My tomato plant is not doing anything

If your in Tampa, your prime suspect for he plant not "doing anything yet" is the heat.

If it helps any, your better off not having, or missing the flowers .....they just would have dropped off anyways.

Most varieties, unless they are a heat tolerant hybrid won't set fruit at 90+ temps & will simply drop any flowers that they happen to produce.

You should see a notable difference once we are in the 78-degree (F) median range & the highs dont get above the low 80's.

Your plants probably just saving up energy to amaze you in the next 30-45 days

boffer wrote: Too much heat? That's a foreign concept for some of us!

What do the commercial greenhouses do? Are they air conditioned, or do they shut down during the summer heat?

In Central Florida, you will see totally different varieties if you go to a commercial field, a greenhouse, or home-growers ... especialy for summer crops.

Greenhouses will have Trust, Dombitos, Jumbos, Carusos ..
Commercial Fields will have Florida-47's, Florida-91's, HS 508's
Home-Growers will have HS-508's, Solar-Fire's, Solar-Set, Braggers & possibly some Better-boys or Giant Belgiums (I've never been able to get those last two to produce fruit in Summer though ...FWIW).

I've heard the Solar Sets will actually set/maintain blooms in 92-degree heat ..... but hats one of those things I'd have to see to believe.

The types are much more similar between the commercial/home growers in Spring/Fall ... thats when everyone puts out the Celebritys, Beefstakes & Cherokees (but just about any type will grow down here in the Spring/Fall)


If the Romas dont start to produce, you might want to look at their smaller cousins,the "juliets" (basically baby-romas). I see those quite a bit down here.

sjfrunner wrote:Just got some fish emulsion and put some on my tomato plant. Hopefully that will help. Now, I can't get the stink off my hands and this was supposed to be odorless

Susie

False advertising at it's finest ....

BTW ..wash yr clothes too if you got any on you .... only thing that smells worse than it does now, is how it will smell tomorrow.

Also, read the label (if you haven't already)..... if you got the local brand thats on the shelves down here, you need to keep it inside, or in an area where it doesn't "go bad" (think the bottle says store in temp below 90 .... which excludes most Florida garages & toolsheds).


I learned all of this a week ago ...the hard way .... so I figured I'd share & hopefully save you some pain (or stink)