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Need help with my vegetable garden
Posted on 6/4/14 at 6:41 pm
Posted on 6/4/14 at 6:41 pm
My garden (tomatoes, cucumbers, and some peppers) are producing lots of flowers but barely no fruit. Anything I can do to get them to produce more fruit? Sure it's been answered already but I missed it. Thanks
This post was edited on 6/5/14 at 9:26 am
Posted on 6/4/14 at 6:43 pm to TigerOnTheRoad
How full are the plants? Very leafy or lean looking?
Posted on 6/4/14 at 6:44 pm to Nodust
Mixture, not too thick but healthy looking.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 6:51 pm to TigerOnTheRoad
I know beautiful vegetables don't produce as much.
Can't really help. That's all I know.
Can't really help. That's all I know.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 7:02 pm to TigerOnTheRoad
fertilizer will sometimes make the flowers bloom but I would just try to leave them alone if they look healthy
Posted on 6/4/14 at 8:39 pm to TigerOnTheRoad
Could be a varieties of problems : pollination trouble, too much nitrogen, etc. I usually recommend Bonide tomato and flower set spray.
This post was edited on 6/4/14 at 8:44 pm
Posted on 6/4/14 at 9:03 pm to TigerOnTheRoad
Have you tested ph of soil? Might need to lime. Especially in the south.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 9:12 pm to TigerOnTheRoad
Plant more now. I plant cucumbers in March, just put more seeds in the ground last week, and will plant more around the end of July. They'll make, and you'll have them for longer.
Peppers will grow until November, plant more tomorrow.
Sometime folks try too hard at first, and over-water and over-fertilize tomatoes early. Can end up with beautiful plants with little fruit. When it's all said and done, I'd rather have the ugliest plants around with good fruit than the opposite.
Everything will grow 3x faster now that it's warm. As long as we don't have a stupid dry summer they'll be fine.
Disclaimer: I always plant 10x more than I can eat just in case they don't produce well. I'd rather be the guy that gives away bushels of tomatoes each week than the guy who has to ration his.
Peppers will grow until November, plant more tomorrow.
Sometime folks try too hard at first, and over-water and over-fertilize tomatoes early. Can end up with beautiful plants with little fruit. When it's all said and done, I'd rather have the ugliest plants around with good fruit than the opposite.
Everything will grow 3x faster now that it's warm. As long as we don't have a stupid dry summer they'll be fine.
Disclaimer: I always plant 10x more than I can eat just in case they don't produce well. I'd rather be the guy that gives away bushels of tomatoes each week than the guy who has to ration his.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 11:35 pm to TigerOnTheRoad
Back off on the fertilizer, spray some bloom set and start gently shaking the plants to encourage pollination. If you want to go full garden nerd, buy a cheap battery powered toothbrush and use it to, um, well, vibrate the blooms. Procreation and all that.
Posted on 6/5/14 at 12:26 am to TigerOnTheRoad
try posting this on the food board. quite a few green thumbs over there
Posted on 6/5/14 at 7:42 am to rattlebucket
quote:
Have you tested ph of soil? Might need to lime. Especially in the south.
Actually, in a lot of the state, the amount of clay actually results in a high pH that you need to bring down (acidify). You want slightly acidic soil for most vegetables (especially tomatoes).
Posted on 6/5/14 at 8:25 am to Galactic Inquisitor
Shake em....gently of course. Seems to have helped mine set fruit. My grandpa swears by that fruit set spray
Posted on 6/5/14 at 10:28 am to TigerOnTheRoad
Started shaking the tomatoes a few days ago and just bought to fruit set spray so we shall see.
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