Basically the flowers furthest back on the stem appear to be breaking and falling off, almost as of when they hit a certain maturity they fall off. They all seem to break at the same point in the stem. The first two photos show the flowers, 3rd photo shows some strange white lumps that have developed on the main stem of the plant, and the 4th photo shows some of the very bottom leaves of the plant which also look unhealthy. The rest of the plant appears really healthy and it is flowering a TON right now.
FYI I’m also in the south (it’s mid 90s), and the container did flood 10 days ago for about 12 hours overnight before I caught it and drained it the next morning.
by Excellent_Apple_1801
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The bumps are roots that are forming on the stem. Very normal.
The flowers dying and falling has been happening to the flowers on my tomato plants.I could be wrong on this but I just thought it was because the flowers weren’t pollinated before they dried up (like all flowers do).
It’s too hot. Most tomato varieties like 70-80s in the day and 50-60s at night.
Tomato blossoms’ pollen becomes inert in temps above 90°F and the flowers will then drop.
They pull off easy when ripe.
Too much heat, too much humidity, both making pollination impossible.