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Gardening

rampartc

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4. tomatos do not set in higher temperatures

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 15, 2023, 07:42 AM

Jul 2023

but ifyou can geta good vegetative growth a great fall crop is possible.

If you get a late start try a heat resistant variety like "heat wave" or "phoenix"

beware the hornworms!. some years they get more tomatoes than i do.

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Tomato List '23 [View all] Botany Jul 2023 OP

I took the seeds out of a Roma tomato in late April and planted them bucolic_frolic Jul 2023 #1

I have a couple of regular tomatoes doing fine. True Blue American Jul 2023 #2

tomatos do not set in higher temperatures rampartc Jul 2023 #4

Neat trick with hornworms... Think. Again. Jul 2023 #6

+1 rampartc Jul 2023 #9

Fresh seed sprout and grow fast orthoclad Jul 2023 #7

What a nice list, Botany! Diamond_Dog Jul 2023 #3

Mortgage Lifter is a new one to me too. zuul Jul 2023 #12

I can't imagine the heat down where you are. Diamond_Dog Jul 2023 #13

Nice! zuul Jul 2023 #14

Twelve tomatoes, eighteen peppers, all a variety. twodogsbarking Jul 2023 #5

Admirable! Ambitious! Sanity Claws Jul 2023 #8

really? the little peppers are easy to grow in a pot rampartc Jul 2023 #11

Got some of those orthoclad Jul 2023 #10

I sort of couldn't stop this year MissB Jul 2023 #15

Only 8 this year. Weirdly...no diseases so far, and fruits have been quite late in ripening until wiggs Jul 2023 #16