Flower development

[AKgardener]

Anyone know how long it takes for flower buds to
Really grow mine are awful slow and don’t seem to get bigger on my Goliath bush plants

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[Setec Astronomy]

I don't know what I'm talking about, but last year I had a couple of plants that had those "false" flowers. It consternated me because I was waiting for the first flower to prune the branches below, which I did, and then the "flowers" never became flowers.

[AKgardener]

Thanks ! There not doing anything the plants are now are 12 weeks old and my other plants never took this long to get flower buds just curious to what I’m doing wrong

[Uncle_Feist]

Seems they may be receiving too many hours of light. The plants are just happily growing in the abundance and there's no concern to set fruit at the time.

[AKgardener]

I had no idea that to much light was a thing any suggestions?? Would be greatly appreciated

[Setec Astronomy]

My plants that got those little dud flowers were outside...not sure how that can be too much light. I think you just need to give them some more time, but as I said, I don't know what I'm talking about.

[AKgardener]

Guess I’ll keep trucking them along mine are growing indoors under grow lights in between the French doors I have with nateral lights coming in so I alternate

[Nan6b]

I've had those fake flowers on my plants. Real flowers will develop. Occasionally the fake ones will swell and grow much later.

[AKgardener]

Thank you to everyone that responded I truly had no idea they could get fake flowers none of my plants did this do I was woundering what I had done wrong so does mean I just remove them?

[Shule]

@AKgardener

Don't forget that Bush Goliath F1 is a determinate variety, specifically of the sort where all the fruit ripens at once.

I don't know, but it's possible that this means all the flowers bloom at once, too; so, maybe it's waiting for more buds.

[AKgardener]

I didn’t even think about ! Thank you I guess I’m just impatient haha I wish spring was here already

[bower]

I have seen this on a few plants, it's very frustrating. IMO the plant just doesn't have the conditions it wants to set fruit. Maybe it wants to be a bigger plant. Maybe roots are not developed enough. I remember several vars that did this, both determinate and indeterminate. I think it was the cold in that case and maybe not enough sunshine/ too crowded. At least those were the conditions both times that I recall. Both of them eventually set fruit, but much later than any other plants in the year.

[AKgardener]

It’s probably due to the fact that I’m growing them indoors and not the ideal conditions they want but I’ll keep trying and see even if it takes 6 months haha I’m willing to wait cause this is truly an exsperment to see if I can grow a full size tomato plant indoors

[AKgardener]

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I think some of the flowers are getting bigger I’ll share a pic in a bit and see if I’m just getting my hopes up

[bower]

When you get that stemming shooting out, you know they will make flowers!
Incidentally, when plants stubbornly refuse to flower beyond the days expected, pruning hard will help.

[AKgardener]

Ok Awsome good to know still new to the gardening world I’m learning as I go I was about to say goodbye and start over I’ve had other indoor tomatoes that didn’t take this long to have flowers but there fruit never developed either stayed small