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<blockquote data-quote="BadgeBunny" data-source="post: 2108822" data-attributes="member: 1242"><p>I'm just taking a shot in the dark here but your tomato plants probably needed to be fed. You can get them to grow quite nicely in pots, especially if you hook up a soaker hose to them or put them in self-watering containers to keep the soil moisture fairly constant and feed them regularly. It could be the roots got too hot, but it's hard to tell without knowing how hot it got on your sidewalk. Also you need to pinch off the suckers that will grow to keep them producing. Finally, once the temps get too hot no matter how many blooms they put on they won't set fruit. You can try to lower the ambient air temp by putting up a shade cover and/or misting around them in the afternoons, but remember that tomato plants don't like wet leaves.</p><p></p><p>In case nobody's mentioned it before gardening is kinda an art form. You gotta just experiment and keep good notes because what works for you on the south side of your house might be totally wrong for somebody else on the south side of their house. However, there are certain constants, like soil density and the fact that tomatos are heavy feeders and so need some kind of supplementation to get the highest yield from your plants.</p><p></p><p>You'll have some successes and some failures but if you stick with it pretty soon you'll be a master gardener! Have fun with it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BadgeBunny, post: 2108822, member: 1242"] I'm just taking a shot in the dark here but your tomato plants probably needed to be fed. You can get them to grow quite nicely in pots, especially if you hook up a soaker hose to them or put them in self-watering containers to keep the soil moisture fairly constant and feed them regularly. It could be the roots got too hot, but it's hard to tell without knowing how hot it got on your sidewalk. Also you need to pinch off the suckers that will grow to keep them producing. Finally, once the temps get too hot no matter how many blooms they put on they won't set fruit. You can try to lower the ambient air temp by putting up a shade cover and/or misting around them in the afternoons, but remember that tomato plants don't like wet leaves. In case nobody's mentioned it before gardening is kinda an art form. You gotta just experiment and keep good notes because what works for you on the south side of your house might be totally wrong for somebody else on the south side of their house. However, there are certain constants, like soil density and the fact that tomatos are heavy feeders and so need some kind of supplementation to get the highest yield from your plants. You'll have some successes and some failures but if you stick with it pretty soon you'll be a master gardener! Have fun with it! [/QUOTE]
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