Lack of tomatoe blossoms

[longwinters]

I have some tomatoes on my plants but very few blossoms.  Any ideas why so few?

Long

[jvs]

It's been too cold around me.  The night time temps were down in the 50's until the second week of June.  Tomato's like warm days and nights.  I didn't start or buy any tomato plants this year, mainly because of the temps.  It wasn't until two weeks ago that the temps became more seasonal.  Already too late for most tomato plants to properly produce.  Unless you have some kind of hot-house, it may be a bad year for tomato's.  

You might have a problem with Peppers because of the same reason.   Some things around here are at least 6 weeks late, which if you figure it out, puts the prime picking of veggies after the first frost.  Not good.

[longwinters]

You make sense.  Our nites have been in the 50's most of our (short) summer.  And yes, my pepper plants have few blossoms also.  I will be real depressing to not have 50-60 qts of tomatoes to go into the winter with.

Long

[jvs]

Over the years I have found that I can go to a local Farmers Market in August and September and buy Tomato's and Peppers for $7 for a half bushel basket each.  This escape worked well since Tomato Blight was a problem for tomato's for two straight years.  I am beginning to wonder if $7 is too expensive for all the worry one gets with a vegetable garden sometimes...but I keep trying.  Between cool nights and periods of drought, then heavy rains, this year is probably going to be a bust around here for the vegetable garden.  On the other hand, the Pumpkin fields are doing real good.  It seems like the plants that like stinkin hot weather are stunted.

Even now in July, the night temps aren't all that great for tomato's and peppers.  Two or three weeks of hot nights won't help much either.  Soon it will be time to throw in the towel and go to the farmers market .........again.

South and West of these dry Canadian Highs and Atlantic Torrential rains, gardens are doing well.