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  • From: "Elizabeth Knutson" <eknutson AT clubdepot.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [Market-farming] Flowers on Tomatoes Dropping Off
  • Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 07:09:35 -0600

Another reason could be if the humidity is high, the pollen clumps and the
flowers do not get pollinated.

Betsy Knutson
Southern Idaho Zone 5

> -----Original Message-----
> From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-
> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bill Shoemaker
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 6:56 AM
> To: Market Farming
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Flowers on Tomatoes Dropping Off
>
> When plants drop flowers without setting fruit it's because they're
> lacking
> resources to develop the fruit or encountering stress that prevents them
>
> >
> >A neighbor of mine tells me the flowers on his tomato plants are falling
> >off. The only explaination I've ever heard for this happening is that
> >it's too hot. Well, in this part of Arizona it ain't THAT hot yet.
> >Highs have only been in the low to mid-80's.
> >
> >So what else would make this happen???
> >
> >





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