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2016 beefsteak tomatoes
Posted by fireduck(10a)
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated Park's Whopper Improved (VF1&2NT) - ind., red, true beefsteak size, great flavor, good production and good disease resistance for me. Dave
Report in on your Dwarfs here...
Posted by fireduck(10a)
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LabradorsUpdated These are the dwarfs that I grew this year: Sweet Scarlet (red) Rosella Purple (purple) Rosella Crimson (pink) Wherokowhai (red/yellow) Mr Snow (white) Arctic Rose (pink) I grew them all in my vegetable garden, in tomato cages on...
Anyone grown Bali?
Posted by gorbelly(6b/7a | Sunset 32 | SE PA)
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LabradorsUpdated Gorbelly, Thanks! I think I ran into those positive reviews a while back, which is why I had Bali on my wish list for a while, but it's difficult to tell if it's really worth growing. I would love to hear what you think of it if...
Is my Rutgers ripe yet? Is my Black Krim overripe?
Posted by shijitake
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shijitakeUpdated Thanks PC! Helpful as always.
Leaf miners and black spots on tomato plant? Please help!
Posted by Monikka A.
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Your welcome, and I'm sorry for assuming Austria was the location :-), the way your leaf miners and timing is, you're probably my neighbor! Keep us posted here on how things are growing. If you decide to go for the sticky traps th...
Is it worth planting, Azoychka Russian?
Posted by nhardy(5b)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated I am also growing it for the first time this year. I am glad I found it. Check out this thread : Azocychka...are-you-growing-it-in-2015? Lot of new discussions and pictures. In short : It has been the most productive in my garden ...
tomato hornworms and blacklights
Posted by margocostas
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princemongo21Updated I just found out about using blacklights to find tomato hornworms yesterday while at work. I grabbed an old EPROM eraser that stated it was SHORT wavelength. I tried it last night (with clear safety goggles that block 99.9% of UV)...
To Sweet Peet or not to Sweet Peet
Posted by Jay_NY(6A)
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The Gardening TeamUpdated This product is too expensive, so many other options out there for half the price. I personally use Coast of Main Products, they are fantastic. Another option if you're looking for a product similar to sweet peat is Green Envy, I ...
tomato growing tips
Posted by rick9748
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rick9748Updated Compost, if you don't have a pile yet then by some but get the pile started.Keep it real simple, just a pile in the corner of your garden; green layer-grass clippings, brown leaves or straw, keep damp not wet and let it rot.Every ...
Burpee Tomato Bush Early Girl Hybrid
Posted by struwwelpeter(5)
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Jim CooperUpdated Our Bush Early Girl is finally ripening: the latest plant in the garden, later even that Jet Star and Big Boy. And it has just about no flavor. If it were really the earliest one I might put up with it, but now that good varieties...
Lesson(s) you've learned this year.
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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daniel_nyc(7a)Updated Sey wrote: > Take it easy on fertilizing with N rich fertilizers. Plants fruit more in poor soil. Imo, plants fruit more in soil poor in... N, but rich in P and - especially - K.
Fun little "experiment" with extra tomatoes - Black Krim
Posted by Grace (Sugi_C)(9a (Northern California))
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Grace (Sugi_C)(9a (Northern California))Updated Six week update: The BKs in pots look like 1/4 of the size and lushness of the BK in the ground. The sheer lushness of foliage is not there with these plants in the containers vs. the ones in the ground require pruning to even be ...
Zapotec Pleated Tomato -- Curling?
Posted by Grace (Sugi_C)(9a (Northern California))
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Grace (Sugi_C)(9a (Northern California))Updated This plant has been culled. LOL
Indoor vs. outdoor varieties - a real difference?
Posted by gorbelly(6b/7a | Sunset 32 | SE PA)
gorbelly(6b/7a | Sunset 32 | SE PA)I've noticed this come up in topics around the web about various Stupice/Stupicke varieties and I see it sometimes in seed catalogs from other countries. Some seeds are labeled for outdoor use, others for indoor. I assume "indoor"...
Stem-y tomatoes
Posted by rhoder551 zone 9b-10
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated "Is it environmental or genetic?" Both variety and cultural. The more oblate the tomato and recessed the stem into the stem end the more the varieties seem to have this problem, the rounder the less. The colder the night...
I Dare You To ID This.!!
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Thanks rhoder551, ... I will save more seeds to share. Wait until you see the ripe color . It is a different color and not very common. Sey
Blossom End Rot Info
Posted by theforgottenone1013(MI zone 5b/6a)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated That is one of the best explanation on BER that I have read. I hope the newbies read it and understand and stop feeding their tomatoes eggshells, their own calcium supplement and TUMS. hehe. However , they failed to mention the g...
Best heart variety?
Posted by catman529(6b)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated This is a vintage thread but it is of some interest to me, maybe to others. Recently , I started a thread , aimed at trying to narrow down IDing one of the varieties that I am growing. See picture below. As you can see it has a he...
Tomatoes and peppers in the same bed?
Posted by jen_d
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Peter (6b SE NY)Updated I should have said I was speaking of my garden specifically....
opalka tomatoes
Posted by gardenofgengo
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caryltoo Z7/SE PAUpdated They don't look like the Opalka I've grown, which are longer and almost banana pepper shaped.
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