Why aren't my tomatoes turning red?!
Rosie025
12 years ago
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Comments (8)In my experience die-back or die-off for winter is a very long process. There is no such thing as having a big frost and then cleaning up the yard for winter. I go out over weekend after weekend and take out whatever has died back. The first to go would be the more temperature sensitive annuals. Then slowly as it get colder various perennials and hardier annuals fade out. Some perennials take a long time to lose their top growth. I got a thin layer of snow Sat. night and figured it finished off most of the annuals, but was surprised to see how good they still looked on Sun. However, as I hurried out the door this morning, the very cold temperatures of last night appear to have done in the annuals that I could see. Even for the annuals, I think it is a complex story of how cold and for how long, and even more so for the perennials....See MoreTomatoes aren't turning red
Comments (9)Yeah, I know the weather has been just terrible where I am. I just got my first tomatoes last week, and they were Stupice. I had foot tall plants when I set out during a warm spell in mid/late April. Then it was nothing but rain and cold, until the last month - then it wasn't cold, but was just as much rain :( So yeah, the weather has been less than ideal for setting fruit and ripening. When I set out my plants April 20th, I expected I'd see some Stupice after about 60 days, which would have given me tomatoes with time to spare before the July 4th weekend. In reality, I didn't get to eat my first fully ripe Stupice until July 10th! That's about 80 days after setting plants out. I have a bunch of late varieties this year, just holding out hope to see some ripe ones of those by August....See MoreWhy aren't my Hydrangeas turning pink??
Comments (2)Hmm. I have noticed some hydrangeas here will also skip the pinks (or other intermediate colors) and go directly to greenish-pinkish or even brown too. Some paniculatas (not your type of hydrangea) such as Vanilla Strawberry for example, will not achieve pinks (let alone its famous magenta) here on year 1; it goes from white to green with pink splotches. I am waiting to see in future years that improves as it gets "older". Other older paniculatas have had this issue so I am now trying earlier blooming ones to see if they get pinks earlier in the summer. Another example of this problem happens to me regularly with Little Limelight. In its current location, it only gets bright shade so it stays green and does not transition to white. Instead of turning white after a few weeks, it remains green and at the end of the growing season, it turns green-pinkish. Funny though. It turns out that I prefer seeing the green blooms all the time now. So with limited sun, Little Lime bypasses white and goes green-pink. I assume lack of enough sunlight is the cause since LL is in bright shade (actually, the shrub is located just a few inches from getting sunlight!) and in a protected location where it gets sufficient moisture. So, over here, I 'blame' this issue on very high summer temperatures, insufficient sunlight and-or drying winds. If the blooms turn brown and there is no fungal issues, I assume there is a problem with winds drying the plant too much or soil moisture issues doing the same. If the plant skips a color but the sepals do not turn brown, I assume the plant needs more sunlight. In SD, your temps are not as bad so I would check the other conditions: a location that is protected from winds but still provides morning sun thru 11am (more or less) and provides evenly moist soil conditions at all times (or obviously, as best as you can). Dry-wet-dry-wet-dry issues will make the plant first abort the blooms in the summer and they will turn brown. If the moisture problem becomes more pronounced then the leaves will also be affected and show symptoms. I do not know what fungicide you used or if it may have interfered with the bloomage but insecticides/fungicides can do all sorts of things. However, I think if the fungicide had affected your blooms, it would have affected the leaves too.... but these look just fine in you picture. Some hydrangeas improve bloomage after 3 years so give it a try for that long and replace it if it still does not perform well....See MoreRosie025
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