I’d then guess maybe a nutrient unbalance - could be an excess instead of a shortage, Diana?
My Mortgage Lifter tomatoes refused to flower until recently; now they are flowering and fruiting, but, I think the delay was due to too much rain early (sure wish we had some now!*) and then we were very hot in late July / early August. I got one LITTLE “first almost ripe” fruit off one ML today, and then proceeded to drop and squash it! So, a chicken got a treat. More are on the way though — very green, but most are already bigger.
*Even a few weeds are beginning to wilt. When many of them do, it’s a good chance we are in to D3 conditions... I’m betting NWS will show us in D2, next update / next week.
Your tomatoes have the best names! 😀
My "Flowerers" are actually Early Girl, which I've been complaining about all summer, and which should have been called Late Girl. Funny how now, all my hopes for a fall crop are pinned on Early Girl / Late Girl. LOL
It’s dry by me too, going into the Fall. That ‘rain’ we were supposed to get overnight ended up being BUPKISS!
Just watered a few pots of herbs in the garden, and apologized to the plants in the BIG pots that I’m letting die off so I can re-use their pots for Fall lettuces and spinach.
I do have Chives and Parsley to bring in to dry for Winter use.
I HOPE they understand. ;)