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salt damage, leaf mold, nutrient deficiency or all three?
Posted by slowjane CA/ Sunset 21
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slowjane CA/ Sunset 21Updated Yes, the infamous microclimates of the LA area....still getting my head around it. I moved a couple miles north a year ago, and I swear the weather is different, because we're over the hill on the valley side of LA now - from Suns...
A Tale of Two Tomatoes...
Posted by 2ajsmama
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated HP has more perlite, no vermiliculite, less peat according to website. About 10% less peat than BX. %%%%%%%%%%%%%% Vermiculite is what makes soil mix more than wet, "Soggy". It absorbs many times its weight in moisture (...
Not sure how to proceed
Posted by dominickg23
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Now that you have them, leave 2, (furthest apart in the clump). I am experimenting with double planting. I think 2 of them together may be able to produce as much as a single. But more than two will be crowd. Double planting is qu...
Tomatoes shriveling
Posted by AmericanGardner
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AmericanGardnerUpdated Zone 6 / 7 mid TN. Is beefsteak more water-sensitive than other non-cherry tomatoes?
Tomato Fruits!
Posted by yardenman(z7 MD)
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yolos - z 7b/8a Ga.Updated LKZZ said " I usually end my tomato growing by mid-July because of early blight". ************************************************************** My tomatoes are also usually so heavily infected with disease, It is better...
what the?
Posted by plantlover80(5a-WI)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated I have a theory : I think you can even pot with/in garden soil provided: -- It has adequate drainage and porosity. Medium has a role, that is to store right amount of moisture and nutrient. You can do this by adding perlite and pi...
Digging up and relocating
Posted by widdringtonia(8a)
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widdringtonia(8a)Updated Thank you all for the sympathy and advice. I'll take cuttings. Plaidbird, that area of concrete/brick is already growing lots of tomatoes. And a couple of herbs. Heat isn't really a problem here in coastal South Carolina, but this...
Grafted cherry tomato plant getting crazy groth -- maintenance?
Posted by brokenankle(5a)
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brokenankle(5a)Updated Thanks for the advice guys! I admittedly got over excited at the prospect of growing a grafted tomato, that has apparently won all kinds of taste awards. I'm going to have to plan this one better next year! These things better tas...
no flowers, anymore
Posted by daninthedirt(Cent TX; HZ10, Sunset z30, USDA z8a)
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daninthedirt(Cent TX; HZ10, Sunset z30, USDA z8a)Updated Well, flowers not fruiting is a separate problem from plants not flowering. As to the former, I'll take my chances. Costalutos are well known to be pretty heat tolerant, and I've had good luck with them in the summer months previo...
Tomato Supports Cheap
Posted by Summer_Squash
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anniegolden(z7a)Updated I use cut up old t-shirt strips to tie the vines to the supports. They're gentle on the budget (free) and gentle on the plants (stretchy and soft), and gentle on the environment (recycled cotton, not plastic or whatever). Cut 2 in...
I think this is a nutrient deficiency. ..which one?
Posted by SunshineZone7(7)
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yardenman(z7 MD)Updated The slight purple color in the leaves concerns me. Most likely, this is a phosphorous deficiency. You want to water in a liquid fertilizer with a low nitrogen number and a high middle number. A last high number won't hurt, so some...
Tomato plants growing out of control! lol
Posted by rselph
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yardenman(z7 MD)Updated Some indeterminate tomatoes can be unstopable! They ARE vines. I use 5' high remesh cages on mine and some years I've considered adding another on top and keeping a stepladder stationed nearby. LOL!
Tomato damage. Maybe sunburn???
Posted by uscjusto
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yardenman(z7 MD)Updated Some shade cloth might help imitate the leaf-growth that your plants seem to lack. There IS such a thing as too much sunlight.
Black Krim BER??
Posted by Mstorms2672
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Mstorms2672Updated Thank you everyone! The areas are hard not soft. If the end result of catfacing is still delicious tomatoes then I'm satisfied. It's all I really wanted to know. Great tasting tomatoes is and always will be my ultimate goal.
tomato blossoms falling off from excessive heat
Posted by SteveO63
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Posted by SteveO63 none (stvo1963@hotmail.com) on Sat, Jun 28, 14 at 11:29 I live in Rhode Island, the temperature has been high 80s some days, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% That sounds like ideal temperature for growing tomatoes. Unless the ...
Blue Ridge Black Fans (?)
Posted by reginald_317
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reginald_317Updated I'm curious about it, as my parents used to live two or three miles from East Flat Rock. I had reckoned that Carolyn137 may have been instrumental in the development of this variety. Or at least well-conversed in its particulars v...
What's up with my Mexico Midgets?
Posted by absolutment(Central AR (7b/8a))
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absolutment(Central AR (7b/8a))Updated Daren, thanks so much for your response. I haven't seen any spider mites or pests on my plant, and since it has been raining so much, wouldn't they be knocked off? We're talking torrential rain. The plot thickens!
Aphid damage or...
Posted by balloonflower(5b Denver CO)
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balloonflower(5b Denver CO)Updated I did forget to mention in the OP that it is a variety of types, both hybrid and heirloom. There does not seem to be any difference in affected plants. The worst off are a Lemon Boy VFN and a Neves Azorean. I grew from seed. This ...
storage bin tomatoes
Posted by matt_in_va
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Your best option right now is to keep feeding them with liquid tomato fertilizer at about 1/4 to 1/3 strength with every watering. You never know. those small tomatoes can grow bigger, depending on the variety. Once you see a colo...
Watering Tomato plants
Posted by prairiemoon2 z6 MA
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arley_gwUpdated I'm lazy. I set up a soaker hose system on a timer. I have it go for an hour four times a week, first thing in the morning so there isn't much evaporation. If late in the afternoon the plants look stressed, I give them another hou...
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