I know, my last post was SO upbeat! SO "you can do this Wyoming gardeners!" Well, I have failed at my own advice. I think I have blossom rot. A gardening center employee told me she doesn't think so, but in her defense, this was after I told her I had 2 beautiful tomatoes hanging on beside all the dead blossoms.
I only had 2 tomatoes on my Big Beef plant. As a friend was admiring them today, I made a sad discovery.
One second I was all "look at my beautiful tomatoes!"
And then I turned one over. Aw hell....day officially ruined.
A (blurry, sorry) picture of one of the bad blossoms. They are drying and falling off.
The hope I'm holding onto - healthy blossoms and buds about to bloom.
Here's my theory, based on my recent, very (un)scientific research:
TOMATOES DO NOT LIKE HUGE FLUCTUATIONS IN TEMPERATURE.
Our temps have been going from 40 at night to sometimes 90 during the day. As stated in my last blog post, I believed 45 degrees was when the plants should hide in the garage.
I was wrong. There, I said it.
60 degrees, Wyoming gardeners, 60 degrees. So, the plants are coming into the garage every night now. I'm also going to try calcium chloride, as recommended for blossom rot. I will pick some up and report back.
Sigh...
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