tomatos are not tomatoing and pepperes not peppering

[kabaam]

Hi guys,

I must be doing something wrong.  I have a large tomato plant that looks really healthy.  It has around 50 flowers on it yet I have plucked only two tomatoes from it so far. 

I have been watering, mulching, and the occasional fertilizer but no real yield.

The same goes for my pepper plants. Each plant has had one pepper sprout.

Am I doing something wrong here besides averaging about $30 per LB of yield?

Any thoughts?

thanks,

Chad

[Brian Gallimore]

I wonder if you have a pollination problem?  Do you see lots of bees and flying insects around?

Is this season worse than normal for you?

[kabaam]

Hi Brian,

I have not seen any bees but I do see lots of over insects and with no damage visible on the plants I am assuming these bugs have been good.  I have tried growing tomatoes a few times in the past and I always get the same results to the point that I gave up for a few years.  This my first return attempt.

I have read that most tomatoes do not pollinate or ripen when the temps get too hot.  Have you found that to be true?

I have seen a couple comments on other sites to promote polination by vibrations or shaking of the plants.  I am going to give that a go until I hear other tips.


thanks again,

Chad

[Brian Gallimore]

The general wisdom is that once we are getting so hot that it stays above 75* at night, then tomatoes stop fruiting.  BUT, I know some people get tomatoes in the summer.

I'm about to give up on trying to grow tomatoes.  Mine have never done well!