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Gro-Fine: Is this stuff okay to use?
Posted by popdo
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated It sounds like a good tomato fertilizer, too. (high in P and K) Sey
Raised Beds- amendments/native soil
Posted by fireduck(10a)
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fireduck(10a)Updated Will do.
Help with yellowing tomato plant leaves?
Posted by Elizabeth S
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Elizabeth SUpdated I've done two treatments now of the miticide, and the plants have perked up considerably. The leaves are looking much healthier and the spots are disappearing on some areas. Most importantly, the plants are producing fruit again...
Grafted tomato
Posted by CrosStitching(9b)
CrosStitching(9b)Has anyone grafted a tomato or eggplant to a tropical soda Apple (solanum capsicoides)? I read an interesting article about the soda Apple having a vigorous rootstock and readily accepting grafts that fruit nearly yr round in warm...
Black From Tula , Anyone Growing ?
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated still going in the cool weather. Sey
help! tomato stems curling and leaves shriveling
Posted by Kelly B
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maxjohnsonUpdated When you say white spec I suspect white flies. Check under the leaves for white spots. If this is the case you might not have any hope. This year it rains nonstop in Florida and many white flies gathered to my garden. They transmi...
What are your Top 5/10 advice for a newbie ?
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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tete_a_teteUpdated Oh, and you guys who can rely on rain and sometimes don't even have to water, learn to love your fungal problems. (Only kidding.) You don't know how lucky you are with having that rain.
Weather effect on tomatoes
Posted by Grace (Sugi_C)(9a (Northern California))
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated <I am considering snipping off the 40-50 flowers at the top of each plant. There isn't enough time, I think, and hopefully that speeds the fruit along.> There is little to no evidence that removing blossoms will speed up rip...
WANTED! HIGHLY ACIDIC TOMATOES!
Posted by swede1234(4)
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beesneeds(zone 6)Updated I too say Juane Flamme. It is acidic, in a lovely light toned citric way like lemon juice, but with a much more flavorful way of a good meaty plum. It was the only keeper out of last years orange trial. They ate fresh, canned, and...
Short season/cool climate growers: ever done this?
Posted by wormgirl_8a_WA(z8 WA)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated The thrill is gone, babe' ! September cool weather combined with rain , drizzle high humidity taking its toll on my garden. Grey mold has become unstoppable. That is the way of life here. I have been harvesting for about 2 months...
Seed spacing too close.
Posted by Sarah Combes
2 Comments
LabradorsUpdated You could wait until they come up. Tomato seedlings are pretty user-friendly and you can separate them then easily if you do it gently. Linda
Watering my tomatoes
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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daniel_nyc(7a)Updated Those are the LAST symptoms. Before that...?
What to do over the winter?
Posted by Ryan W
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Here is what I would do: -- cut the top, pull the root, ..discard them. -- Empty the pot, let the soil dry up and put the soil in a bag and save it. -- Wash the pot and store it in a garage, shed or basement. The next season you c...
Circle of Life...
Posted by fireduck(10a)
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mnwsgal(Hennepin, MN 4)Updated My favorite part is choosing and sowing the seed. I like reading about the different varieties, both here and other places, making lists, refining the list, finding the seed and finally sowing.
Need help planning fertigation system
Posted by G Winters
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated Fertigation can be as simple or as complex as one wants to make it. It can be as simple as an inline injector you fill with 1/2 strength fertilizer of choice and plug it in every time the plants need water. You learn when the pl...
How long can I keep the seeds?
Posted by supersweet
9 Comments
j_peggy70Updated Then, save seeds from your harvest and never buy again
Does anybody know what kind of tomatoes are these?
Posted by Peter Lee
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated Like Linda said the names on on the pics and yes, those are the variety names. They are new hybrid releases, still under patent, from Village Farms, a commercial greenhouse grower. Seeds are not available for either and likely wil...
"Roma Grande" paste tomato
Posted by matthias_lang
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated I grew one Rio Grande (from seed) this year. I am totally disappointed. So far have picked 2 or 3 fruits off of it. In the same bed Legend, Siletz and Willamette have been Gang Busters. There it goes into my ZAP list. Sey
Aunt Gertie's Gold
Posted by john11840(z6/CT)
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john11840(z6/CT)Updated This was one of my better performers this year. Not a lot of fruit, but what I got was great quality. No disease problem (but I do spray early in the season). John A
Where to buy seeds and growing suggestions.
Posted by lexxluthor(5 Syracuse)
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lexxluthor(5 Syracuse)Updated Funny thing was I always participated in the pepper seed swap here and met lots of great folks. The swap was like an early Christmas present because I was never quite sure what I would get. I plan on spending more time here learni...
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