As you can see my tomato vines did not fair well once things heated up around here. I am not sure what I did wrong, but I suspect watering was the problem. I think my watering method was too frequent and shallow. I know people in the area who still have beautiful tomato vines so I can't blame it on the heat alone.
Every year we encounter challenges with our tomatoes. The biggest problem is fruit that just stays green and never ripens. We also experience sun scald, blossom end rot and splitting. This year we have had the same problems. Even with the problems we have gotten lots of delicious tomatoes. One thing I have tried to do is pick the tomatoes as soon as they show first hint of color. I bring them in and let them ripen on the counter and the still taste great. Picking them like this spares them from sun scald and splitting and to a certain extent it also help with blossom end rot. Fruit that stays green on the vine can be brought in if you do it before they tomatoes have been on the vine too long, but they don't turn out the same as the ones that have developed some color before picking.
If anyone has any reccomendations for growing tomatoes successfully in the Spring and Summer here in phoenix I would really like to hear your suggestions.
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