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Posted on | April 25, 2008 | No Comments

fall gardening north carolina
fall gardening north carolina

Tomato gardening advice?

I live in Eastern North Carolina, and I decided a little bit late in the season to attempt growing tomatoes for the first time. At the end of July, I purchased a fully grown tomato plant. Within a couple of weeks flowers started showing up, but within 2 weeks or so, those flowers fell off. Since it was late August at that point, I gave up hope. But in mid-September, flowers started growing, and a couple of weeks later, tomatoes started growing. Now it is mid-October, and I have about 10 tomatoes on my plant. They have not started turning red yet, but they keep on getting bigger. With the weather cooling off, I am desperate for advice on my plant. Is there any way to protect my plant from the cool weather, in hopes of saving the tomatoes?

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Thanks!!
My plant is in a pot, not in the ground.

Okay, I suspect your tomatoes have not had decent pollinators, like bees and butterflies, and that is why you haven’t gotten fruit. You need to pollinate the flowers yourself by gently running your hands all over the places where you see flowers. I realize that isn’t what you’re asking, but I think that should be addressed.

Assuming you have your plants in an outdoor flowerbed, or cannot bring them inside, when the night temps are near freezing, cover the plants with clear plastic to keep the frost off the leaves and fruit or flowers and remove in the morning when it has gotten a bit warmer.

For future reference, you can plant your seedlings next year after your last frost date. Use google to determine what that date is in your area. This will give you a nice long growing season. I planted mine around Mothers Day and I live in Connecticut, so I would imagine you can start much earlier than me.

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