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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
Cool sport of Green Zebra heirloom
Posted by puffie(6)
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ncrealestateguyUpdated Angie, GZs that are green can be fully ripe. They just are not as ripe as the one pictured on the left above. I pick them at both stages and everywhere in between. Less tart and more sweetness as they yellow up.
My evaluation of 10 varieties
Posted by ju1234((8 Dallas TX))
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DeebyUpdated CaraRose, I have one Red Robin about an inch high. What does mounding mean?
Do we finally have a great ready-use cage/trellis for tomatoes?
Posted by djkj(9b)
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daniel_nyc(7a)Updated naturegirl_2007, can we see a picture of that support ?
Black cherry tomato heirloom cross-pollinate?
Posted by surya55_gw
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surya55_gwUpdated Thanks Don; no, I'm not sure about it being black cherry at all. It might be Chocolate Cherry... but it's very pretty though. I will keep the seeds and Carolyn is always so very knowledgeable about these things. Thx both of you fo...
Reliable Seed Sources
Posted by pksinan(z7NM)
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated pk, there is NO place that sells OP seed that has a perfect record. It's impossible to do b'c most of the places that most deal with have hundreds of plants out each year and cannot bag blossoms and cannot use geographic isolation...
Tomato plant too tall
Posted by geotrin69
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated I believe bigger container sizes have advantages: -- Less frequent watering, fertilizing. -- Provides stability against tipping over. -- It is easier to stake or cage In short it is less challenging and offers more convenience. As...
Can anyone ID this tomato?
Posted by lilpetunia
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Been there and done that with the help of Carolyn. Just grow and enjoy it and don't worry about the name - call it what you wish. Yes, I find it fun to give it a home-grown descriptive name rather than think of it as an orphan, an...
Weird insects eating tomato plant
Posted by ari04(9b)
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theforgottenone1013(MI zone 5b/6a)Updated Leafminers. If it's only a few leaves and the plant is large enough you can just pick off the affected leaves and dispose of them. If it's a lot of leaves or a small plant you might try squishing them with your fingers (while wear...
Small tomatos?
Posted by kyledonihoo
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donna_in_sask(2b)Updated I've seen a few examples of people planting in straw bale gardens online and they have never done well. I don't know what the premise behind using them as opposed to planting into soil. Maybe to avoid nematodes? Then I would look ...
Trouble with watering tomatoes from below
Posted by chambers
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chambersUpdated Thanks Seysonn, yeah, I water a lot, as much for heat as anything, but I didn't think the nutrients would wash out since I'm watering from below. Guess that's not the case . . . The last thing that put it together for me is that m...
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