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Re: tomatoes in South Carolina


On Fri, 13 Feb 1998 23:51:57 EST FParis2023@aol.com writes:
> As for tomatoes all summer I've found that once we hit late July and
August >the tomatoes take a break from producing fruit until it cools
down a bit in >September. I keep my plants well watered and trim off any
diseased lower >branches. Sometimes my plants wind up looking like tomato
trees but once >it cools down a bit, they put on another spurt of growth
and start producing >well again. In addition to 16 varieties of heirloom
tomatoes I'm also trying >Heatwave II Hybrid this year to see if I can
get tomatoes during August.

I commented in another post about 55 deg. F. minimum temps to get
tomatoes to set. Well this is the other limiting extreme. Every summer
when temps average above 90 deg. F. my plants quit setting fruit and
resume when it cools again. ----I have not found a solution to this
problem.---- For three seasons I tried Burpee's Heatwave. The results
were no better than with Early Girls. -------------GOOD LUCK.

oldjohn@juno.com
John Orwick
El Monte, CA [20 miles east of Los Angeles]

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