Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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May 26, 2017 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Ridgeland, MS
Posts: 68
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dropped and dead blossoms
With heavy rain and wind, some blossoms (not many) have been dropped. Do you cut off the empty green part left behind or just leave them on vine? What about blossoms that appear to have died or really dried out and brown?
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May 26, 2017 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Posts: 3,149
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Be sure to just leave them be. They just might have been pollinated and provide you with the best tomato that you have ever eaten. If they are sterile, they will dry up and fall off the plant all on there own. Self-cleaning so to speak. Sit back and relax or prune some laterals or leaves instead.
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May 26, 2017 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7
Posts: 4,916
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Agree.
When the Sepals are live and there, it could well be that is pollinated or incompletely pollinated. That is NOT blossom drop. Blossom drop means that the entire flower with the sepals dies /falls off.
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May 26, 2017 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Ridgeland, MS
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Good to know. I guess the wind and rain just blew the blossoms off.
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