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Black Zebra?
Posted by PupillaCharites(FL 9a)
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Donna, thanks for your experience growing BZ. Since I'm assuming Carolyn would laugh me out of the forum if I sent her seeds for some grocery store tomato like this, if you want to play with this to grow I'd be glad to send you so...
Advice for first time growing tomatoes in container
Posted by mihaip123(6)
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Really nutritional deficiencies are hard to predict and we don't know what is in your water (enough magnesium Mg?), but I would suggest you check your label for micronutrients in the fertilizer to be sure it contains at least iron...
Silvery Fir Tree Tomato
Posted by seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated My SFT has stopped flowering. Right now she is raising her babies. :-) It shows new growth and probably will resume flowering after the current fruits have ripened . It lost lots of flowers during the recent heat wave. It did not ...
Need help pruning top heavy tomatoes
Posted by westminstress
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Double post again ! ... NO INTENTIONAL... This post was edited by seysonn on Fri, Aug 8, 14 at 3:11
Tomatoe Rocky
Posted by tim984(5)
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated Tim, I call a rare variety one that there's no place to buy seeds and it doesnt show up on anyones trade list via Googling it or at a message site, But there are two seed sources for it. Looking forward to seeing your picture thou...
Marglobe & Dr. Wych's: Plenty flowers, No fruit. Cause?
Posted by ju1234((8 Dallas TX))
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centexan254 zone 8 Temple, TxUpdated If the branches are healthy then I would advise to leave them as they are. More branches will give more fruit when it does cool off. If they are in cages then they will drape back down the sides. The only pruning I do is taking of...
Newbbe Growing Tomatoes in Containers
Posted by Railroader(6)
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Railroader(6)Updated FYI: Reflector is a term that is used in the Amateur Radio when talking about forums. My wife and I are Amateur Radio Operators. Have a good day
Tomato plant with a sense of humor
Posted by Kpn.Kardif(8 PNW)
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Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9bUpdated I think you should put a piece of paper with YOUR initials on it under YOUR porn tomato and upload that photo, but anyone with photoshop could photoshop your initials out. Sad world we live in. It wouldn't surprise me if YOUR phot...
Matts wild cherry question
Posted by cassieinmass(6)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated One thing I do not like about tiny cherries is that some are loaded with seeds plus have thick skin. To me they are ornamental, if the vines are manageable. Otherwise not much to it there.
UglyRipe Tomato- heirloom
Posted by surya55_gw
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Farmer Dill, thanks for that cat's meow of Grandma's Pick hybrid in the post and for clarifying the marketing scam that promulgated deceptive information about the cultivar, as I cannot believe it is a coincidence that so much mis...
Please help me with my tomato!
Posted by partriquin
partriquinCan anyone tell me what is up with my tomato plant, I have two others that do no have the same issue and the only difference is that the sick plant is in a 4 gallon pot and the others are my larger garden beds Please help
Is this bacterial wilt?
Posted by joeorganictomatoes(6A)
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joeorganictomatoes(6A)Updated Hi sharonie There is a lot of good info out there on pith necrosis including pictures. After reviewing it all I am convinced that this is what my plants have...It's easy to over fertilizer ( I know lol) You mentioned about using F...
If we limit vegetation do the roots stop growing?
Posted by growneat
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated I don;t think anyone can say that the roots expand, no way to determine that, but they most definitely remain functional lest all those who prune plants, I don't, would have plants that would not continue to thrive. Carolyn
Surface roots + accidentally ripped some
Posted by dominickg23
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dominickg23Updated I should have known that I was worrying about nothing...it almost always turns out that way. Thanks for the pic and for the link, very informative.
Striped Yellow Heirloom
Posted by PupillaCharites(FL 9a)
8 Comments
carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated Yes, I've grown Georgia Streak, and what's more interesting about that one to me is that Jeff Dawson in CA crossed it with Russian #117, a flat double red heart, to get the first bicolored heart called Orange Russian #117, which i...
Scarring where stem attached to Tomato?
Posted by brandon_the_random(7b)
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scottsmith(9)Updated We all worry too much..............where is that mockingbird?
What is the problem with this tomato?
Posted by prairiemoon2 z6 MA
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prairiemoon2 z6 MAUpdated And the San Marzano, still green as can be...
Ugly tomato contest?
Posted by wertach zone 7-B SC
8 Comments
hudson___wy(3)Updated Here is another of our - not so finest tomatoes. This one weighed over a pound.
Staking Tomatoes Over 5 Feet?
Posted by jrb451
3 Comments
osagecountyUpdated Yes, tie the cascading branches to poles.
Over-fertilized?
Posted by Just1tomatoplantplz
20 Comments
seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated "Leave it Alone!" That is the best advice you've got. That plant looks normal. Prbably some leaf edema . LEAF EDEMA: Edema (or Oedema) on tomato plants is a physiological condition caused by an imbalance of the plant's w...
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