Tomato Plants?

Question

I have tomato plants that I grew from seeds. I have one cherry tomato plant that has been producing well for the past couple of months. The other plants (I think that they are beefsteak) are growing well, and have tons of blooms, but still no tomatos. I am just wondering if any one else is having this problem. I am in the DFW area.

Answer 1

I don't know where the DFW area is located. Tomato's won't set if the temps are around 95 degrees or higher.  If that's not your areas condition then go to the nursery and buy a can of blossom set.  Easy to use and your problem is that you probably don't have any bees around your tomatos.  You'll have to do their work for them.

Answer 2

i live in arlington.  i had 2 grape tomato plants that produced very well for about 3 weeks, then died.  my others did ok, but are looking pretty sad right now because its so hot. i cant grow much of anything here in the summer except peppers.  next month you can get plants for the fall.  try them, but get the ones that will set fruit in the heat.  it will say so on the tags.

Answer 3

cherry tomatoes mature faster,as long as the other plants have blooms you'll get tomatoes eventually

Answer 4

If the temp is above 85 the flowers on tomato's and peppers wont set and product fruit.

Answer 5

The year, the weather have been very different . Give then time and they will produces.  I have cherry tomatoes and beef tomatoes too.  I have lots of cherry tomatoes but  blossoms on  my beef.

Answer 6

Hi,

Well ive been growing tomato's for ages and the flowers can either b a sign of tomatos coming or they might have gone to seed i'd check t up in a gardening book if i was u

Answer 7

They make a product called tomato set, designed to help pollination of early tomatoes. Look for it in a garden center.

I hope it is still available. I haven't worked retail in years, and haven't needed it myself.

Answer 8

I live in CA, and for 2 out of three years i tried growing the Beef Stakes, because of the high temp, they have never set fruit, then I tried bringing them indoors in a large pot, kept them near the sliding glass door until they set fruit, only then did i transplant them... you will have to self polinate by taking a q-tip and transfering the pollen from one to the other flower....

Answer 9

1.

      The most frequent cause of tomato blossom drop is temperature.

          * High daytime temperatures (above 85 F / 29 C)

          * High Nighttime Temperatures (Below 70 / 21 C)

          * Low Nighttime Temperatures (Below 55 / 13 C)

      Tomatoes grow best if daytime temperatures range between 70 F / 21 C and 85 F / 29 C. Whiletomato plants can tolerate more extreme temperatures for short periods, several days or nights with temps outside the ideal range will cause the plant to abort fruit set and focus on survival. According to the University of NV, “...temperatures over 104̊ F / 40 C for only four hours can cause the flowers to abort.

      Gardeners in cooler climates should not rush to get their tomatoes planted in the spring. Wait until nighttime temperatures are reliably above 55 F /13 C or protect them with a cover at night. You won’t gain any advantage by setting them out too early. Choose early maturing tomato varieties for spring growing in cooler climates. (Early Girl, Legend, Matina, Oregon Spring, Polar Baby, Silvery Fir Tree)

      Select heat a heat-tolerant ("heat set") tomato variety for areas with long periods of hot or humid weather. High nighttime temps are even worse than high daytime temperatures because the tomato plant never gets to rest. (Florasette, Heat Wave, Solar Set, Sunchaser, Sunmaster, Sunpride, Surfire)

   2. Ensure Pollination Tomatoes need some help to pollinate. Either insects, wind or hand shaking of the flowers is necessary to carry the pollen from the anthers to the stigma. During weather extremes, there are often no insect pollinators in the garden.

      It sometimes help attract more bees if you plant nectar rich flowers in your vegetable garden.

   3. Go Easy on the Fertilizer Don’t automatically feed your tomato plants every week. Make sure your soil is healthy, with adequate organic matter. Apply a balanced fertilizer at planting and again when fruit forms. Too much nitrogen encourages the plant to grow more foliage, not more fruit.

   4. Work Around the Humidity The ideal humidity range is between 40 - 70%. If humidity is either too high or too low, it interferes with the release of pollen and with pollen’s ability to stick to the stigma. So pollination will not occur.

      If humidity is too low, hose the foliage during the day. This will both cool the plant and raise the humidity. This is not recommended in areas with high humidity or when fungus diseases are present. Gardeners in high humidity areas should look for tomato varieties that aren’t bothered by humidity. (Eva Purple Ball, Flora-Dade, Grosse Lisse, Jubilee, Moneymaker, Sun Gold, Taxi, Yellow Pear)

   5. Water deeply, once a week, during dry weather. Tomatoes have very deep roots, sometimes going down into the soil up to 5 feet. Shallow watering will stress and weaken the plants.

   6. Keep your tomato plants healthy. Use good cultural practices and treat for disease as soon as symptoms appear.

   7. Sometimes the problem is just too much of a good thing. When a tomato plant has too many blossoms, the resulting fruits are all competing for the limited food supplied by the plant. Only the strong will survive. The plant will automatically abort some flowers. Once the initial crop is harvested, the problem should subside.

Nothing will guarantee fruit set. Things like temperature and humidity are out of the gardener’s control. Sometimes you just have to be patient and wait for conditions to correct themselves. If the weather seems fine and other gardeners in your area are not having fruit set problems, you should consider the cultural causes of tomato blossom drop. Choosing a suitable variety and keeping your plants healthy will give you an edge.

Answer 10

Be patient, you're doing fine.

Answer 11

I highly doubt that a lack of bees are a problem, considering that your cherry tomato has done well.

Regular tomato plants simply take longer to produce than cherry or grape. Not much else I can say... Maybe the usage of fertilizer will help your plants along?