MIgardener: FIVE Reasons Your Tomato Plants are Dropping Flowers + What to Do About It.
It’s so frustrating to have a healthy plant, see tons of blossoms form, only to lose them a week later. I will tell you the top 5 reasons and what you can do about it.
Love your content @MIgardener. Recently attended The Homestead Festival in Tennessee. Was sitting waiting for the nighttime concert to begin and overheard a very familiar voice. Turned around and asked the girl behind me if she lived in Michigan and was part of the @MIgardener team. I was elated to meet and converse with @MIgardengal😊
I watch a tomato farmer here on yt over in Idaho, he's got me cutting off all but three flowers per flower bunch on my beefsteaks, results are amazing so far. Just on my own I've been cutting the last few off even on my smaller tomatoes when a bunch are going but there's a few flowers that haven't set yet.
bro when HAM the last couple years. He's an MIfarmer now. seems like you were teaching me how to pot carrots and prune basil, and ''tapping'' tomato flowers (LOL) just yesterday. could you show a cartoon/ planned template/design of your future farm? i'm super interested in where all these plants are going! or are you a nursery?
I just noticed this today right here in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. This is the first time it’s happened to me. It is a very frustrating year here for the garden.
I'm in Northern California and it was in the 90s in May which was awful, now its mid to high 70s. I was freaking out in spring and scared for summer. My cherry tomato plants have lots of fruits but don't seem to be forming new flowers yet. Gardening is always an adventure.
Gardeners don't complain if they're also great chefs. Learn your land. Improvise. Pivot. Make new dishes with unexpected ingredients. Stop complaining. Worse things have happened to better gardeners than us. Quit complaining.
It's 90s here in Ogden,Utah. I have two cherrylicious tomatoes that are still green the rest of the plants are not making flowers right now. My potatoes are also wilting in the sun. I need to figure out some shade for them.
I'm in Southern California, and little over an 1 1/2 hours north of Mexico. We've been over 95⁰ to slightly over 100⁰+ since the beginning of June with no end in sight….
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Already dropping blossoms here in Texas. Cherry tomatoes are still raging, though!
It definitely is hot here in Michigan! I try not to complain as I don’t like our cold… but Gesh! Hahaha
Thank you. 😊
Yes. Too hot here in Ohio. Already put up shade cloth. It made a difference..
What about squash and zucchini? Mine keep rotting before they develop, but after they bloom
Thanks for this MiG, do people call you that? Sounds cool 😂
Love your content @MIgardener. Recently attended The Homestead Festival in Tennessee. Was sitting waiting for the nighttime concert to begin and overheard a very familiar voice. Turned around and asked the girl behind me if she lived in Michigan and was part of the @MIgardener team. I was elated to meet and converse with @MIgardengal😊
Dang man with that white plastic and sun, makes me wonder about that whole snow blindness thing. Looks insanely bright.
Is there any difference between black and white shade cloth?
I’m in mid Michigan and there seems to be no bees so far this year
thanks cant wait for a tomato sandwich
Thank you! Great information!
My peppers are dropping their flowers also
I watch a tomato farmer here on yt over in Idaho, he's got me cutting off all but three flowers per flower bunch on my beefsteaks, results are amazing so far. Just on my own I've been cutting the last few off even on my smaller tomatoes when a bunch are going but there's a few flowers that haven't set yet.
Great vid.
Heat, sunshine, and today's rain gave my garden a boost😊❤
Brilliant informational video!! Always love the way you present facts and solutions ❤
Anyone else start singing Good Vibrations thanks to Luke?
bro when HAM the last couple years. He's an MIfarmer now. seems like you were teaching me how to pot carrots and prune basil, and ''tapping'' tomato flowers (LOL) just yesterday. could you show a cartoon/ planned template/design of your future farm? i'm super interested in where all these plants are going! or are you a nursery?
Thank u
I garden on my rooftop is 70% good enough to use?. I garden in the caribbean 😊.
Canada too hot!!!😂😅❤
I’m dumb. Does a dropped flower equal no fruit?
The new St. John's wort shrub draws "all the bees", rt. next to my 🍅 s and 🌶 s this year.
I just noticed this today right here in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. This is the first time it’s happened to me. It is a very frustrating year here for the garden.
Cold? It's summer dude.
My cucumbers, tomatoes and squash are all dropping the flowers and I mean all of them and if I water any more I’ll drown them ( Chicago area )
I'm in Northern California and it was in the 90s in May which was awful, now its mid to high 70s. I was freaking out in spring and scared for summer. My cherry tomato plants have lots of fruits but don't seem to be forming new flowers yet.
Gardening is always an adventure.
I use a power toothbrush. It works great! 💚🌞
I remember you just having a backyard garden
I’m in northern California and I use a 70% shade cloth for my cucumbers once it hits 92°. Then I pull it back in the morning and do it all again .
What if they don’t even set flowers? I have 3 or 4 plants that have none.
Pollen rendered sterile from high heat? Wow, that's my huge takeaway. Thanks!
QUESTION!…Can you apply to 5 of these points to jalapeno plants???😃😃😃😃
Gardeners don't complain if they're also great chefs. Learn your land. Improvise. Pivot. Make new dishes with unexpected ingredients. Stop complaining. Worse things have happened to better gardeners than us. Quit complaining.
It's 90s here in Ogden,Utah. I have two cherrylicious tomatoes that are still green the rest of the plants are not making flowers right now. My potatoes are also wilting in the sun. I need to figure out some shade for them.
I'm in Southern California, and little over an 1 1/2 hours north of Mexico. We've been over 95⁰ to slightly over 100⁰+ since the beginning of June with no end in sight….
I had no idea that I'd need an electric toothbrush for pollen. Thanks.