I am sorry for the confusion, this is the right link.

Here is a link that might be useful: my container garden

This is from TAMU

"Q. Why do my pepper plants often bloom but fail to set fruit?

A. Peppers, like tomatoes, are sensitive to temperature. Most peppers will drop their blooms when daytime temperatures get much above 90 degrees F. in combination with night temperatures above 75 degrees F. They will also drop their blooms in the early spring if temperatures remain cool for extended periods. Hot peppers, such as jalapenos, withstand hot weather fairly well and can often produce fruit through the summer in most areas. Optimum temperatures fall between 70 degrees and 80 degrees F. for bell-type peppers and between 70 degrees and 85 degrees F. for hot varieties."
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I noticed that you have your plants in a screened-in enclosure.
One thing to bear in mind is sometimes air flow is reduced and that impacts self-pollinating plants like tomatoes and peppers which are helped with pollination by the wind. Greenhouses use bumble bees to aid in pollination and you might consider tapping plants to help them out a bit.

Your plants look beautiful though. What do have them planted in and what fertilizer do you use?
Good luck with your garden.

The same thing happened to mine early in the season. When the temps got a bit higher, they did fine. We had a cold snap earlier this week and all of those blooms fell off as well. I agree with the tapping. It seems like the blossoms I get around to "tickeling" do better at setting fruit than the others.

Here is a link that might be useful: The Corner Yard

Farkee,

I appreciate the words of encouragement and input on the tapping. I use Organic Choice potting mix which is a rich blend of sphagnum peat moss, composted bark fines and a natural fertilizer and when transplanting anything I swear by Quick Start which are both Miracle Grow products as well as the fertilizer I use which is by Bonnie- it is a Herb and Vegetable plant food organically based soy nitrogen. Thanks again for the input. Sad news today found out in Florida it is way too hot this time of year for peppers and tomatoes so I will have to hope for the best. Oh we ate my red mammoth jalapeno yesterday figure with all the money I have spent it is at least a $300. pepper we ate:)

Organic dusty, I can relate to the $300 pepper. Just don't tell me that some yak powder from Mongolia is good for tomatoes or I will buy it online and not think too much (gulp) about shipping charges. :]

Don't know if you have this or not. It was recently updated.

The last pages include chart that gives crop and planting dates for Florida.

Here is a link that might be useful: Growing Vegs in Florida

Dusty, I am new at florida container gardening this year too. Your tomato plants are beautiful, when were they x-planted to these containers? I can not see tomatoes on them and if they do not have fruit on them now, doubt you will set any this summer. I have some fruit on brandywines (the one that produced a beautiful 1.5 lb tomato and has at least 5 more that are over a pound on it) of about 1/2 in dia . Currently do not see any blooms that look promising like they are going to set fruit.

This is true about a big beef, a unknown that I got seed from Tom and lost the code to my seed box, and sweet chelsea. Think the chelsea is still setting fruit and have heard it will go through most of the summer.

Okra is producing like a champ and supposedly eggplant will also, but muskrat got my eggplant and had to start over. Have been getting green pepper for a long time, but have not looked closely to see if there are any babies.

Good luck with your nice pool garden,
bernie

O.K. - Here are a few pieces of wisdom from my 5 years of pool patio gardening in South Florida. (Yes - I just moved to Texas.)

The pool patio screening creates a different growing culture than the dates and temps that "experts" state. I have had experiences where the temps and sun impact was 15-20% less than outside of my pool area. Hence - I was able to grow way past expected times. I have also added a solar shade above toms, peppers, and herbs. In an effort to expand my growing "season." Watering was the key in the brutal heat of July. I maintained a garden in August which all South Floridians know is brutal just by playing around with my solar shade and increasing the amount of water. A great idea for you is to map the movements of the sun on your patio. If you find parts of the patio that get less sun move your plants there.

As far as pollinating squash and cucumbers. I could often be seen outside in the morning with a Q-tip in hand working with my plants. I did have a problem with cutworms so be on the lookout for them if you are growing squash and cukes.

Best wishes.

L.C.

By the way - Have you found that leaves get into your pool? It use to annoy me to no end.

Bernie,

I have 19 tomatoes on my better bush and the beefsteak has 8 although you cannot see them. My celebrity only has 2 toms and my lemon cherry has 14 toms. A funny thing I ripped out a husky cherry red that was in the one topsy turvey and put in a pot and up a tree it went outside of pool area and it has 9 tomatoes on it. Guess it wasn't dead, I am too impatient. Thanks for the input and feedback from all of you. No leaves in the pool with the screen enclosure. L.C.- how much sun do they need even tho it is under full sun and in a screen enclosure?
Dusty