[Arid_gardener] grape vine beautifull, no blossoms, tomatoe same.

[DAVE FLAKER]

I planted my grape vine, now four years old, on the north west side of 
the house.  One vine gets RO run off and does quite well.  Last year it 
produced five bunches of grapes, which the birds quickly destroyed.  I 
have cut the vine back to two main vines and this year it has produced 
only one bloom and subsequent grape bunch.  I have this wrapped in a 
paper bag from Ace hardware to prevent bird damage. 
The other vine of red seedless produced about twenty pounds of grapes 
four years ago but has produced nothing since.  Bees are cutting holes 
in the leaves.  No blossoms.  The vines are eight feet long each way 
very green and healthy.  Little transparent balls on each vine I thought 
were eggs but could be oozzings from the vine?

I have had good luck with tomatoes on the north west side of the house,  
except the tomatoes would harden off before they were ripe, because of 
the 125 degree heat in the summer.  I planted the latest batch in 
November, in a half fifty five gallon drum with shade cloth (75%), 
hoping they will ripen as usual in the summer without the hardening of 
the skin. I planted roma and grape tomatoes.  The Romas are already 
ripening and the size of grapes and there are no more buds, the grape 
variety has not produced buds.  The leaves are green and the healthiest 
plant I ever managed to maintain this far into the season.  It must be 
the cool weather.  How can I make more buds before the nights never go 
below 99 degrees farhenheit.  They are hovering around 79 now.