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To: MtnClimber

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)


90 posted on 07/27/2009 3:38:52 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

William, Thanks! It is probably the low temperature at night. There is a person who has a personal weather station that lives close enough I can see their house from mine. I can check temperature from his site. The high temperature for July was 94F and the low was 41F. Last night it got down to 43F. I don’t think there was a day this month with the low temp at night above 55F. Only a few nights where the low got to the low 50’s and the rest was in the 40’s. I sprayed tomato and squash flowers with blossom set spray today and will watch to see if that helps.


91 posted on 07/27/2009 3:53:57 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Bernard Madoff's ponzi scheme looks remarkably similar to the way Social Security works)
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