Author Topic: How do I get the fruit to set on my cherry tomatoes?  (Read 2476 times)

suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Llanidloes; Powys
How do I get the fruit to set on my cherry tomatoes?
« on: August 11, 2011, 08:24:47 pm »
I've loads of flowers on my cherry tomatoes in hanging baskets. Some have set and ripened but there are still LOADS of lfowers.

How can I get them to set or am I just being impatient? After all - some have set and ripened so something's obviously going right.

Advice would be appreciated. (including being told to button up and wait  ;D ;D ;D)
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little blue

  • Joined Jun 2009
  • Derbyshire
Re: How do I get the fruit to set on my cherry tomatoes?
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2011, 08:50:56 pm »
...button up and wait!!

There is obviously some insecty activity as you have fruit set, if your weather is anything like ours then all the buzzy bees are sitting around the hive watching the bee-ball on the telly (!)
 
Encourage pollinators with other flowing plants around where your baskets are, there are many websites with lists of bee-friendly plants, which of course hoverflies etc like too

:)
Little Blue

Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: How do I get the fruit to set on my cherry tomatoes?
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2011, 10:09:28 pm »
Make sure the plants have enough water, or they know they can't carry a full complement of fruit if they are dry or starved.  Spray the flowers gently with water each day, or knock them to distribute the pollen.  Having said that, my tomatoes are rubbish this year, just not ripening  ::)
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suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Llanidloes; Powys
Re: How do I get the fruit to set on my cherry tomatoes?
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2011, 07:14:43 am »
Oh OK - thanks  ;D ;D

That's reassuring.
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