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Related: About this forummany tomato blossoms are not turning into fruits
It's my understanding that indeterminate tomatoes do not require pollinators. Many -- probably half or more -- of the blossoms on my sungold maters are not converting to fruit. What's up with that? I'm used to seeing full bunches.
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)over 90deg. some of them stop setting
NRaleighLiberal
(60,576 posts)Could be the plant is setting what it can handle as far as available nutrients (you never get all blossoms set), though could be impacted by heat or humidity (yet that is much more of an issue with larger fruited types).
Arkansas Granny
(31,871 posts)When it cools off a little, they will usually start getting fruit again.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)It's probably the heat, then. I have them growing in containers, staked up against a white wall that gets a lot of heat. I'll be sure to do a lot of feeding to sustain the growth. The two sungolds I have eaten thus far were sooooooooo good.
sinkingfeeling
(53,268 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)They're not the only ones. Flies, moths, butterflies, hummingbirds, and even random beetles and spiders will pollinate. Our yard is full of clover so we're flooded with bumbles and honey bees this year. Any sign of blossom-end rot on the fruits that do set? If so, their feet are too wet. It's been a weird season.
patricia92243
(12,876 posts)pollinated last year. I have planted several "bee friendly" plants, and this year everything is fine.
mopinko
(71,998 posts)tomatoes are self pollinating.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Some plants have to have two different plants (and in the case of kiwis, a male and a female), but a lone tomato plant will produce. In that context it is self-pollinating, but you still have to have insects to distribute the pollen between flowers. Bumbles do the heavy lifting on our nightshades. I've never heard of a plant producing without pollinators. Perhaps I have some research to do.
BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)I had tomatoes that ripened in November because fruit set in September.
Botany
(72,667 posts)day time temps > 94 degrees for a period of time cuts down the pollination %