varieties I grew this year. Hoping to fill in the gaps so to speak.

As mentioned, there's still plenty of growing season left around here.

Brian

raindrops27 · July 30, 2012

Hmm, I have had a good tomato year with lot's of greenies, the problem is the slow ripening. I will not complain though. I did get to eat 2 absinthe tomatoes, and a few snow white maybe 8 so far. I pulled off a not all the way ripe Earl faux because it had cracked due to all the recent rain.

I planted supersweet 100's I think from your suggestion Elliot
I cannot wait to try them!

BigBrownDogHouse · July 30, 2012

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Originally Posted by raindrops27

Hmm, I have had a good tomato year with lot's of greenies, the problem is the slow ripening.

That sounds like what I had last year. It seemed to take forever for them to turn last year.

This year they seem to be ripening much quicker for me. Everytime I walk outside, it seems I find another one blushing.

July 29, 2012	#1
Elliot Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Hicksville, New York Posts: 387	My tomatoes are not setting I hasve 12 plants and most have some green fruit on them but unlike previous years, the amount of fruit is very minimal. Could this be because of the intense heat we have had on long island?

July 29, 2012	#3
edweather Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Central Square NY Zone 5a/b Posts: 92	Agree, and you still have a good 2 months of growing season left. __________________ You'll be surprised at what you'll never have to do if you put it off long enough.

July 29, 2012	#4
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,695	Elliot, I got fruitset early, then a long stretch of nothing. Now I'm getting fruitset again near the tops. Thankfully my tomatoes are not all ripening at once so hopefully by the time I eat the last of this fruitset bunch, the next ones will begin ripening. If the chipmunks don't get them all! __________________ Antoniette

July 30, 2012	#8
BigBrownDogHouse Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Northern Illinois ZONE 5a...wait now 5b Posts: 893	Everyone seems to be describing exactly what I got also. Good start to the season, then a big lull and then it finally started back up again the past few weeks once we got out of the extreme 90's and 100's. We'll have a bunch of tomatoes really soon, then I am hoping it won't drop off to bad because of all the different varieties I grew this year. Hoping to fill in the gaps so to speak. As mentioned, there's still plenty of growing season left around here. Brian __________________ Brian

July 30, 2012	#9
raindrops27 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: long island Posts: 205	Hmm, I have had a good tomato year with lot's of greenies, the problem is the slow ripening. I will not complain though. I did get to eat 2 absinthe tomatoes, and a few snow white maybe 8 so far. I pulled off a not all the way ripe Earl faux because it had cracked due to all the recent rain. I planted supersweet 100's I think from your suggestion Elliot I cannot wait to try them! Last edited by raindrops27; July 30, 2012 at 09:13 PM.

July 29, 2012	#2
Darren Abbey Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 101	Most variaties will fail to set fruit with high heat. They will pick up once the temperatures cool.

July 29, 2012	#5
elight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Nanuet, NY Posts: 116	Same here. Basically every blossom died off during those 1-2 weeks of high heat. Of my 4 plants, only exception was the Supersweet 100s, which don't seem to mind the heat.

July 29, 2012	#6
rsg2001 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Zone 6 Posts: 460	Same for me. I won't complain about the harvest that I'm getting at the moment, but I will likely have a gap.

July 29, 2012	#7
markd42 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: New York Posts: 60	Same here in Westchester County. Got some decent fruit set early, then not much for awhile during the heat wave, now lots of fruit setting at the tops. Agree that the cherry/small fruited varieties dont seem to mind as they have lots of fruit set.

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