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Tomato leaves turning brown and crumbly
Posted by jbclem(z9b Topanga, Ca)
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jbclem(z9b Topanga, Ca)Updated Here's a closer look at the brown splotches on the Early Girl fruit.
Tomatoes not getting bigger than a golf ball
Posted by Suzy
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plantnut65Updated Thank you seysonn, and labredors, for your comments, As far as the Miracle Grow, I just chose the one I could afford, not sure the name other than Miracle Grow, and that it had a lot of the nutrients that I needed to bring the pH ...
Need advice about copper spray and rain.
Posted by aphidsquish
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digdirt2Updated I think all you can do is play the odds. Determine which is more important to you - trying to salvage the plants from Early Blight (which given your weather description is very slim odds anyway) or saving the money and time spent ...
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Posted by scottsmith(9)
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scottsmith(9)Updated thanks Sharon I have been thinking about putting them on some 2x4's to get them off the ground. I have been using MG 1/2 strength twice a week. I did not find out about Al's PM until it was too late. Will probably use it next year...
Lower leaves with disease question
Posted by catherinet(5 IN)
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aphidsquishUpdated I've been fighting the EB too, and the plant that seems to get it the worst is the husky red cherry tomato. My other plants are susceptible but that plant always gets it worse. The other plant that was really susceptible was the B...
Curling leaves, BER - cause??
Posted by robhan(8/PNW)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated robhan, I have picked a single BB so far but a lot more any day now, with this warm weather. The nice thing about the heat is that it cools off at night down to 58 to 63F. So the plants get a good night of rest.
flowers dying on non-cherry varieties
Posted by njitgrad(6A/6B)
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ncrealestateguyUpdated They don't look like they dried out enough to drop the blossoms. No yellow leaves or nothing like that. And the pictures do not show blossom drop... blossom drop is when the entire flower falls off at the knuckle, no. Yours are st...
Just moved tomato to bigger pot leaves curling!!
Posted by hjarnan_storspelare
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hjarnan_storspelareUpdated Thank you gues but I think I miss said. Few things the leaves were curled b4 I changed pots I got it like this and moved it to bigger pot because it was in a 1 gal ! Think it's just because it's hot!?
What animal eats ripe tomatoes?
Posted by knightstick
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Debbie721Updated What animal eats only the red ripe tomatoes. These bites are big. Not rabbit or squirrel size. Today while looking at the deck I saw a big animal in the bush outside of the deck. It was big. Didn't look to be a raccoon but as big ...
Cherokee Green Grape
Posted by aftermidnight Zone7b B.C. Canada
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aftermidnight Zone7b B.C. CanadaUpdated Correction, not all 17 varieties I'm growing are heirlooms I should have said some of these are heirlooms :). Sometimes my fingers type faster than my mind works. This gettin' old ain't for sissies. I'm into growing a lot of heirl...
Tomato plants' leaves curling. How much sunlight needed?
Posted by highlandernorth
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aphidsquishUpdated I have a similar situation. I get lots of indirect light, and some dappled sun in the morning, but I get full sun from 10:30am to 2:00pm and full sun on the tops of most of the plants until 4pm. We are getting tomatoes, not a bump...
Now what?!?!
Posted by ettaterrell(7)
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centexan254 zone 8 Temple, TxUpdated They are still edible if you cut the bottom part off when slicing it. They will still taste just as good.
Stem end rot??
Posted by redd1981(5b)
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digdirt2Updated Seeing a photo would really help. The diescription is just too vague. It could just be cracking that has gotten infected with mold, it could be a fungus disease called Gray Mold, or it could be damage from tomato fruitworms. Dave
help please
Posted by toolstack
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toolstackUpdated Thanks all for the diagnosis I was in panic mode foe a minute. I believe I can straightn this out. Thanks again Randal
Preventing BER in containers
Posted by kathy9norcal
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)Updated IMO it also affects larger tomatoes more than smaller ones. My container Stupice and Rutgers are ok, but the Brandywines are a problem. I'm going to start slamming it with calcium and hope for the best.
Hello from a newbie
Posted by midwestannie(4)
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jimmy56_gw (zone 6 PA)Updated I prune some of the suckers off mine only because they grow so much per plant, I also prune anything from the ground up too about a foot on the plant.
West TN... are your tomatoes overwhelmed with fungus?
Posted by Cobarchie
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aphidsquishUpdated OMG...I'm in East TN (Knoxville) and I have been fighting fungus non-stop. So much effing rain, and for days on end. All the containers fill up, and I'm dumping gallons of water off of my balcony every week. I have plenty of early...
Morning shade; Is this curious or even ineresting
Posted by albert_135(Sunset 2 or 3)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Well, what you have stated could be due to other reasons than just sun; Like, soil type, variety, nutrients ... Plants with less nutrients in poor soil tend to ripen fruits faster. But the plants and the fruits will be smaller in ...
Tomato Plant Leaves Yellowing/Curling
Posted by hobscrk777
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Your plant is fine and normal. Lower leaves, especially those shaded, will get yellow and dry up or fall off eventually.
Tomato leaves green/limp w/Bunch o' PICS
Posted by vance8b
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labradors_gwUpdated Zylo, I wonder if your pots are too small for your plants. If they are big plants, it is possible that they simply cannot suck up the water that you give them. It happened to me when I grew a yellow cherry in a 3 gallon container ...
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