In our hydroponic tomato production we observed a vegetative growth from flowering cluster as indicated in the attached picture. i need a know that is the prospective reasons if any
already we are in winter and the day is short but the night temperature is low , by the way we sprayed plants with some compound nutrients (NPK) it may the reason????
Nitrogen can trigger a shift towards vegetative growth. You need to remove part of the leaves on these plants or increase the amount of light during the day and increase the temperature at night.
it doesn't look like a physiological disorder. Possibly the density of your plantation is too tight at this stage and the plants don't receive sufficient light. As a result the plants will continue to grow vegetatively producing stems and leaves. The situation will obviously change until light will reach high levels for sustaining fruit set. Additionally you should check the Nitrogen supply in your hydroponic nutrient solution.