It looks like my once flourishing cherry tomatoes have now lived their life. With the coming of the burgeoning heat and the limitations of their pots, I think they are rather overwhelmed and no longer have the strength to churn out pounds of fruit. They are all clearly dying. They still have been producing quite a bit, although the tomatoes aren't getting as ripe as they were before. The ones that I've been picking are still a little tart and yellow, no matter how long I wait for them to become more ripe.
I've learned a lot from my cherry tomatoes. Next time I grow them I should probably provide them with more support than just cages, and it wouldn't hurt to place them next to a wall. They grew much more than I expected them to, and because of this it became much more of a puzzle of how to get them to stay up and not fall over.
I had about 4 pounds in the refridgerator that I was planning to take to church, but I forgot to take them and after a few days I decided I would just throw them into the compost. I know it's a huge waste, but nobody wanted to eat them and I didn't think they would last another week. I also cut off a lot of my big tomatoes, some eggplants, small peppers, eggplants and zucchini in as well. My peppers have not been doing well and of course once again I tried spraying them with soapy water- but this killed half the leaves on them. I can never get the soapy water trick to work. They have been producing peppers, but either the sun is scorching them, or they have blossom end rot and I need to get them some fertilizer.
Anyway, sorry no pictures for this post... but yeah...I'm a little tired of tomatoes right now! hah.
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