Still In The Garden

I have tomato plants in my garden - two of them. I’ve been planting tomatoes for years with some success, especially since I found the variety that produces best in my raised bed "farm-ette." However, this year I have had a problem not experienced before.

One of the plants is quite prolific and is producing enough fruit for my financial controller and me, as well as an occasional friend. The second plant just grows and blooms. It is a large plant and has had numerous blooms, but no tomatoes. I’ve tried the bloom-set spray and an old trick of thumping the blooms to make them produce. Nothing works.

In a recent conversation with a friend, I explained the problem and solutions tried. He suggested I must have an all male plant. That of course, caused me to start thinking. Just how do you tell if a plant is male, especially when you buy them with no blooms. There is no pink or blue band on the container to show the difference.

Then it occurred to me that maybe tomato plants are like puppies. When you select a plant, you have to turn it over and look at the bottom. Isn’t that’s how you tell if a puppy is male or female, you look at the bottom of their feet?

Do tomatoes have feet?

PMO
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