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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.
Azoychka ... Are You Growing IT In 2015 ?
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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sharonrossy(Montreal 5B)Updated Sey, I personally wasn't crazy about it. You're right about the texture. It was prolific but mine struggled from the beginning with something so I don't know if I could judge it fairly.
What is on cherry leaves
Posted by legend88ls
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legend88lsUpdated I see on tomato plant leaves Edema seems to have blisters or irregular raised bumps, mine are highly symmetric and not raised, nor is there any sign of infection on the underside or noticeable penetration. Further, there are hundr...
Finish ripening green shoulders
Posted by lovestogarden
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated I would put it in open air (on the counter/table), with stem end up. Sey
Determining Productivity of Tomato Plant
Posted by gardenvt
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated "High yield for me means it out-produces other similar varieties I am growing and it does so consistently year after year," I agree. A productive plant, like a hot woman, or a good employee, --you just know, doesn't matt...
Not sure what to do with tomato plants
Posted by beesneeds(zone 6)
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mnwsgal(Hennepin, MN 4)Updated Due to consistent weekly rainfall throughout this growing season and some strong wind storms my RCW cages had tipped over. I had DH pull them upright and put a ten foot conduit wire pole inside each cage to reinforce the tall bamb...
This year's favorite "new to you" varieties. Please Share Yours!
Posted by christacharlene(6)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated I should plant Carmello, per Vince's review, next year. Out of about 18 new trues I have only 8 that I Like . the rest are ZAPS. I am totally disappointed with KB. I am looking for another gold/yellow that is tangy on the sweet si...
Tomato Stem Hairs
Posted by newcity
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gorbelly(6b/7a | Sunset 32 | SE PA)Updated As socks says, maybe they have more than one purpose. It's also entirely possible that the hairs have no important purpose, i.e., they did have an important function further back in the evolutionary line, but hairy stems are just ...
Birds keep eating my Stepmom's tomatoes. Help?
Posted by katie_endi92
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caryltoo Z7/SE PAUpdated This is what one of my cats does to tomatoes if I leave them on the counter. It was happening in the garden last year, but he wasn't here at the time. I'm pretty sure it was rabbits because we have no squirrels. Since adding 3 cat...
dreaded tomato blight?
Posted by olly56
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lorescotropUpdated To the roots
A Cautionary Tale
Posted by fernwood7a
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gorbelly(6b/7a | Sunset 32 | SE PA)Updated Dave, Once a fruit hits color break a membrane forms between the fruit and the stem and seals off the fruit. Do you offhand know of sources where I can read up on this mechanism? EDIT: Never mind. I found a good thread at Tomato...
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