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tomatoes ripening before maturity?

17 years ago

I have 2 Bush Goliath and 1 Heatwave plant that are growing in 18 gallon containers (1 each) in a mix of MG Potting Mix and a locally produced cotton burr compost (recommended by the garden center). They get full sun for about 6-7 hours a day. I have struggled with BER this spring (seems to be under control now) and some aggressive squirrels who seem to love green tomatoes, but now the tomatoes are ripening on the vine when they are still very small, golfball size or smaller. They are obviously not mature on the inside when I cut them open.

We had a very wet spring that went almost immediately into high temperatures and humidiy. The temps in the past few weeks have been between 95 and 104 with heat indexes as high as 110. Temperatures are expected to break later in the week (down to lower 90s for at least a week), but humidity will still be high.

Could the hot weather be causing the tomatoes to ripen prematurely? Or is there another cause? I am new to tomatoes, but I want to learn as much as I can and get really good at growing them. I've learned so much from reading the forums, but I wasn't able to find this addressed when I ran a search. Thank you for any help you can give!

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