How's your weather been? Tomatoes don't set fruit if nighttime temps are consistently over 70 (which doesn't seem like it would be a problem on Vancouver Island). You'll also read that they don't set fruit if the daytime temps are consistently over 85 -- but that's never seemed to be true where I am. 95, maybe, but we have hot summers here, and 85 isn't a problem.

Daytime temps wouldn't have been a problem we've only hit 90 a couple of times, we're having high 70's low 80's, nighttime temps have been over 70 just a few times so I don't think that's the problem. We've had such a cool to down right cold wet spring this year. Maybe they just need more time to settle down and do their thing :).

im on VI too and lots of our night time temps are in the low 50's not 60's, nights are cooold. Im really worried about fruitset to and think am going to rig up a cover for nighttime.

Start shaking your plants. Greenhouse growers do this regularly because they don't get wind or insects to pollinate them. I spank my plants early in the season and again when the plants slow in production from the heat/humidity. Pollen getting sticky and clumping together is what causes non pollination when the plants are outside.

Taz, thanks for the explanation I have heard about shaking the flowers and had already started doing this but wasn't sure if would help or not. After reading your response I went out, had a look and found several tomatoes just starting to form. We've had a very weird spring and early summer here, finally the weather seems to have sorted itself out. This was a first for me, tomatoes not forming fruit in all the years I've grown them. Never had to spank the plants before :).

Annette

I prefer to give my tomatoes a good olde fashioned frowning followed by a mild shun. :)

Kidding of course. I heard about the spanking/slapping thing too. It does work. Tomato abuse! LOL

Much better to abuse than things that fight back or hurt my hands and they reward me ;)

I always feel the urge to smoke after I spank them though. Weird.

LOL... Now stop it you guys, you're cracking me up and if my tomatoes start cracking too, it's all your fault.

Annette

Hope they don't crack but they sure will blush! ;)

Dave