More Qs about tomatoes
If only the flowers on a tomato plant dry up and fall out, even if the ovary/fruit hasn't really started growing enough to see unless you look directly into the leafy 'cup' (sorry, I don't know all tomato terms), does that mean it's been properly pollinated and a fruit should result?
I'm trying to decide if that's also considered blossom drop. I've had one blossom completely drop off, so that all that's left is the stem, so that's obviously blossom drop. But I've also had a few flowers dry up, without the whole thing falling off, and am not sure if that's also blossom drop, or if it's real pollination happening (even though there's not a globe of fruit yet).
Of the flowers that have fallen out, if I look into the little flower 'cup,' I can see a little tiny globe of green/the ovary, that in theory should grow into a fruit, if it's been properly pollinated. But I'm not sure if that exists regardless and is not an indicator of pollination, and won't necessarily turn into a fruit.
Do flowers usually dry up and fall off before an obvious tomato fruit appears?
I'm trying to decide if that's also considered blossom drop. I've had one blossom completely drop off, so that all that's left is the stem, so that's obviously blossom drop. But I've also had a few flowers dry up, without the whole thing falling off, and am not sure if that's also blossom drop, or if it's real pollination happening (even though there's not a globe of fruit yet).
Of the flowers that have fallen out, if I look into the little flower 'cup,' I can see a little tiny globe of green/the ovary, that in theory should grow into a fruit, if it's been properly pollinated. But I'm not sure if that exists regardless and is not an indicator of pollination, and won't necessarily turn into a fruit.
Do flowers usually dry up and fall off before an obvious tomato fruit appears?