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[quote=Anonymous]Pollination is most likely your issue but you may also have been destined for a small yield by not pruning those first few yellow flowers when they appeared. I call these "sucker flowers" as they form fruit before the plant is truly ready and cheat you of a better yield. I always take off the first half dozen early-appearing flowers so that the plant is better equipped for fruit production.

Also, in general, our climate is best suited for grape and cherry tomatoes, not plants that yield giant fruit. It's just too hot and humid for them to ripen properly without splitting or succumbing to a mealy texture. However, cherry tomatoes will be sweet as candy and prodigious, especially in the beginning of the season. However, with that said, there is a lot that can be done with big green tomatoes (fried, pickled, even sauteed) so may be worth growing a few plants just to harvest them green.

BTW, we local gardeners REALLY need our own thread! Can we petition for this somehow?[/quote]

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