On Sun, 3 Aug 2014 10:49:06 -0400, "Gus" >
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>"MaryL" > wrote in message
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>> "Gus" wrote in message ...
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>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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>>> On 8/2/2014 10:01 PM, Gus wrote:
>>>> I have 8 plants and 7 all have had a decent number of tomatoes, but
>>>> one
>>>> plant has not had any. It is the plant that has grown the best and
>>>> biggest and looks the healthiest. It's actually huge-- over 6 feet
>>>> tall, and filled out well. Has had lots of flowers, but not one
>>>> tomato.
>>>> It's in the same spot as I had one last year that produced many
>>>> tomatoes. I'm confused why this one plant is not growing any
>>>> tomatoes,
>>>> and it is the biggest and healthiest of the lot.
>>>
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>>> It is biggest and healthiest because all of its enerfy is making
>>> leaves, not fruit.
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>> What do you suggest? What Mary said? Cutting back some of it? It
>> has
>> plenty of flowers and has for last couple months.
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>> My first thought was actually what Ed suggested, but I rejected that
>> idea when I noticed that the plant has flowers. If it was all
>> foliage, I would suspect too much nitrogen.
>>
>> MaryL
>
>I'm going to try hand pollinating some. Not had to do before. I have
>some Qtips that I'll try using. I'm so ignorant I didn't even know
>their are male and female flowers. In the past, I just planted some
>plants and they all produced without doing much than watering once in a
>while.
>
>http://vegibee.com/index.php/hand-pollination
>
No need to look for male and female blossoms on a tomato plant as each
blossom is both. Usually tomatoes are pollinated easily by wind or
insects. Indoor growers (commercial) train tomatoes up a cord. The
tomatoes are easily assured of pollination by simply jiggling the
cord.
Janet US