I would be pulling all of mine as well when the first flush finishes ripening in the next couple weeks except for the fact that we had a 1 week cool down in late June and the plants were able to set an amazing amount of new fruit in that 1 week. All of the first flush set by the end of May and then we had 3 weeks of 90+ highs and lows in the 70s and zero new fruit were set during that time.

Now the challenge is to get this second flush to size up and keep the plants healthy long enough for them to ripen. I hit them with some MG liquifeed 9-4-9 last night.

I haven't had a tomato plant in the ground past September 1 other than cherries for several years.

Oh, Sey...i agree with Peter. Don't pull them.

We are having weird weather issues here, too...and everything is really behind. I haven't had a red tomato, yet and we are closing in on the end of July. Not even a slight blush.

You never know...maybe a perfect weather pattern will head your way and will force the plants to set fruit. Treat them like a misbehaving child. Ignore them...and concentrate on your producers.

Good luck from a newbie.

Ot.. It's your posts that got me to join and feel comfortable posting.

hi sey...I say pull out all the crummy ones. It is too frustrating to try and bring the struggelers back around. All us gardeners have that desire to succeed and conquer. Sometimes it is better to let some go...and enjoy the healthy ones a little more. I pulled a tomato, beans, and a cuke the other day. Feeling better about my garden now...

Sey and I live in the same climate. I didn't plant our this year until May 20th or so. Growing two Morton hybrids and one BLack Krim. The Mortons have tons of ping pong ball size tomatoes that won't be ready for another month, the BK has none. Last year I planted much earlier and was eating tomatoes before the 4rth of July. I had a bad feeling that this would be a crap summer weather wise. 3pm outside and it's cloudy and 74 outside, the warmest in about 10 days

Hey, Yepper, and Vince, thanks and I feel your pain.

Ed, I will pull just few crummy ones.{-) I have close to 40 plants, in the beds and pots. So I will still have plenty going.

Fortunately I have a few potted plants that are doing well and that make me happy; SFT, Indigo Apple, Tidy Treat.

And Tidy Treat

I have been harvesting from this one for a while now.

Sey

Sorry to hear about the nasty weather Sey. Personally, I have a hard time pulling healthy plants out of the ground, unless I know for sure they are goners.

On another note, the black/red grape plant that you sent me seeds for flowered, but has not developed one fruit. I will call the person who I gave the other plant to to see if they have had any luck. Did you grow any of these?

When something goes wrong it be frustrating.... last year I had late blight, i had too pick all the fruit early ripen em indoors, frustrating.... we have a lot of blight where I live, its in the rain. This year due to a lack of money for soil i didn't transplant early enough, so I have small plants, with few fruit, im hoping they'll fruit soon!.

Dont give up sey, you might get a few small unripe tomatos like me yet!, Ripen them on the shelf.

Bau

I pulled the last of my plants last week. I may buy a few at the store to replant some for the fall. That is a gamble that most times will pay off well.

Sorry the weather did not cooperate for you this year Sey.

Thanks everybody for your support : -).

Yesterday I pulled a couple that had NO FRUITS and NO significant prospect: The were just there crowding the neighboring plants . They were : OLD GERMAN and DANIEL BURSON. .

NC, I am sorry for the black/red grape . It seems that it was a BAD tomato. Mine has NO fruits either. It flowered once before but did not set. Now flowers again. If it does not set , I will pull it too and should discard the rest of the seeds that I have. My New Big Dwarf is the same situation, with just one flower. Heck, not worth keeping it.

ANOTHER OBSERVATION:

I am growing INDIGO ROSE and INDIGO APPLE side by side, same size pot, same care. The IA is loaded with fruits but IR has none so far. Even though I might just let it be but definitely IR will be a ZAP as far as coming back the next season. Indigo Apple has earned its respect.
This comparison tells me that maybe it is not just the weather, variety can also make a difference. Case in point . Silvery Fir Tree variety that I have mentioned before. They are fully loaded.

ONE GOOD NEWS:

The weather is getting better. Highs are approaching 80s. Yesterday it hit 86F.

Sey

Glad to hear the weather is getting warmer.

No reason to be sorry for the seed exchange... I knew we were dealing with an unknown. I'll let mine grow out just to see what happens. But, yes, mine flowered w/o setting fruit and then did not flower for a long time and now is setting a few flowers again.