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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: B.C. Canada
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Pedicel! Yes I was trying to find that word. Thanks to you (pedicel) and Worth1 (abcission), I now have the words I need to check out relevant literature on Google. I have already found this Development and regulation of pedicel abscission in tomato available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4462994/ It looks deep but may be useful. All the flowers on my Crnkovic Yugoslavian start to separate in the same pedicel abcission zone behind the flower. I've got a Stupice beside it and it is not suffering from flower drop. Are there any technically correct tomato blossom drop images that you can refer me to? |
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6
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Yes, blossom drop. A boron spray should help with that to some degree. Of course, after the plant is loaded with fruit on the lower levels, nothing really will convince it to set more flowers, especially if the weather is too hot.
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Langley, BC
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I am having the same problem here in Langley. Some plants are loaded on the bottom but have stopped growing or producing flowers altogether. Other plants are fine. Also, for the first time, my beets and leeks have gone to seed. It must be the extremes in temperature and the general weirdness of the weather, I hope!
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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You need to prune some fruit on the lower level (when very small) to keep the plant balanced, nothing really to do about it (or live with it, like most people do). You'll notice how hybrids have a limited amount of flowers per truss, keeping constant production is key for the commercial grower to maximize overall yield.
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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