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Helsing Juntion Blues
Posted by bluemater(z5 IL)
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digdirt2Updated From another tomato discussion board we can't link to here - "Taste is not really mild but more mellow yet a fairly complex, well balanced taste." I find them to have little to no acidic bite yet not overly sweet. An und...
?? on starting tomatos from seed.
Posted by ontheteam(5a-6 (S.Eastern, MA))
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williammorgan(6b)Updated I'm in SE MA as well and I think with your set up you can definitely get them in that house fine. I mean with hoop houses I've made I'm setting them in the ground April 1st or so. I have to take internal precautions like covering ...
brown appearing on brandywine leaves
Posted by corpus
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corpusUpdated Thanks Jean, yes, there was some doubt and I decided to err (if I was erring at all) on the side of caution. PC, thanks for your advice! I'll try that. We call them "laterals" here. I didn't take any more pictures. The p...
Best way of saving tomato seeds
Posted by seedkeeper(9)
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digdirt2Updated Thanks PC for the summary. Saves us having to go watch the video. Blender? Wonder how many seeds get damaged or destroyed in the process? No fermentation? No disinfection? No thanks. Only 24-48 hours drying and on plastic coated s...
Tomatoes how to make them grow larger
Posted by Lorraine Miller
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ddsackUpdated If you click on any upside down picture, it opens up in another separate window where it is right side up. Remember we all use different brands of computers or hand-held devides with various operating systems to access the interne...
Immortal Tomatoes
Posted by Peter1142(Zone 6b)
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Peter1142(Zone 6b)Updated I went out last night, as temps were dipping to the mid 20's and I wanted to get the last butternut, and there were MORE TOMATOES out on that plant. The last of the few blooms it had with temps around 50 went on to become tomatoes...
extending daylight indoors
Posted by ongodsmountain
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ongodsmountainUpdated Well Gregory123, I took your advice and bit the bullet on the 400 watt light... It's way more than I was planning on or could afford.... but at least it's something I can use years into the future... and 'handles' this part of my ...
That sad time of year
Posted by ediej1209(5 N Central OH)
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ediej1209(5 N Central OH)Updated AACK!!! Hudson, you're killing me!!! Now I have a bad case of the "I wants"!!!! Edie
DWC tomato plant wilt after res change
Posted by Ban32
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Hi Ban, I hear you on the Flora Kleene stuff ... just like all of those whiz bang products, they are worth hanging on to and some time you may get some tough salt buildup in the hydroton or whatever you have in the EnF and it may ...
end of season volunteers
Posted by amylou321
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amylou321Updated Thanks Dave. No it wasn;t want i wanted to hear, but it was as i suspected. I figured it never hurts to ask and hope, especially when it comes to free food! :) I guess ill just toss them out and start from scratch like always in t...
A Central Florida tomato story...
Posted by whgille(FL 9b)
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whgille(FL 9b)Updated Hi PC, looking forward to you crashing the party in April.:) I don't have an exact time to pull the plants out but I still have them in January, I use the tomatoes for the parties at my house around Christmas, the big tomatoes are...
paste tomatoes libby's pride and aunt lucys paste any body tried.
Posted by marcantonio
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marcantonioUpdated thanks Carolyn, i'm going to go with dix doight de naples and try out a few plants of the libby's pride and mama leone. the martinos roma did produce red fruit plants were very healthy just that at frost the plant was loaded with ...
Western PA What Did Well?
Posted by tjinpgh
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tjinpghUpdated bmoser, not too far from Valencia at all. Probably 45 min to an hour, maybe. It might be a tad closer than the place I got my Ghost peppers from (Started from Seed Greenhouse in back of New Brighton). Never hurts to get a good var...
Tami-G F1 vs Santa F2
Posted by rt_peasant(5 CO)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated norval, thanks for the feedback. So you confirmed my taste judgement. I was going to use them in an Italian dish. I did not care for its raw taste. But when I tasted a couple, I was pleasantly surprised how good they tasted. Never...
Zima (TM) Orange Grape tomatoes
Posted by PupillaCharites(FL 9a)
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Carolyn, Seminis is a global company headquartered in Oxnard or Saticoy if direction hasn't been taken over from St. Louis yet. Some of the acquisitions that comprise it have been merged and blurred to varying degrees. More than 5...
Next Season Tomato Planting Plans - 2015
Posted by seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)
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sheltiecheUpdated This year compost was made with addition of many goodies- micro elements that are missing from the soil according to soil test, EM, minerals etc. Piles are now cooling and full of worms. Covered them for the winter period. Adding ...
Are you happy with your 2014 crop yield ?
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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sheltiecheUpdated Humus gives advantage of holding all your nutrients in right place. It is pretty hard work to keep humus content above 4% in the soil. There is difference between feeding the soil and feeding the plants. Ferts like MG are meant to...
tomatoes for ketchup (zone 4B)
Posted by ukulele01
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digdirt2Updated Rutgers VFA is the determinate form of Rutgers. And if you want small plants as you indicated then P.Romanesco isn't for you. Dave
Heat stressed cherry tomato plant, is there any hope?
Posted by dessert_gardener
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated See ... you have tomatoes setting even though the flowers are "twisted". Patience with the fruiting process ;-) In my opinion the time to prune a plant you are having difficulty with is when the suckers are small, or not...
Can a tomato plant get too much light?
Posted by growneat
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Fusion, The question of light intensity alone is not harmful as long as the plant has time to adapt, unless you have some info showing it is which would be very interesting. (In reasonable environments ... not the Gobi Desert). At...
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