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rainbowgardener
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Agree with mattie, they can't set fruit in temps like that. You can just keep watering them and wait until things cool down. Or you can start fresh. Plant new seeds now to grow through fall and early winter. Summer is tomato time for me and the rest of the temperate climate folks. It is NOT tomato time for you in the subtropics!!

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Fig3825
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Location: Alexandria, Virginia

I had same issue. My plants would have started fruiting in late July, but the temps were over 90F for 22 of the 31 days and in August, of the first 11 days, 8 of them were over 90F. Presently, I have had only 1 90F+ day in the past two weeks and the tomatoes have been producing quite a bit. I'm still a ways from getting ripe fruit, but it won't be too much longer.

I'm also battling flea beetles, I sprayed them vigorously last night... Thus far they have been focusing on the lower leaves, but they are moving up. Nuke time...



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