Oct 31 (edited) • Stump Auntie Vicky
Stubborn Tomatoes
This has been a challenging year in the outside garden. One of the biggest challenges that everyone in this area is having is with stubborn tomatoes. They are setting fruit. They look beautiful. They refuse to ripen. In over 35 years of gardening, I have never seen this. So a bit of digging on the extension service websites gave the answer. Yes, it is the weather.
The Guilty Party: The Heat.
Tomatoes need temperatures between 65* F and 85* F to develop right
The Process: Between 65* F and 85* F, tomatoes develop lycopene and carotene. Two nutrients
that make tomatoes so healthy, but they are also required for ripening.
The Environmental Mask: In most years this is not a problem because the temperature spikes and
comes back to normal or dips and comes back to normal. This year it did not do that.
The Solution: This is the hard one, because there are no easy solutions. Start by growing varieties
that tolerate your most likely extreme conditions. Keep the soil cool with organic mulch.
Give the tomatoes light afternoon shade if needed. We are enjoying the green tomatoes.
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