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Cherokee Purple Cherry Tomato?
Posted by springtogarden(6A)
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springtogarden(6A)Updated Thanks all for your help! I am learning so much from all of you :). I do believe it is a black cherry and I am really happy to have found this one accidentally. We all love it and I plan on growing again. I haven't been online muc...
Why does Persimmon tomato taste blank?
Posted by Aaron_Wisconsin_(5)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Thanks Dave. I will make a note of it. I like variety in colors.
maturity dates on tomatoes
Posted by Carla1(7)
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated As if that weren't bad enough^^^, plenty of the plants from the big box stores are probably not grown from seed at all, but rooted from cuttings. With cuttings, they use the same DTM from transplant on one hand, yet sometimes, dep...
Green Tomatoes: Top Ten Uses
Posted by PupillaCharites(FL 9a)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated I like THROWING them very interesting. LOL
Supersteaks look like conjoined quadruplets
Posted by woodsidetrader(PA/6)
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Hi Woodside See this thread by growneat, who wrote the book on the subject. A little bit down, fused blossoms are discussed and that Supersteak is genetically inclined to produce them. You may grow some large tomatoes. PC Here is ...
Water solubile fertilizer
Posted by esteban_2009(6)
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daniel_nyc(7a)Updated Steve wrote: > I have been using Miracle-Grow and it is becoming very expensive for me to fertilize 20 tomato plants. Steve, I repeat my question I asked you a few days ago: how much is that "very expensive" ?
the Harvest From my Charlie Brown Plant
Posted by siouxzin
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siouxzinUpdated I still have him going, but I am not counting on any miracles! It makes me smile though so it is worth it!
Cherokee Purple
Posted by bigpinks
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sharonrossyUpdated Hi my CP's have minimal lobes actually almost none. Just starting to get Indian Stripe and I can see stripes on the blossom end, faint but they are visible. Can't wait to eat one. I'm really liking CP.
Tomato ID?
Posted by theforgottenone1013(MI zone 5b/6a)
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated No Seysonn, not definitely Hillbilly. Lots of Germans immigrated to the US between the late1800's and the 1920's and settled in PA and VA and WVA where they worked in the steel mills and in mines. They also settled in NC and SC an...
Tiny marrots
Posted by chippoli
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated My concern is mostly fruit flies. But it is easy to prevent it. I cover with paper tissue and put a rubber band around it. As far as the bacteria, they are there in the air and I don't think it matters when it comes to fermenting ...
Unknown pear shaped tomato - ID?
Posted by mjhuntingtonbeach
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated What Steve shows at his website called 100 lbs is typical of many varieties that are called piriform shaped and I'll try to link to just one quiclly. Link at the bottom. Big bottom with ribbed sides tapering towards the top. There...
How much sun?
Posted by BBarnard
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Hi Dave and Conchita, I don't disagree with either of you, but have a little experience summer growing in zone 9a with equal passion ;-) It is more of an 1/4 full versus a 3/4 empty attitude. I used to live in subtropical Florida ...
Early tomatoes - B.I.G. disappointment
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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vinnybob(z8Oregon)Updated Grew two Siletz this year side by side. When all is said and done one plant will have had about 40 or so tomatoes, the other about 5. Same fert. and soil. I guess I should plant two of every tomato to give an honest opinion on eac...
First Blush-2014 SE Texas
Posted by scottsmith(9)
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DeebyUpdated You will absolutely be eating that tomato. I simply will not accept less.
latest harvest of Anna Margaret's Heart...
Posted by pondgardener
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pondgardenerUpdated Thanks Carolyn, It has been a wild ride since I first corresponded with you in March 2013. Her daughters are pleased with the attention that has been given to the tomato their mother grew and I can just picture the smile my aunt m...
First ripe from my "Foundling"
Posted by ediej1209(5 N Central OH)
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DeebyUpdated Your good deed is rewarded !
Husky Cherry Red problem
Posted by mbrowne(9b Central CA)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated The Moment of Truth. Finally I got the first ripe fruit from my HCR. As I have said it before, the word "Cherry" here is most ridiculous. The fruit weight exactly 4 oz, bigger than Bloody Butcher, Matina, Stupice, Early ...
Thinking of next year's maters
Posted by ilovecucumbers Zone 6b, NE PA
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digdirt2Updated In mid January this year we had 5' F. Is that cold enough to kill those little gizmos ? They tend to just go dormant, not die, when exposed to cold. Live fungus spores have been found in the arctic. :) Dave
Tomato cross-pollination or reversion?
Posted by Banbarr
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated I have to cut and paste so I have a reference point and don't have to go back up to your original post. &&&&& (This volunteer tomato grew in my garden close to an area where I had previously grown Sungold, Gold...
Mr. Wilber's "18 branches" technique.
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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digdirt2Updated If I understood correctly, Mr. Wilber's technique is NOT about having a 29 ft. high cherry tomato. Is about the "18 branches method." I don't see how you came to that conclusion from the link you posted. The "18 bra...
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