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Seed spacing too close.
Posted by Sarah Combes
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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)
37 Comments
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
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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...
Still..green tomatoes
Posted by kathy mccormick
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated I am in Seattle WA area. Although our FFD is sometime around mid November but September is the last hope for tomato ripening. In normal summer weather it takes about 30 days for beefsteak type to ripen from pea size stage . Small ...
Please post pictures of your tomatoes’ roots.
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Hudson, I just wanted present another view on the subject, relating to the root ball size. I am still confused of "P" issue. There are conflicting views as how much of it needed for garden veggies. To me it makes sense :...
Native American tomatoes?
Posted by Melissa(5b, Sunset zone 42, CNY)
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svetionicarUpdated which is good? :) pozzzz
Quantity of tomatoes
Posted by tim45z10
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated I believe Vance's account of 200 tomatoes out of 3 plants. That is like ~ 65 per plants. Probably my Willamette has produces that many maybe more and still pumping. It will produce well over 100 by the end of season. But fruit si...
How is / was your crop in 2015 ? Happy, unhappy ?
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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najanajakingUpdated left to right: (a lot) Celebration Hybrid, Brand Boy, Big beef hybrid. They are all excellent. Will keep growing them next year.
Growing in raised beds...
Posted by fireduck(10a)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Raised bed is a form.. If it is small it is like a container (bottomless), if it is very big it is like in ground bed that is elevater I find raised bed to have the advantage in providing better drainage, where you get a lot of r...
dark spots on leaves?
Posted by jensubzero1(z9 CA)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated One of my plants (Black from Tula )shows that on the lowest leaves. I believe it is nutrition related. But I feed all my plants the same thing, same time. At this stage in the season I am not worrying about it. Sey
Black spots on my tomatoes...
Posted by roorezzi(Poconos)
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Alan TurnerUpdated I am not a pro and have the same problem. I'm thinking it is because of the abundance of rain in the spring. My leaves started looking funky and crinkled. Maybe!! The black spot does not penetrate beyond the skin, and it does not ...
Seed Saving Question
Posted by john11840(z6/CT)
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reginald_317Updated ... I normally blanch them for just 1 minute... IMO, it is rather better simply to dedicate one or two ripes to the tom seed-saving gods and be done with it, as opposed to messing with saving seed from a "processed" tom...
Tomato issue ID
Posted by Grace (Sugi_C)(9a (Northern California))
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Grace (Sugi_C)(9a (Northern California))Updated This is the first morning in a week where I haven't woken up to at least a couple dead tomato leaves! Woohoo! Granted, I may have now killed these plants with how much I took off, as I also went a little nuts. Upon closer examinat...
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