Our tomatoe plants are growing really well in our hot house and flowering profusely, but they are dropping the flowers and therefore not setting any fruit. Any ideas? A tomatillo in the same hothouse is performing in exactly the same way. Could it be cold related, we have had a very cool summer and we live at 300m (in Tasmania). Thanks
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In addition to Richards reply..a small paint brush can be useful too for a little 'artificial insemination'!! Just dust from flower to flower lightly. Good luck!
What type are the tomatoes are they because some are not good at setting fruit for a start ,but one thing that important when growing inside hot/grass houses is that the tomato flowers need movement to help in self pollination,i go around giving own a little shake
Thanks for your reply Richard, we have 8 different varieites from tommy toe, roma, yellow pear to roma. I haven't had trouble with flowers dropping or lack of fruit set before but we have moved house. Will lack of pollination cause the flowers to drop though? I will try your tip on movement and see if I get any imptovement. Thanks again.
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