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   Message 39,166 of 40,484   
   Muggles to Ralph Mowery   
   Re: No blooms on tomato plants   
   16 Jun 20 12:25:58   
   
   From: countd@wn2TkxG.vng   
      
   On 6/16/2020 12:22 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > countd@wn2TkxG.vng says...   
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   >> They may not be getting enough water and/or phosphorus.  High nitrogen   
   >> produces good foliage, but too much can prevent flowering, too.   
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   > They have had plenty of rain on them and I did water them some.   
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   > I doubt it is too much nitrogen as I put out some fertilizer and tilled   
   > it up  after. All the plants are in an area of roughly 20 by 20 feet.   
   > So they should have about the same amount of chemicals in the soil as   
   > the other tomatoes that are producing fruit like I think they should for   
   > this time of year and when I set them out.   
   >   
   > I used the 10/10/10 fertilizer.  Not sure if I did or did not put any   
   > lime out.  This is a new garden spot from the years past.  Where I had   
   > been trying to grow tomatoes had became too shaded due to trees growing   
   > higher after 10 years.   
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   I'd probably give them a boost of phosphorus and cut down the nitrogen.   
    See what happens.  We've grown tomatoes for years.  Some just need a   
   little more tlc.   
      
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