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Old May 26, 2017   #1
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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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Old May 26, 2017   #2
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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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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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Good to know. I guess the wind and rain just blew the blossoms off.
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