My tomato and pepper plants look great and are blooming, but not setting fruit. I have been telling myself it is the hot weather 100+ daily for several weeks. One of my neighbors has told me he had the same problem and in the past used “blossum set” to help. Do you have any experience with that?
I have been considering putting a mister in my garden to try and lower the temperature. I am sure there is some risk with this for the plants, I never water in the heat of the day with anything that sprinkles, the mister when working properly should be extremely fine, but I have not done this before. (I put a mister together for my back yard yesterday, but have not tested it yet)
I have never used Blossom Set so I don’t know how well it will work. But other FReepers have used it and maybe they will chime in.
Visualizing your garden with the mister (in my head): it’s like the veggie section of the super market where just as you reach for a head of lettuce, the water comes on and gets you all wet! >>grin<<
I’ve used blossom set with mixed results. This year it didn’t do much good. I think the heat is not letting the fruit set. I set up some shade for my tomato plants last weekend to see if any more set. My neighbor has huge tomato plants and there are a lot of fruit near the center where there is a lot of shade.
I use a misting system and an oscillating fan in my greenhouse for cooling. It drops the temps below 90 degrees. Thai and tobasco peppers, fennel, papaya, banana, and mustard greens love it. Tomato’s will grow long and leggy with it. They like the heat, but you need to deep water them at least once a week.