{"id":13185,"date":"2021-08-13T16:26:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T23:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=13185"},"modified":"2022-03-08T06:41:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T14:41:34","slug":"failing-at-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/failing-at-tomatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Failing at Tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Your tomatoes aren\u2019t perfect like these of mine? Your plants don\u2019t still have vivid green foliage in late summer? Mine do. You are failing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the message that some gardeners receive. This summer, I\u2019ve heard from a number of first-time gardeners who feel like failures because their tomato plants don\u2019t look perfect, like those shown in blogs and videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those tomatoes are phony, I tell them. The tomatoes I photographed above are phony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I harvested around twenty tomatoes this morning, and then I selected the three prettiest from my basket. I held them next to the tomato plants in my garden that have the greenest foliage and I snapped a picture. It\u2019s a phony photo in that it does not represent what is actually happening throughout my garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I visit many other gardens and have done so for many years. None of them have had tomato plants that were all perfectly successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are not alone. Everyone growing tomatoes has mixed success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some tomato failures that can be seen in my yard today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cracked-skin-split-skin-on-tomato.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cracked-skin-split-skin-on-tomato.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13192\" width=\"549\" height=\"472\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Skin cracking.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/who-ate-this-tomato.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/who-ate-this-tomato.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13190\" width=\"538\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/who-ate-this-tomato.jpg 538w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/who-ate-this-tomato-480x409.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 538px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Critters eating fruit at night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/big-green-worm-caterpillar-on-tomato-plant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/big-green-worm-caterpillar-on-tomato-plant.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13200\" width=\"613\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/big-green-worm-caterpillar-on-tomato-plant.jpg 613w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/big-green-worm-caterpillar-on-tomato-plant-480x352.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 613px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Hornworms eating leaves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/silver-gray-webbing-tomato-leaves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/silver-gray-webbing-tomato-leaves.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13189\" width=\"391\" height=\"519\"\/><\/a><figcaption>A cherry tomato plant taken over by mites.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/yellow-white-spot-on-tomato.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/yellow-white-spot-on-tomato.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13191\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/yellow-white-spot-on-tomato.jpg 615w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/yellow-white-spot-on-tomato-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 615px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tomatoes scalded by last week&#8217;s day of 101 degrees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/failing-tomato-plants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/failing-tomato-plants.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13195\" width=\"605\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/failing-tomato-plants.jpg 605w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/failing-tomato-plants-480x353.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 605px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The sunscalded tomatoes were in the row with my worst-looking tomato plants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The sparse foliage of those plants doesn&#8217;t protect the fruit from the sun. The sparse foliage sparse is due to root knot nematodes in the soil. (<a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/what-are-root-knot-nematodes\/\">&#8220;What are root knot nematodes?&#8221;<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other end of the spectrum, I have a tomato plant in another row that has beautiful, dense plant growth but not a single fruit. What&#8217;s the good of all those leaves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a couple of problems that I\u2019ve seen in other gardens this summer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/white-gray-spots-on-tomato-leaves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/white-gray-spots-on-tomato-leaves.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13197\" width=\"551\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/white-gray-spots-on-tomato-leaves.jpg 551w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/white-gray-spots-on-tomato-leaves-480x436.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 551px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption>White spots of powdery mildew taking over leaves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/blossom-end-rot-San-Marzano-tomatoes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/blossom-end-rot-San-Marzano-tomatoes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13193\" width=\"458\" height=\"476\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Bottom of tomatoes rotted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This photo was taken in my own yard a couple years back. I&#8217;ve had years with lots of this &#8220;blossom end rot&#8221;, but this year I&#8217;ve had almost none. I have also had powdery mildew on my tomato plants in the past, but I&#8217;ve had none this summer. The photo of it above was taken at someone else&#8217;s garden near the beach, where powdery mildew is more prevalent compared to my inland location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep this in mind: Every year, your failings will be slightly different and the amount will fluctuate too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we can&#8217;t expect perfection. I hope you feel better knowing that there&#8217;s a lot of imperfection among my tomato plants right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going forward, just because we can\u2019t expect perfection doesn\u2019t mean we shouldn\u2019t try to minimize the failings. Next week\u2019s post: <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/succeeding-at-tomatoes\/\">&#8220;Succeeding at Tomatoes.&#8221;<\/a> I&#8217;ll share the best methods I know for dealing with ways that tomatoes can go wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All of my Yard Posts are listed <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/list-of-yard-posts\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your tomatoes aren\u2019t perfect like these of mine? Your plants don\u2019t still have vivid green foliage in late summer? Mine do. You are failing. This is the message that some gardeners receive. 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