pink ping pong

gardeninglee · June 29, 2021

I am growing this right now and the plant is about a foot and a half tall and the first truss has about 7 flowers. There are many shoots forming but this plant is mostly leaves. Did I get the wrong seed? Everywhere I have read says that this plant is a prolific producer. Just not seeing it with the amount of flowers on my two plants.

I have a feeling it is and so disappointed since it took so long to grow from seed.

eyolf · June 29, 2021

What general area are you growing in?

We had frost/freeze in late may, then hot, dry weather through most of June. Some of my tomatoes just aren't happy; others soldier on and are setting fruit.

If your PPP is a finicky one, it will still likely bless you with lovely trusses of tomatoes...but after it's done pouting.

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gardeninglee · June 30, 2021

I'm in zone 10b - southern CA. The weather is a little cloudy but it's not bad weather. I just don't think I have the right plant. PPP is supposed to be a prolific producer so the truss I would imagine would contain lots of blossoms and they don't. So even if I get 100% fruit set that would still only be about 7 tomatoes on each truss wouldn't amount to much in my little space. I'm growing in a container on my patio and the plant is very big already with lots of shoots so I think it is doing well with no signs of disease.

jmsieglaff · June 30, 2021

A picture is always helpful, additionally (or short of that), a few questions: when did you plant the seed? when did you plant the tomato into the final pot? what are you feeding the plant (sometimes an imbalance of excessive nitrogen can lead to overly vegetative plants).

June 29, 2021	#1
gardeninglee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: West Los Angeles Posts: 203	pink ping pong I am growing this right now and the plant is about a foot and a half tall and the first truss has about 7 flowers. There are many shoots forming but this plant is mostly leaves. Did I get the wrong seed? Everywhere I have read says that this plant is a prolific producer. Just not seeing it with the amount of flowers on my two plants. I have a feeling it is and so disappointed since it took so long to grow from seed.

June 29, 2021	#2
eyolf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central MN, USDA Zone 3 Posts: 302	What general area are you growing in? We had frost/freeze in late may, then hot, dry weather through most of June. Some of my tomatoes just aren't happy; others soldier on and are setting fruit. If your PPP is a finicky one, it will still likely bless you with lovely trusses of tomatoes...but after it's done pouting. Sent from my moto x4 using Tapatalk __________________ a day without fresh homegrown tomatoes is like... ...sigh

June 30, 2021	#3
gardeninglee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: West Los Angeles Posts: 203	I'm in zone 10b - southern CA. The weather is a little cloudy but it's not bad weather. I just don't think I have the right plant. PPP is supposed to be a prolific producer so the truss I would imagine would contain lots of blossoms and they don't. So even if I get 100% fruit set that would still only be about 7 tomatoes on each truss wouldn't amount to much in my little space. I'm growing in a container on my patio and the plant is very big already with lots of shoots so I think it is doing well with no signs of disease.

June 30, 2021	#4
jmsieglaff Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Southern WI Posts: 2,742	A picture is always helpful, additionally (or short of that), a few questions: when did you plant the seed? when did you plant the tomato into the final pot? what are you feeding the plant (sometimes an imbalance of excessive nitrogen can lead to overly vegetative plants).