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Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:10 pm
by Amateurinawe
It's TWINS.....
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Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:44 pm
by Amateurinawe
Ramalet 100 de Colgar seem to be fruiting quite nicely..
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And these are Heidi plum tomatoes...
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Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:54 pm
by Mark_Thompson
Heidi looks super healthy, is that a hybrid?

Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2022 3:23 pm
by Amateurinawe
@Mark_Thompson Heidi is the plum tomato from the Cameroon student of Dr Carolyn Male. Seeds came in the last but 1 MMMM

Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2022 6:18 am
by Amateurinawe
Since you now mention it @rossomendblot I am beginning to see an alarming amount of blossom drop on the upper tiers tiers of the outdoor tomatoes. Humidity appears to be below 50%. The hot weather with 16 hours of direct sunshine continues..

Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:11 pm
by rossomendblot
Don't think I've had any blossom drop on the outdoor tomatoes, but a lot of them didn't put out a truss until they were already quite tall, so I'll only get 4 trusses on the ones which have already reached the top of their supports. In the greenhouse, my Rebel Yell plant hasn't set a single fruit since setting 4 really nice ones on the first truss.

Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:37 pm
by Amateurinawe
@rossomendblot How tall are your supports ?

Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:44 pm
by Amateurinawe
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San Marzanno Fire (in the hold), well actually the greenhouse.

Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2022 2:17 pm
by Cornelius_Gotchberg
@Amateurinawe; thanks to the TJ seed exchange we have a coupla Marzano Fires percolatin', too.

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Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2022 4:12 pm
by rossomendblot
Amateurinawe wrote: Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:37 pm @rossomendblot How tall are your supports ?
5 foot or so. Guess I could extend them a bit with some canes and cable ties, don't want them too much taller as the winds will hammer them.

Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2022 1:01 am
by Amateurinawe
@rossomendblot just gauging how tall your plants were. I have one or two oddballs that don't seem very high and should be and others climbing like crazy.

Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2022 5:05 am
by rossomendblot
Amateurinawe wrote: Mon Jul 11, 2022 1:01 am @rossomendblot just gauging how tall your plants were. I have one or two oddballs that don't seem very high and should be and others climbing like crazy.
It's interesting to see differences in vigour. Sgt Peppers was the first to reach the top of the greenhouse and it's flowering like mad (hope it tastes nice :lol: ), with Girl Girl's Weird Thing not too far behind. Bear Creek and Rosedale are a foot or more behind.

Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 2:07 pm
by Amateurinawe
So SMFL is still kicking out the flowers and growing taller....
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Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 5:53 pm
by rossomendblot
Looks like you'll need to fully charge your toothbrush.

Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 7:36 pm
by bower
That is a crazy amount of flowers. :)
We're having the same weather as you since mid June, so many sunny dry hot days! I've been running two fans in my greenhouse to keep it to 90F, and that seems to have really helped with fruit set, although there are some drops on the worst days, for sure. I think the heat has slowed ripening tbh. I decided to try feeding and watering at night, and now I see some blushing. I had a ripe fruit on an outdoor tomato already! That's just unheard of for us. It's been as warm outside as it normally is in the greenhouse.

Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2022 12:19 am
by Amateurinawe
@Bower strangely the plums seem to be fruit setting very well, the other plants have some big fruits lower down which I am willing to blush so I can remove as I think they also are playing a part along with the heat, full on sunshine of 16 hours and lack of humidity. On a plus note there is little sign of disease but I am prepping a spray as we are bound to get a thunderstorm soon. The weather has also helped the whispy/floppy foliage plants like fish lake and true colours which ordinarily would have been blown around to bits with the cross winds I usually get in my garden. But blossom drop is still disappointing and although I see plenty of pollen the plants are aborting the flowers.

Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2022 3:12 am
by Amateurinawe
Some better shots
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Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2022 6:13 am
by bower
Lots of happy looking fruit there. :)
One pattern I'm seeing a lot this year is the 'mini sets', where only a few fruit per cluster are getting bigger. So like you, I'm hoping that pattern will change when the first ones ripen. A plant can only carry so much fruit load, some of them have to wait.
For actual blossom dropping though, I believe temperatures over 95F simply kill tomato pollen.
I was really happy to see that the fans could keep it down to 90F, which has really helped.

Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:55 am
by karstopography
Yes, those are lovely tomatoes.

Re: AmateurInAwe's Garden

Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2022 10:44 am
by Amateurinawe
Not Early, Early Orange stripe
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