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First blush today, 59 days after transplanting

Posted by dbrown2351(5) July 19, 2014

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flo9Updated July 20, 2014 I bought an early girl at home depot before the flowers were on it... kind of a small plant then. I have 5-8 tomatoes on it currently. The first tomato doesn't look like it's going to get any bigger and it feels like it is taking ...

Tomatoes have fallen

Posted by weedsgrower July 1, 2014

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weedsgrowerUpdated July 20, 2014 Nice plant. I'll definitely prune them next time. I did look it up earlier and came to the conclusion that it was not necessary (which suited me, naturally). Then they grew and grew and grew: I put up a greenhouse and within a mon...

Tomato twilight zone

Posted by flo9 July 20, 2014

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flo9Updated July 20, 2014 Another strange thing that happened to me this year... Bakers Creek sent me an empty cucumber packet with a large order I had made. I don't know how the order picker didn't know it was empty.. seems obvious to me. They shipped me ...

Tomatoes too small

Posted by bltzkrig July 11, 2011

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Carla1(7)Updated July 20, 2014 I agree with one of the other posters that it's best to take the tomato plant out of its container (no matter which type of container) prior to transplanting. I go as far as to break the root ball to "free" the roots. Ot...

Growing Tomatoes in PNW

Posted by seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1) June 5, 2014

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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated July 19, 2014 That is great. I have picked 3 so far ; One BB and 2 siletz. BB was real small, maybe less than 2 oz but Siletz were about 6 oz.

Milorganite and tomatoes

Posted by michael723(6) July 19, 2014

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digdirt2Updated July 19, 2014 Yeah given all the controversy about it its one decision you'll have to make for yourself. Personally I'd compost the grass clippings with lots of other stuff before using it around food crops but that's just my opinion. Dave

Herbicide damage?

Posted by robhan(8/PNW) July 17, 2014

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digdirt2Updated July 19, 2014 Could this be my problem? Definitely. Plus compost isn't going to neutralize soil pH within one season and most compost has a pH of around 7 not 8. 3" of compost will decompose fairly quickly and the soil will return to its n...

Withering tomato plant

Posted by walkie74 July 19, 2014

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geosankie(5a NEPA)Updated July 19, 2014 Also, a black pot in zone 10 may be cooking the roots..try wrapping the pot with aluminum foil to reflect some of the heat. ( don't cover drainage holes) Next year take michaels suggestions about pot size.

will this thing ever stop growing?

Posted by njitgrad(6A/6B) July 17, 2014

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art_1(10 CA)Updated July 19, 2014 Cherry tomatoes especially will do that. You can give them a wider space to grow rather than straight up in the future. Trim or pinch or let them go as others have suggested, whatever you want. Not a problem that many of us mind h...

What A Mess!

Posted by hoosier40 6a Southern IN July 17, 2014

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hoosier40 6a Southern INUpdated July 18, 2014 Upon further review: I think the NAR are OK. I was either looking at the wrong plant or thought it was blushing pink. I have one on now that looks like it will be red. I think what I thought was Italian Heirloom are in fact Anna R...

white fuzz/spots on tomato leaves

Posted by SgtStinkWeed July 18, 2014

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SgtStinkWeedUpdated July 18, 2014 Yep I did prune as much as i can, as for the whole GMO thing I dont even understand it, I just want to use a pesticide/fungicide that not going to have me keel over if i eat my own tomatoes lol. As for why I want a "3 in 1&qu...

What should I do about this plant??

Posted by ApacheRosePea00 July 18, 2014

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ApacheRosePea00Updated July 18, 2014 Thanks Weicker and Dave. I appreciate the fast responses. I never thought about a later setting variety. It makes perfect sense though. I know it doesn't look it but there wouldn't be much pruning except to remove some of that flo...

Tomato leaves are curling up

Posted by hopefull742 May 30, 2014

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painterleeUpdated July 18, 2014 I have had this problem this year and so have 2 other friends that live 10 miles and 12 miles away. I took my leaves & soil the CSU diagnostic lab and they said it was herbicide damage from contaminated horse and cow manure! T...

Help! First-timer gardener, Possibly over fed tomato.

Posted by SgtStinkWeed June 15, 2014

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SgtStinkWeedUpdated July 18, 2014 welp after some weeks of careful pruning, and using the jobe tomato spikes http://www.amazon.com/Jobes-6005-18-Pack-Outdoor-Fertilizer/dp/B001REDIZ2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1405700098&sr=8-2&keywords=jobe+spikes I must ...

Help with tomato plants and disease

Posted by Pegart(7) July 17, 2014

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Pegart(7)Updated July 18, 2014 It really might be late blight upon better inspection and reading about it on the internet. And yes, many people have the same problem. The weather last two months has been exceptionally good for molds and similar. Not so hot as i...

Crazy tomato plants!!!

Posted by a13art June 26, 2014

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a13artUpdated July 18, 2014 Thanks everyone.... Yea I trained and pulled suckers last year but had to go back and forth a lot from my house to my parents so was unable too keep up. However I sniped off a lot of the long stretchers. He'll some were 6ft long g...

This is so depressing!!

Posted by michael723(6) July 10, 2014

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michael723(6)Updated July 17, 2014 Haha great minds think alike! Excellent read, right?! I'm midway myself.. Teaming with Nutrients is on Amazon! They have soooo many excellent books.. You'd probably benefit from "Compost Tea Making" as well - with your c...

Spider mites killing my tomato plants

Posted by winstella(10b los angeles) July 16, 2014

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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)Updated July 17, 2014 Please post an image

costoluto genovese potato leaved?

Posted by marcantonio June 5, 2010

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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated July 17, 2014 Sudenly died down. peakchua, ..can you post a picture of your plant ? I am growing one from an store bought tomato, which I thought was some kind of costoluto. It has potato leaves. Maybe I mistagged !! PS. Costoluto (meaning ribb...

santa sweets

Posted by bigshed(europe) August 2, 2013

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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated July 17, 2014 They look grape shaped to me and I've grown both Santa F1 and various generations of the hybrid which looked the same. The F1 and the OP version taste the same to me which is a very good taste, but I'm not committed to a particula...

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