Finnaly have some fruits?

[FILMNET]

Over 10" of Rain here in June, and last night another 1 1/2". I water the garden 1 time for the 2 last weeks, only have fruits on my 1 plant? 6 days with 90 and night 75. Really crazy.
JD's Special C Tex Plant

[pinklady5]

I feel your pain. 11 plants, 7 plants have no or just 1 or 2 fruit. Rain, Rain, Rain and then heat. Amazing. Other plants have a maximum of 6 fruit maybe. Disappointed to say the least.

[Father'sDaughter]

I got mine out early so they were able to set a fair amount of fruit before the weather started becoming an issue. Since the rain/heat/humidity cycle started, there's been almost no new fruit set for me either. Hopefully the weather stabilizes soon!

[FILMNET]

Hopefully a nice group of Jd's, 3 baby's?

[cythaenopsis]

Originally Posted by pinklady5

I feel your pain. 11 plants, 7 plants have no or just 1 or 2 fruit. Rain, Rain, Rain and then heat. Amazing. Other plants have a maximum of 6 fruit maybe. Disappointed to say the least.

I'm a little bit north of you and so I know what you mean by the weather. Fortunately the above 90F days haven't been too many strung in a row, but the night time temps just won't slide down below 75F. My Black Krim has just one tomato on it, although finally about 3-4 flowers have shown signs of being pollinated (fingers crossed). My other plant is a Lemon Boy and it has 5 tomatoes at the moment, while being an incredibly small plant. If it turns out to have good taste I'll definitely grow it next year as it's proving to be quite hearty.

[FILMNET]

This year is my first yrs growing jd's special c-tex tomato , I hope it is nice, i love all black and love Black Krim also

[TightenUp]

essex county here and i must have gotten lucky. fruit set has not been an issue this season

[TightenUp]

Originally Posted by cythaenopsis

My other plant is a Lemon Boy and it has 5 tomatoes at the moment, while being an incredibly small plant. If it turns out to have good taste I'll definitely grow it next year as it's proving to be quite hearty.

loved lemon boy grown in a container last season. my neighbor grew it 2 years ago as one of his main crop tomatoes and i was addicted. i cant believe i forgot to start seeds for it this season. its def finding a spot in my garden next year

[FILMNET]

Originally Posted by TightenUp

essex county here and i must have gotten lucky. fruit set has not been an issue this season

O my!!! nice plants and the hay? Is this ocean hay it look like mine i am in Beverly 01915

[pinklady5]

Originally Posted by TightenUp

essex county here and i must have gotten lucky. fruit set has not been an issue this season

Wow, what a difference and only probably being no more than 10 miles from me. I suffered and am still suffering from a lot of blossom drop and an undiagnosed fungal or mold issue. It's a shame, the plants have been producing so many flowers. Same set up, spaced out plants using hay/straw for mulch too. I'm not growing Big Beef though, maybe I should next year.

[FILMNET]

WOW There is an Essex County in New Jersey? I live in Essex County in Mass

[TightenUp]

Originally Posted by FILMNET

O my!!! nice plants and the hay? Is this ocean hay it look like mine i am in Beverly 01915

Thanks FILMNET


i'm using straw as mulch. i bought it from a feed store in south jersey. i'll have to do a search for ocean hay as i've never heard of it

[efisakov]

The tomatoes from left to right are Black Master, Amazon Chocolate and David's Pink. Since last year spring came so early, I decided this year to be creasy and planted my toms out on 21 of April. I got lucky, the temps were ok. With the new weather pattern we are getting hit with hurricanes and my tomatoes were still having lots of fruit on them but the season got shortened. I fill the need to start my tomatoes earlier. The first tomato I picked was Omar's Lebanese on June 29.

[TightenUp]

Originally Posted by pinklady5

Wow, what a difference and only probably being no more than 10 miles from me. I suffered and am still suffering from a lot of blossom drop and an undiagnosed fungal or mold issue. It's a shame, the plants have been producing so many flowers. Same set up, spaced out plants using hay/straw for mulch too. I'm not growing Big Beef though, maybe I should next year.

what varieties are you growing? none of my plants are suffering from blossom drop here in essex county. my garden down in ocean county however is a different story

up here i have KBX, rutgers, cherokee purple, goose creek and brandy boy along with my big beef plant and some cherries. they're all pretty much loaded up with cherokee purple being the exception

down south i'm trialing some salt resistant tomatoes sent to me by a member here. they're all loaded with tomatoes however my heirlooms and large fruited hybrids like big beef have maybe 1 or 2 tomatoes each and tons of blossom drop. i attribute it to the wet salty air as they basically grow along the edge of the beach and constantly get hit with ocean mist.

after tomorrow it looks as if we'll have some perfect weather. i'm actually hoping for some rain tonight

[efisakov]

Originally Posted by TightenUp

essex county here and i must have gotten lucky. fruit set has not been an issue this season

Nice setting. Love the straw. I wish they sell it around here.