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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...
Mortgage Lifter
Posted by hudson___wy(3)
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hudson___wy(3)Updated Now I understand what GW members mean when they say that the tomato has a "non acid - sweet taste!" I am not sure whether or not I like it? Maybe one acquires a taste for it? This Mortgage Lifter Bicolor Version certainl...
Help!!
Posted by GardenValley
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ncrealestateguyUpdated OP, those kind of temps happen all over the Country all the time summer after summer. Nothing unusual about them. A few days in the upper 90s is not going to cause the symptoms your plants are showing.
Deformed Cherokee purple tomatoes
Posted by bibbus 7b(7b)
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ZachS. z5 Littleton, COUpdated The one year I grew CP, it seemed, like Seysonn said, more prone to fused flowers then a lot of the other tomatoes I've grown. No problem, just an extra big tomato for me ;).
I think I did something bad!
Posted by bholder78(6b)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Leaves curling like that can be due to various causes. 1- Soggy soil : this is not the sams as overwatering. If your medis is well drained you can water as much as you want. The only drawback will be washing down then nutrients. I...
Disease resistant tomatoe question
Posted by kiropod(7)
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kiropod(7)Updated Check out Cornell University research paper- Managing late blight in tomato and potato- An essential part of gardening. www.longislandhort.cornell.edu/vegpath/late. Check out Cornell chronicle as well on Iron Lady tomatoes. http:/...
first time sweet 100 grower
Posted by kaywhoo
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated I grew several of them last year but this year I decide not to be bothered with S100. The fruits were mostly too small for me and the plants were like out of Dr. Frankstein's lab. I am growing a bigger red cherry and Sun Gold. So ...
Over The Top
Posted by robinava(6B)
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2ajsmamaUpdated I'm teasing Dave, not you. No, really, I am interested in the non-GMO feed - but you don't own chickens, you got the manure from a farmer, so you don't know the brand of feed he uses? Or did you buy the chickens from the farmer an...
Something inside the leaves?
Posted by lpinkmountain(5b/6a border PA)
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ncrealestateguyUpdated Spider mites do not fly, so you are seeing something else. And, they do not chew/eat the leaf flesh as you are describing. They suck the juice out of the leaves.
Tomatoes disrespecting my stakes
Posted by ilovecucumbers Zone 6b, NE PA
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samhain10(5a - MI)Updated Seysonn - oops! My gardening enthusiasm gets the better of me - just disregard my jumping in like that. :) Had to look up what CP was - Didn't know that stuff was called cattle paneling. ILoveCucumbers - all my beds are raised bed...
Barlow Jap tomato
Posted by onesteward
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onestewardUpdated Thank you both. Okay, so Brita Barlow IS Toomanytomatoes! I thought so but now I'm sure. Yes, that pic from her does look just like mine. I also saw how the ones on Tatiana's site don't have the green shoulders. The shoulders don'...
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