Have you tried to put a shade cloth over top of them like in the first picture I posted? My tomato plants started wilting and it’s nat as hot here as it is in Texas. Soon as I put the shade cloth over top they grew like weeds. My cloth is 40% shade.
Tried shade cloth and different shade areas. I was told pollination stops above certain temperature (80 something) and we hit that almost daily. I even moved couple plants close to the mint and basil, which attracts lots of bees(I suspect lack of pollinators). That is how I managed to have a handful of grape tomatoes. I usually have too many tomatoes that I didn't know what to do with them. From what I understand, we have to grow tomatoes like lettuce here, either do it early or late in the season when the weather is cooler.
Pretty much the same, slice’s on all sorts of stuff. I might try to make the perfect jalapeño popper hahaha
I can’t believe those two years flew by like that.You sure have a good chunk of land. Your tomatoes look very happy planted in it. Hard to believe you’ve been here 3 years already. cool.
The white fabric is shade cloth. Comes in different strengths. It’s to protect plants or people or animals from the heat of the sun. It works very good. Yes the marigolds do help as an insect repellent. They don’t like the taste or smell. I also think they are beautiful and made the border of the garden bed look pretty.
