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Tomato food
Posted by g_firkser
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sheltiecheUpdated Build your soil. That is most important thing to do for any gardening. Am working on mine and yeah, science is getting there, so much excitement! Canôt help but be on pins and needles to try my new fert Urban Farm Texas tomato f...
whiteish/brown leaves on new tomato plants
Posted by Ksierra44
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Ksierra44Updated The mulch is pretry chunky.we have manure on the bottom, then soil and mulch.
Juliet--making me lose my confidencde
Posted by kathy9norcal
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Lots of green growth. If it were mine I would do some pruning just to redirect some of its energy to ripening fruit. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% That has been exactly my thoughts before you (vinemaple) posted. Then I know of some ...
Are Persimmon and German Queen Intolerant To Daconil?
Posted by ncrealestateguy
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated I know Daconil very well. The attachment sites for the fungal foliage diseases are on the upper leaf surface and when Daconil is used at the right concentration it binds to those attachment sites and prevents the fungal spores fro...
Anyone know a foolproof tomato sling?
Posted by samhain10(5a - MI)
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samhain10(5a - MI)Updated Pantyhose - yeah, I sort of remember those. I bet I've still got some from back when I actually used to wear skirts! :) The t-shirt idea I did try at some point, but maybe I didn't make my slings wide enough. Thanks, guys for the ...
bottom rot on Ace 55's
Posted by dragonfly7180(8)
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digdirt2Updated dragonfly - I dug up all my notes on Ace for the two years I grew them - not impressed so gave up on them - and I find I noted "Very prone to BER" about them both years. I was growing them in containers - Earthboxes to b...
Weed or Tomato?
Posted by thebutcher(6b (Philadelphia area))
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Weed. Probably ragweed.
Can I tell whether tomato plant is determinate
Posted by zeligbass
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated determinates have terminal blooms at the ends of the branches. That isn't the only difference. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% I did not say that it is THE ONLY difference,
At The Risk...
Posted by Deeby
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ediej1209(5 N Central OH)Updated We planted a YP once. My goodness, it was like a jungle!! Outgrew every cage and/or stake we tried to put in. We ended up giving up and just letting it take over a whole section of the garden. Wish the tomatoes we got off of it wo...
Disease identification
Posted by patrick02540
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2ajsmamaUpdated Oh, yeah, frost pocket. Good luck!
Leggy Vegetables
Posted by awestruck
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awestruckUpdated Thanks. I will look into that if artificial lighting will work. I am definitely not going to feed my plants chemical fertilizers to make them presentable. I do want them to be healthy and I know the key is to make the soil healthy...
Is there a 'vine-ripe' difference?
Posted by lucillle
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barrie2m_(6a, central PA)Updated Thanks for the explanation Carolyn but you've only further convinced me that vine ripened are better tasting. A neighbor farmer always picks his tomatoes pink so they have fewer blemishes but his sales have dropped over the years ...
problems with tomato seedlings - fungus or stress?
Posted by rowlander
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rowlanderUpdated Thank you for the quick and informative reply. I will definitely get some liquid organics on them and see how they respond. This was my first shot at starting from seeds (which I pulled from a great tomato appetizer at a restauran...
What makes a tomato tastier?
Posted by les1238
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sleevendog (5a NY)(5a NY)Updated I'm a gifter... always sharing good tom crops with friends and neighbors. In season around NYC and NJ, the farm stand toms can be very good and abundant. Store bought, hot house grown, picked early and green, varieties grown for t...
New plants wilting
Posted by growneat
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growneatUpdated I am hoping to break the world record. lol.
tomatoe seedlings are yellowing with viens green
Posted by Holly1253
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Holly1253Updated I couldn't find the bag I bought of soil go figure. I picked up a fertilizer you mix with water today to see if that helps I started growing them end of March so it's probably been around 2 months that the plants have been growing...
Honey Drop Cherry Tomato
Posted by gelatodave
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated The correct name is Medovaya Kaplya, which translated to English is Honey Drop. Below I've linked to Tania's page about it and I was the one to introduce it via a listing in the SSE Yearbook in 2010 and also offering it for severa...
Hardening Off Seedlings IN Garden?
Posted by jessisok
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jessisokUpdated Thank you so much for your responses! Linda, I love the idea of using plant pots and I happen to have some extras laying around the potting shed that I could use for this! Deer eating them is unlikely but not impossible. I was act...
Weird Thing Happening to Starts
Posted by adc14
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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)Updated Most of the images show water shortage. Not disease. Perhaps occurred suddenly, as in windy; extreme high temps that burst in on a hot spell; very low humidity; too small a pot (are they in pots?)
Tomatoes Splitting
Posted by rbreedi1(Tennessee Zone 7b)
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rbreedi1(Tennessee Zone 7b)Updated Thank you very much! We have had really hot weather last week in upper 80's and a few heavy thunserstorms which I suspect may have caused this based on your response. I will leave them alone and hope they heal over! Thanks!
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