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Can I do anything?
Posted by barb_roselover_in
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donna_in_sask(2b)Updated Is there late blight in your area? Do the tomatoes have tough leathery patches at the top by the stem? If it's not that...you might have picked them too soon...they need to get to a certain size to ripen properly.
What's more important for you, in a tomato ?
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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eileen_gardenerUpdated Taste is everything. My brandywines were more delicious by a long mile than any other tomatoes I grew. I got maybe a dozen but they were the best I have tasted for a long time. If I only got 2 off the plant it was still worth grow...
Mom's big fat red grapes tomato
Posted by sheltieche
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sheltiecheUpdated Carolyn, thanks! Yeah, I have received these in the swap. Name is clearly written, I will ask at other place then. It sounds like more plum than cherry grape tomato by name. I got it last year but have not grown yet. More on the l...
Genetically Modified Purple Tomatoes
Posted by labradors_gw
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated These are political statements with blurred boundaries of what constitutes "conventional" breeding, just like when I go to Whole Foods and see "Conventional" vs. "Organic". In fact, Indigo Rose was de...
Rosso Sicilian Tomato
Posted by springtogarden(6A)
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springtogarden(6A)Updated Lindalana, That it is quite the contradiction lol! Maybe she has the magic touch?!
The Color of Tomato
Posted by seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Sun Gold is a true "CHERRY" size. It is sweet and juicy and split if over ripe. I have other cherries too. One is red/pink and 3 times as big as SG. I have no name for it b.c I got the seeds from store bought heirloom. A...
Similar to Wes????
Posted by tomatovator21
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smithmalUpdated Pink Honey is a heart that ripens very early, has great production and has a very pleasant zingy taste. smithmal
Blah tomato flavor
Posted by catherinet(5 IN)
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated No commercial name that I know of, it's one of several under research lock and key. The lemon basil gene used which expresses geraniol synthase is named the "GES gene" in the literature. Transgenic tomato lines overexpre...
Can i grow italian tomatoes in malaysia?
Posted by peakchua
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diemoldau123Updated emkayriz, thank you for the follow up pic. Really nice tomatoes! I transplanted mine a week ago and so far they are doing fine. I hope I can duplicate your success :)
What happened to these tomatoes?
Posted by dominickg23
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dominickg23Updated Thanks! I have been waiting very impatiently for these tomatoes, it looked a lot worse at first sight.
Thinking Ahead to Next Year!
Posted by skeip
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Gregory123Updated Something I did this year for the first time, was add Azomite to my soil. The plants responded very positively. Azomite can be hard to find in some areas. I got mine at a hydroponics store. A little goes a long way and seems to wo...
Heirloom tomato ID
Posted by Toffle(8 (London))
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Toffle(8 (London))Updated Hi everyone, Here are my tomatoes, turning red!! There was an accident with the main pot of them falling off the roof in a storm (resulting in the tying down of everything else, and erecting of a small fence at the edge, don't wor...
Overcoming Blight
Posted by jokerjim(6)
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digdirt2Updated Also your location would help. There are basically 3 types of "blight", all with different causes, symptoms and effects, and survival rates. Early Blight Late Blight And Southern Blight which basically affects the stems....
meet Yuvel
Posted by sheltieche
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sheltiecheUpdated Forgot to add that it is very strong growing plant- need to consider some serious support for this one, no flimsy cages, strong producer too and tomatoes are all large.
Question for Carolyn137
Posted by pappabell(6)
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated LOL, Carolyn, another mortgage if only you knew how funny that is ... When can I leave this place and find my own tomato-green-acred-Shangri-La? Far from the legions of armyworms, sun shower daily sprinkling, fungal haze in the ai...
late blight?
Posted by litchfieldgardener
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litchfieldgardenerUpdated Let me say a bit more about my decision to combine Ridomil Gold and Daconil: Two years ago, at the time of the 2012 late blight crisis, I contacted Syngenta (maker of Ridomil) to ask about its efficacy against the disease. I got a...
Leaf Mold Strategy
Posted by PupillaCharites(FL 9a)
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Hi lindalana! I haven't had much time today to think more about this than last night's post, but there's just a few things. My plants are recovering, but it is from copper sulfate damage, my fault for applying it too late in the m...
Cosmonaut Volkov Tomato
Posted by pappabell(6)
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digdirt2Updated Dave, the pictures of CV that you linked to and my own Googling of it for IMAGES and non Images do not look like the CVolkov I grew with seeds directly to SSE frim marie in Moscow. Yeah wasn't offering them for the pics but as sou...
Gone for the weekend and came back to this :(
Posted by lilsprout
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daniel_nyc(7a)Updated catherinet, any particular reason why you don't use fungicide - or "anything" how you wrote ?
Maiden's Fire - A new release
Posted by containerted
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Nice looking mater. It would look very contrasting sitting next to Green Zebra
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