Blossom drop/ PL varieties?

duajones · April 8, 2008

4 of my 15 plants this year are PL. Aunt Gertie's Gold, Earl's Faux, Green Giant and Stump of the World. EF and AGG took forever to blossom and they all seem to be struggling to set fruit, while most of the RL varieties are doing ok. Last year my Brandwine was huge and only set 7 or 8 if I remember correctly. Im just wondering at this point if the RL are more prone to blossom drop in my climate than they are elsewhere.
Fruitset is down overall from the same time last year, Im thinking the windy, and now hot and humid conditions are to blame. GG and SOTW are 4 ft now and have one fruit and 2 or 3 respectively.

April 8, 2008	#1
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	Blossom drop/ PL varieties? 4 of my 15 plants this year are PL. Aunt Gertie's Gold, Earl's Faux, Green Giant and Stump of the World. EF and AGG took forever to blossom and they all seem to be struggling to set fruit, while most of the RL varieties are doing ok. Last year my Brandwine was huge and only set 7 or 8 if I remember correctly. Im just wondering at this point if the RL are more prone to blossom drop in my climate than they are elsewhere. Fruitset is down overall from the same time last year, Im thinking the windy, and now hot and humid conditions are to blame. GG and SOTW are 4 ft now and have one fruit and 2 or 3 respectively.