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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 ...
What has been your experience with Amish Paste?
Posted by AiliDeSpain(6a - Utah)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated If too much juice ( and reducing it) is a problem in making sauce, there are several method. I propose a very simple one here: == after coring, dice your tomatoes and put them in a pot. == Get a potato masher and LIGHTLY press the...
Thoughts about foliar feeding...
Posted by ladon
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garotina(6a/b)Updated I personally like to foliage feed once the plants have been established. However, I also foliage feed seedling we start in the cold frame with a diluted very low number kelp solution concentrate, it helps with the development and ...
2014 SPLATT a south Carolina Tomato tasting
Posted by rodger(8SC)
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growneatUpdated What?
First blush on large tomato group
Posted by sheltieche
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sheltiecheUpdated Carolyn, as I garden in limited space community veggie area, I have no way of rotating my plants, they are all nightshades, so if this one is vercillium which probably is, so my option is to graft next year to rootstock like Celeb...
How to prune indeterminate tomatoes for small space?
Posted by plantcrazed101
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labradors_gwUpdated http://www.heirloomtomatoplants.com/Small%20Plants,%20Patio%20Garden%20Plants.htm There are two black varieties listed here that are short, although larger than a cherry. Linda
Planting tomatoes in 5 gallon nursery buckets
Posted by bholder78(6b)
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NBM81(Zone 5b (Denver/Boulder))Updated I don't want to hi-jack this thread, but I'll respond quickly and say that I did incorporate dolomite when I "prepped" the buckets in mid-March. When I transplanted in mid-May, the dolomite had distributed nicely within ...
beneficial nematodes
Posted by deadhead61
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digdirt2Updated I buy mine from GardensAlive. Dave
Your Best Tasing Tomato(es)
Posted by seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)
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ettaterrell(7)Updated Well our CP hasn't came in yet (planted late) but the brandy boy is AMAZING! Both when red and/or Fried Green tomatoes!
Pucker Up !
Posted by Deeby
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated probably you sliced them too early ?. Let some stand/sit for a while and then see what happens. This can be done both on and off the vine. IMO, color alone might not be the sole indication of ripeness. This post was edited by seys...
Curly top virus??
Posted by Just1tomatoplantplz
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Just1tomatoplantplzUpdated Thank you so much Carolyn! I do NOT live in western US. (NorthEast actually) Phew! Well, that at least eliminates 1 virus from the list. Lol. Sadly, I've had such poor luck with my tomato plants this year. Up to date I have lost 3...
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