LOL....I never thought of Oklahoma as a low humidity state.....the last few years my tomatoes were doing similar to what you are saying.....first off....bees are needed also for pollination I thought.....shaking might help but nothing like the real nature. I also let my tomato plants dry out too much & was constantly going from wilt to wet....so this year I'm keeping constant moisture without it being soggy.

I also tested this awesome plant food....it's a calcium food for vegies & all plants which I put on as soon as I planted & then every few weeks with the watering. Personally the Jobes sticks seemed worthless in my past experience....finding a good fertilizer that is used every 2 weeks is worth it's weight in gold (or maybe I should say tomatoes).

Unfortunately I got a red tomato already.....I plucked it but it was black on the bottom & rotten all the way through....but I have some really nice green ones coming along. Planted so many different tomatoes this year.....& then got others from a friend at church & they are growing & blossuming amazingly well......& I have a beautiful little eggplant. I have more problems with squash & cucumbers.

Oh I loved your situation with the snapping turtle. What a guy to eat the most important part of your squash....the flower. Snapping turtles are on the hit list around here...but I always try to save them.

I have more problems with bunny's. The deer haven't come up to my front door where I keep all my vegies planted in pots even though I live on a farm....I don't have a tiller to use yet.....so I just put everything in pots on my front porch is all it's afternoon sunshine.....so far doing well including my herb garden.