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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...
Tomato plant positioning in relation to other plants
Posted by ibbyco(VIC Aust)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Yeah PC is right. : I should've said "DECEMBER 21/22" instead of SEP. But the point is/wast : Plant tallest farthest on the south of your garden. With summer solar altitude of 60 to 75 degrees (@ midday, in Sydney, ) the...
Tomatoes in Part Shade?
Posted by nancy_drew(5 nw chgo burbs)
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sheltiecheUpdated oops, did not see that OP was old... hopefully someone close to Chicago area will mark their calendars for next year anyway... I know what you mean Daniel, I grew Monomach hat this year in dappled shade, under high canopies of oak...
A True Early Variety Tomato.
Posted by seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Somehow this thread got forgotten. So, I know what happened later in the season in my garden: 1) Siletz was the star performer, in earliness, size and continued production. 2) Bloody butcher was also early but it was a poor perfor...
Opinions of Golden Jubilee
Posted by shelleykj
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated I grew one some years ago. Then I had heard that yellow tomatoes are generally sweeter. And I recall that GJ was. I will probably grow one next year again.
What critter is eating my green tomatoes?
Posted by dragonfly73
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated I found out much later that slugs eat tomatoes too. I have caught some red handed. It is amazing how they climb all the way up there to find a tomato. I have a good plan to take care of them and the earwigs next year. I don't mind...
Tomatoes not ripe. It's been over a month!
Posted by Miss.Fernandez
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Peter1142(Zone 6b)Updated Freeze warning tonight... bring them inside.
To cover or bring inside...or not?
Posted by joflo723(9b)
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Hi joflo I would say it really depends. I am facing the same cold snap back to back nights as you except I'm looking at 40-42 F tonight after a high of 60, and tomorrow the same but barely 2-3 degrees warmer, here in 9a. I feel it...
Have I fermented my seeds too long
Posted by seedboy
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siouxzinUpdated ah ok. good to know. I was worried that perhaps I ruined several batches. Also, I am bummed I did not hop in this particular forum sooner, I missed out on your seed swap.. :( (Although this year I do not have a ton to contribute)....
I Will Growm Them Again ..Because :
Posted by seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)
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sheltiecheUpdated yeah, based on personal experience, this season I've grown about 80 new varieties, and generally grow 40-60 varieties. I have boatload of varieties that I liked and did well for me... problem there are so many new ones to try LOL ...
Cherry Tomato Cracking Badly
Posted by RedSun (Zone 6, NJ)
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digdirt2Updated I had to top them. Or they would grow to 8' tall. Daniel made a very good point about the height. If you can't deal with an 8-12 foot tall plant, which is perfectly normal for most indeterminate varieties, then you may want to re-...
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