While tomatoes don't require an insect for pollination, they do need to cast the pollen. Tap you plants to get the pollen falling or take a small brush and brush the flowers, thus spreading pollen around....like the wind and gravity.
Temperature could be a problem Tomatoes won't fertilize in cooler temps nor hot temps. You need to be about 65 to 80 or so. Hot or humid weather, though, makes the pollen sticky. It won’t disperse of its own accord. The solution to sticky pollen is to tap the plant.
Also I assume the plant is getting enough light. Without 14 or more hours of sun, the plant won't have the carbohydrate reserve to start growing fruit. I'm assuming you have an indeterminate tomato, one that grows and flowers at the same time. The determinate grow, reach a certain size, stop growth (or at least slow down) and flower. If your Miracle Gro is the high nitrogen type (first number on the analysis), switch over the the middle number high type. High nitrogen promotes growth not flowering and fruiting.
2007-03-06 08:45:00
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answered by fluffernut 7
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If night temperatures drop below 55°F, any flowers on the plant will drop off and there will be no fruit on that portion of the plant. If the day time temperature goes over 90°F, any flowers on the plant will drop off and likewise no fruit. When the temperatures return to normal, the fruit production will as well. This may explain why certain sections of the plant do not produce fruit 30 to 45 days after unusual weather.
Likewise, if they cannot get 8-10 hours of sun a day, fruit often fails to develop.
2007-03-06 18:15:31
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answered by hopflower 7
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First of all, I would like to suggest that you discontinue using Miracle Grow for any kind of food plant. It is made from chemicals and will never work as well as organic soils and fertilizers. Also, if you use too much nitrogen in the soil for your tomatoes, you will get lots of green leafy vegetation but the fruit will be delayed and not ripen as soon. According to J. I. Rodale's "How to Grow Vegetables and Fruits by the Organic Method:" "Tomatoes like a soil that is just below neutral in acidity, with a pH between 6.0 and 7.0." You should get tomatoes eventually. Hope this helps.
2007-03-06 16:42:26
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answered by Carol and Joaquin L 1
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Tomato plants need to be cut down on the watering once there are flowers. Then the fruit will come. The same thing happened to me and my grandfather, and expert gardener told me this trick! It's true! I would water them every day, but then, let them dry out for a day inbetween waterings once the flowers are present. I promise it'll work.
2007-03-06 20:29:02
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answered by boofer 2
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Hey tomato plants dont bear fruits for two reasons: 1- u are watering them while they are bearing flowers coz by doing so they wont turn into pistils n then fruit. 2- they might nt need more soil around their stem, so add more soil. Once they start bearing flowers stop watering until u see them formed into little tomatoes. if u ever water, make sure u dnt wet d fruits just closely to the ground n enough to wet d surface only.
2007-03-06 16:41:52
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answered by Anonymous
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If they are inside you may need to pollinate them by hand with a Q-tip. The other thing is that you may be getting a little impatient. Wait another week or two and you should probably start getting some small tomatoes where the flowers were if they've pollinated.
2007-03-06 16:35:13
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answered by devilishblueyes 7
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Probably just need to give them more time. But if you are growing them indoors and you have a ceiling fan try turning it on. It may be a polination problem. My mom and dad grew tomatoes on there sun porch one winter. They need plenty of light and a breeze to help in polination or bees.
2007-03-06 16:49:30
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answered by Beth 4
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Perhaps they are not getting pollinated. Are they outside. When I had a greenhouse and grew tomatoes they had to be pollinated by hand so you could try that.
2007-03-06 16:32:33
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answered by elyag43 6
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Are they getting enough light? Put them in front of a sunny window during the day.
2007-03-06 16:29:47
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answered by Me, Myself & I 4
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FRUIT COMES AFTER THE FLOWERS, BE PATIENT!!!
2007-03-06 19:11:53
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answered by mrs.b 4
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