First fruit and no more flowers????

RomanX · May 13, 2015

Two of my 'mater plants have set fruit: the plants keep growing taller, the fruit keeps growing, both the plants have many more flower buds but neither have any more flowers.

Tumbling Tom (red) flowered even before being planted out (2 days after the last frost date), was hand-pollinated the same day it was planted out and set its lone fruit about 3 days later. Fourth of July had 3 flowers simultaneously about a week later and set 3 fruit.

The plants are in containers on my patio, get over 8 hours of daily sun, are watered daily, get MG Tomato Food weekly and (once they flowered) get 1 tbs calcium nitrate weekly in their water.

The containers are 5-gallon shop buckets with two 1/2 inch drainage holes 1 1/2 inches up from the bottom; they are filled with a mix posted by OSU - a 1:1:1:1 blend of peat moss, compost, MG potting mix and perlite. For a moisture barrier, they are topped with 1 inch of cedar red rubber mulch.

What am I doing wrong??

(First time grower. . . . can you tell??

May 13, 2015	#1
RomanX Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: North Carolina Posts: 119	First fruit and no more flowers???? Two of my 'mater plants have set fruit: the plants keep growing taller, the fruit keeps growing, both the plants have many more flower buds but neither have any more flowers. Tumbling Tom (red) flowered even before being planted out (2 days after the last frost date), was hand-pollinated the same day it was planted out and set its lone fruit about 3 days later. Fourth of July had 3 flowers simultaneously about a week later and set 3 fruit. The plants are in containers on my patio, get over 8 hours of daily sun, are watered daily, get MG Tomato Food weekly and (once they flowered) get 1 tbs calcium nitrate weekly in their water. The containers are 5-gallon shop buckets with two 1/2 inch drainage holes 1 1/2 inches up from the bottom; they are filled with a mix posted by OSU - a 1:1:1:1 blend of peat moss, compost, MG potting mix and perlite. For a moisture barrier, they are topped with 1 inch of cedar red rubber mulch. What am I doing wrong?? (First time grower. . . . can you tell??