How to recognize the empty flower on tomatoes

Summer is beautiful not only with rest, long sunny days and warmth, but also with an abundance of fresh greens, fruits and vegetables. It is especially nice to please yourself and the whole family with something delicious from your own garden. For example, fragrant, juicy tomatoes, which from one bush in a good harvest can collect several kilograms.

But how sad it is when you work on the site every day, and you do not get a good harvest. And today we're going to talk about this. how to recognize empty flowers on tomatoes at the time of flowering. So you will know whether to count on a good harvest or have to buy tomatoes from more successful gardeners.



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Most often, empty flowers occur in greenhouses, but the problem exists in open areas. Causes of empty flowers can be different: too high or low temperature (so in a heat of 40 degrees it is difficult to hope that tomatoes will tie), poor care of vegetables, lack of light or wind, poor quality of seeds.





So if from year to year to plant on the site the same variety of tomatoes, using the seeds collected there, the quality of plants will begin to deteriorate. Over time, the quantity and quality of ovaries will decrease. In professional jargon, this is called “plant fatigue.”





Useless empty flowers at first glance are not much different from pollinated flowers. But an experienced gardener in appearance will determine exactly where you should not expect fruit.





The fact is that the shape of empty flowers and pollinated flowers is different. If the petals opened and headed towards the sun, pollination occurred, and the tomato fruit began to form inside the flower.

If the petals are directed downwards and do not open, it is a void. Its petals will fade quickly and will be clearly visible against the background of pollinated bright flowers. Break the hollow It is not necessary – it will quickly disappear and crumble.





To make tomatoes better tied, they are treated with either boric acid or special preparations. But this only helps if there is a lack of boric acid. But so that the pollen does not stick together in cold or rainy weather and forms an ovary, tomato bushes experienced gardeners recommend regularly shake.





Now you know, what to do with a hollow. Carefully take care of the tomato bushes, and they will surely please you with a good harvest. In this case, you will need proven recipes. Therefore, we suggest preparing tomatoes with minced Arabic, as well as trying to twist tomatoes in your own juice. Bon appetit!

What subtleties? tomato growing Are you familiar? Will you share your secrets with us?