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Need help with my vegetable garden

Posted on 6/4/14 at 6:41 pm
Posted by TigerOnTheRoad
South Louisiana
Member since Aug 2007
281 posts
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 by Nodust
Member since Aug 2010
22631 posts
Posted on 6/4/14 at 6:43 pm to
How full are the plants? Very leafy or lean looking?
Posted by TigerOnTheRoad
South Louisiana
Member since Aug 2007
281 posts
Posted on 6/4/14 at 6:44 pm to
Mixture, not too thick but healthy looking.
Posted by Nodust
Member since Aug 2010
22631 posts
Posted on 6/4/14 at 6:51 pm to
I know beautiful vegetables don't produce as much.

Can't really help. That's all I know.
Posted by TigerOnTheRoad
South Louisiana
Member since Aug 2007
281 posts
Posted on 6/4/14 at 6:53 pm to
Lol thanks anyway
Posted by LEASTBAY
Member since Aug 2007
14292 posts
Posted on 6/4/14 at 7:02 pm to
fertilizer will sometimes make the flowers bloom but I would just try to leave them alone if they look healthy
Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
17711 posts
Posted on 6/4/14 at 8:17 pm to
Bees?
Posted by TigerTerd
Member since Sep 2010
2659 posts
Posted on 6/4/14 at 8:39 pm to
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 by TigerOnTheRoad
South Louisiana
Member since Aug 2007
281 posts
Posted on 6/4/14 at 8:47 pm to
Thanks will try that.
Posted by rattlebucket
SELA
Member since Feb 2009
11449 posts
Posted on 6/4/14 at 9:03 pm to
Have you tested ph of soil? Might need to lime. Especially in the south.
Posted by tenfoe
Member since Jun 2011
6847 posts
Posted on 6/4/14 at 9:12 pm to
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.

Posted by Bill Parker?
Member since Jan 2013
4473 posts
Posted on 6/4/14 at 11:35 pm to
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 by Jones
Member since Oct 2005
90517 posts
Posted on 6/5/14 at 12:26 am to
try posting this on the food board. quite a few green thumbs over there
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
An Incredibly Distant Star
Member since Dec 2013
15182 posts
Posted on 6/5/14 at 7:42 am to
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 by Geaux2Hell
BR
Member since Sep 2006
4790 posts
Posted on 6/5/14 at 8:25 am to
Shake em....gently of course. Seems to have helped mine set fruit. My grandpa swears by that fruit set spray
Posted by TigerOnTheRoad
South Louisiana
Member since Aug 2007
281 posts
Posted on 6/5/14 at 10:28 am to
Started shaking the tomatoes a few days ago and just bought to fruit set spray so we shall see.
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