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| This is my second year growing tomato plants in Charlotte. Any thoughts why they are over 10 feet tall? They are producing a fair amount of fruit, so I do not think they are overfed. Is this normal for heirloom indeterminate tomato plants in this area? |
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- Posted by dottie_in_charlotte z7-8 NC (My Page) on Thu, Aug 2, 12 at 11:08
| See my post on the regular Carolina forum. The unusual height I attribute to the weird weather. Warm then cool then hot. If you're doing heirlooms, pick them a bit earlier than full ripe. Heirlooms don't have a long shelflife, have a thinner skin and if we get a mini drought of even a week then the birds are going to begin pecking them. Indeterminate plants are like their fruiting..they can grow It's just not a normal year weather wise so take advantage of it. |
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| Dear Dottie- Thanks for the great information. It never occurred to m that I could prune my indeterminate tomato plants... The height of them has sort of freaked me out- I have no idea how tall they are now, as I can't stake them any higher. I was worried to feed them but now think that they need a late season boost. |
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- Posted by dottie_in_charlotte z7-8 NC (My Page) on Fri, Aug 10, 12 at 12:10
| The ozone damaged parts to the orange and cluster tomatoes has prompted side shoots off the main stalks about a foot off the ground. Time to prune the dying uppper portions off and tie up the new growth. |
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- Posted by dottie_in_charlotte z7-8 NC (My Page) on Fri, Aug 31, 12 at 8:47
| One of my plants, a Rudgers, has had a severe die off due to the ozone so I pruned it back and darned if it's sent off brand new stalks fromt the main stalk. Nice and healthy. So, die back is not plant death. I cut the plant back by 1/3rd and only trimmed off the leaf stalks that were browning. New growth at each of those removed leaf stalks. Amazed to report I picked 16 2 1/2-3" tomatoes from the other red tomato plant this week. It's been the most remarkable year for tomatoes in this area that has received regular weekly (or more) rains. |
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- Posted by dottie_in_charlotte z7-8 NC (My Page) on Mon, Oct 8, 12 at 11:22
| Here it is October 8th and I've just picked 11 mostly ripe tomatoes and a half dozen green peppers. I've never let a summer garden go this long, ever. It's cooling down so I might actually get some green tomatoes to fry. Once picked, the 'gettin' ready to ripen' ones ripen very quickly but remain hard (but also rot fast) |
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