Are the 'maters getting too much nitrogen and not enough potassium/potash? Try a fertilizer feed 20-20-20 or similar. I had that problem last year and enriched the soil with coffee grinds, egg shells (calcium) and a deeper cultivation. You live in Texas too so maybe the heat has stunted the blooms too. Next year I'm going with cherry and Roma 'maters for an early yield until the Fall season round 2 for more. /johnny's compost tea/seaweed liquid/molasses mixture does wonders in the spring but the dang Texas heat stunts the growth of blooms bigtime in summer. So split into 2 seasons for them 'maters 'round these parts in Lone Star land.
All the tomatoes are in fresh potting soil mix so they should be getting what they are supposed to get.
I’ll try more sun and bonemeal.
I don’t get it. Back in April I started a 4x4 and then in July I started another one.
It is now the end of September and I have exactly 1 tomato and 6 string beans.
They were watered and I cared for them. Every plant looked beautiful. Just couldn’t get a veggie. I am in central Texas. HELP!!!!!
What is the next crops to plant now that we are in October? Should I just rip everything out, put it in my compost heap and start fresh? Is there anything to make them bloom?
The TX heat does a job on my tomatoes. I never get any until the fall. Well, any but the yellow plums which aren’t the greatest but better than nothing. Even those can freak out. The neighbor cut down a tree that had barely shaded two (my best two) but they immediately gave up the ghost. The garden is pretty shady but the ones getting the most shade near the house have done the best. Yes, normally tomatoes want the sun but hoo-wee not so much here in the summer.
After planting okra 3 times, I was getting excited that they were starting to put on. Ha, not so fast. Major slap down. The deer got them AGAIN. They got the corn, too. All I’ve done this summer is provide them with a gourmet buffet. There are too many houses now days here so the deer can’t provide me with a buffet. It’s a fight with them just to get out to the main road.
There’s another creature at the buffet. A GINORMOUS racoon. Feet as big as a toddler’s and is washing them in the cat’s water bowl. Every day, it’s ok what is missing from the garden this morning.
With the cooler temps 80/90s and a couple days of rain this week, another pepper is finally putting on. Can’t remember which variety it is because I went throught the same multiple replantings with them too so by the end I was shoving whatever seedlings I had left into the ground. What’s weird is it looks like a, um, peter pepper but I didn’t buy any of those seeds so who knows. Must be like that stink weed thing that grew from my lettuce seeds. Mother Nature sure has been having fun with this year’s garden.