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Blossom-End Rot?
Posted by classygal99
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Aaron_Wisconsin_(5)Updated Here is my two cents: I don't quite believe the idea of adding eggshell to supplement calcium. 1) It needs the soil to be acidic to dissolve calcium carbonate in eggshell into soluble forms for plants to absorb. So if the soil is ...
Egg Shells and Early Blight
Posted by jimmy56_gw (zone 6 PA)
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sheilajoyce_gwUpdated For the first time, I have had no Blossom End Rot this year. I planted the tomatoes late in an area that had been a compost heap years ago. The soil was very dry and I had to water frequently, every other day. After a couple of we...
Hard red tomatoes
Posted by Grains
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sheltiecheUpdated which variteties do you grow, what kind of soil management do you have and what is watering system?
Determinate or Indeterminate for fall?
Posted by ritamac
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ritamacUpdated Thanks, Dave.The Home Depot had about 5 varieties of plants. I decided on a Heatwave, a Solar Fire, and one called Fourth of July, which has a 50 day maturity. Our first frost is average November 15, so I should be ok with these, ...
Tomato plant is wilting
Posted by LeslieSison
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daniel_nyc(7a)Updated Leslie, can we see some pictures ?
How To Grow World Record Tomatoes
Posted by gpaintjr
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labradors_gwUpdated Oh Daniel, That was a good one. Thanks for the link! Ha ha! I wouldn't want tomatoes that tall, or ones that produced THAT MUCH fruit (LOL). Linda
Too Wet and too Cold
Posted by farpar(6)
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happyhelperUpdated I live just North of Columbus, OH. Out of 80 tomato plants, I probably have around 30 that have survived. Way too much rain! I pretty much had this problem last year so I planted tomatoes in two different locations and about 10 in...
Planting Out Extra Early?
Posted by plantcrazed101
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goodground(z6 NJ)Updated If you harden them off by introducing them to the heat gradually, I don't see a problem. Start with an hour or two per day and keep increasing the exposure to full sun. Then I would transplant after the sun goes down. Next day sho...
Black stems on NAR
Posted by rt_peasant(5 CO)
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rt_peasant(5 CO)Updated FWIW, here's the feedback from my friend on his gardening methods. My gardens are raised planting beds, amended soil every year, tomatoes never planted in the same bed 2 years in a row. Plants are pretty close together, about 24â...
Late Blight?
Posted by Kpn.Kardif(8 PNW)
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Stella_z6Updated In my Toronto, Ontario garden, I've definitely got a blight situation. My leaf edges started going dark a few weeks ago. I picked off affected stems, but the spread rate is accelerating and entire stems are going black/brown overn...
Help w/ Tomato ID
Posted by EricaBraun(9b)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated gin-gin, you are right. I got it from the internet, As seen, there are 4 different shape and size of fruit in just one cluster. I just wanted to show that fruits shape, size, color can be different. Normal BK has roundish fruits, ...
when to pick Indigo Apples
Posted by njitgrad(6A/6B)
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Prachi(6b (NJ))Updated From what I understand the flavor of these are better if you let them fully ripen on the vine... so the bottom of the tomato (which doesn't get direct sunlight) should be red like a ripe tomato. Any areas which get direct sunlight...
The Elfin
Posted by joeorganictomatoes(6A)
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated To answer your question directly, no, I've never grown it but I thought it might be helpful to give a bit of background information about it. ( smile) Carolyn
The BER varieties.
Posted by seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated BER susceptibility is a known fact. Amongst those some are more prone to it than others. What causes it an how different varieties are affected, are different issues. we are not concern with them in this thread. It is the same/sim...
Small tomato plants
Posted by denniswalsh
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Carla1(7)Updated The variety you're growing can make a huge difference. Determinate tomatoes only grow for a certain amount of time and then stop. You might want to stick to indeterminate hybrid tomatoes. Early girl tomatoes are good options for t...
Storing Green Tomatoes
Posted by Brett-CpG
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated I bather that OP wants to use them fresh.
Sweet 100's split prone?
Posted by lilyd74 (5b sw MI)
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rt_peasant(5 CO)Updated I had the same experience that Brett had with sungolds. Since reading on this site about picking at color break vs ripening on the vine, I've started picking large beefsteak varieties when they're 1/3 to 1/2 ripe, and I would agre...
Does NPK fertilizer ratio matter for determinate tomatoes?
Posted by ash1970_gw(6a)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated IMO, not that there isn't any difference between det and indet tomatoes There is not much difference between tomatoes and pepper either. Any fertilizer that is suitable for tomatoes is also good for peppers, eggplants cucurbita, e...
tomato plant leaves turning yellow/purple
Posted by Mizzkate89
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jimmy56_gw (zone 6 PA)Updated Looks like EB (earlyblight) too me, Had the same problem but mine our in the ground, I would spray with a fungicide.
Unable to grow tomatoes
Posted by mrm54
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labradors_gwUpdated Check out verticillium wilt and fusarium wilt online. I've just been reading about them myself as my eggplants have been wilting. They are really horrid diseases and the fungus that causes them can persist in the soil for many yea...
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