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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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 Posted - Jul 16 2009 : 12:01:05 PM
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Bury whole uncracked eggs around your plants, as they rot it will do wonders for your tomatos, also coffee grounds. Make sure that you don't have something eating them also, some birds will.
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farmmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kelley
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2009 : 2:02:51 PM
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Sherri, I had a bunch of plants doing the same thing...until I added super phosphate, or rock phosphate....I get it at the feed store..$4 for a 10 lb bag.....that was about 3 1/2 weeks ago, and now I already have baby tomatoes all over the place!!!! I just scratched it into the soil all around the plants (I have 8 of them in halff of a 55 gallon barrel) and watered thoroughly...then applied it again 2 weeks later the same way.....simple as that..you should try it
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Cabinprincess
True Blue Farmgirl
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Melody June
Athens
TX
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2009 : 3:26:02 PM
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I went to a tomato stand about 15 years ago with my son who was only about 7 at the time. He elderly man had his huge tomato patch next to the stand. He struck up a converstation with my son and said "come here son, let me learn you something". He walked over the tomato plants and pointed out little stems popping out in between the main stalk and the branch growing out from it. He pinched it out saying "now that's a sucker, pinch it out". You will never get good tomatoes till you learn to pinch all the suckers out. He told him to walk his garden every couple days and pinch them or he'd never sell tomatoes like him. LOL Now I don't know if it's true for sure but I've done it every since and I always have tomatoes. I listen to my elder's. LOL
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quilt8305
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary
Spokane
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2009 : 3:38:35 PM
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My father-in-law used to go out to his garden and touch the inside of each tomato blossom with the tip of his finger. He said it helped them to pollinate and set tomatoes. Worth a try I guess. He was pretty successful with his tomatoes.
Mary
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2009 : 4:10:41 PM
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions - I plan to try all of them! I read about the hand pollination online - but my blooms are pretty scarce too. I have been breaking off the suckers for about a week - hopefully that will help. I'm going to bury some eggs and buy some phosphate this afternoon. I'm bound and determined to make those plants productive as well as beautiful!
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tomatoes failing to set
