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   Nyssa to All   
   Re: tomato plant with flowers but no fru   
   22 Jul 25 08:51:27   
   
   From: Nyssa@logicalinsight.net   
      
   T wrote:   
      
   > On 7/20/25 12:39 AM, T wrote:   
   >> On 7/19/25 4:48 AM, Nyssa wrote:   
   >>> What's the temperature like around your place?   
   >>>   
   >>> Tomatoes won't set fruit if the temperatures are   
   >>> over ~95 degrees. Even with the bees working regular   
   >>> hours, the pollinated flowers won't do their work   
   >>> if it's too hot.   
   >>   
   >> We have had a string of about two weeks of 98F   
   >> to 102F and that explains it.   
   >>   
   >> :'(   
   >   
   >   
   > Not to ask to dumb a question, but are the overheated   
   > flower a loss?  Or will they take now that temperatures   
   > are in the 80's?   
      
   I don't know.   
      
   I've got the same problem here with the high temperatures   
   (and WAY too much rain). But I noticed yesterday   
   that my neighbor has a couple of newly forming   
   tomatoes on one of the plants I gave her, but hers have   
   some shade, so maybe it kept the temperature a bit   
   cooler in her back yard than mine have in full sun on   
   my deck.   
      
   YMMV.   
      
   Nyssa, who is tired of both the squishy lawn and   
   the too hot and too bumid conditions   
      
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