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[Heide Hermary <heidehermary@pacificcoast.net>]

My guess is no pollination
Heide

Claude Genest wrote:

> I'm thinking, given the time of year, ( don't know where you are) that 
> the plant's not getting enough hours of sunlight (?)
> On Friday, November 8, 2002, at 01:02 PM, Loren Davidson wrote:
>
>     At 09:14 AM 11/8/02 -0800, its me wrote:
>
>         here is a question and i hope some one can help me
>         out.
>
>         i have a few tomato plants in my garden.
>         the bloom like crazy but there a few tomatoes.
>         i dont see any bugs eating the buds but their gone
>         shortly after blooming.
>
>
>     My first thought is that the nighttime temperatures are too cold
>     for fruit set on your tomatoes. You don't say where you're growing
>     these...but some combination of your microclimate and where you
>     plant them may be part of the problem. If this is the case, you
>     can improve your odds by planting the tomatoes in a warmer part of
>     your yard that gets more sunlight - the south side of a building,
>     for example - and/or by using something like a Wall o' Water
>     around your young plants. This is a water-filled "mini-greenhouse"
>     that helps keep your plants warm.
>
>     Tomatoes like heat and lots of nutrients.
>
>     Good luck,
>
>     Loren
>
>
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