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What Size Wire for DIY Cages
Posted by antipodean(10b)
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yardenman(z7 MD)Updated You found remesh wire! I love that stuff for tomato cages. 20 years old and still indestructible.
topping Costalutos?
Posted by daninthedirt(Cent TX; HZ10, Sunset z30, USDA z8a)
2 Comments
daninthedirt(Cent TX; HZ10, Sunset z30, USDA z8a)Updated OK. I think the point is that topping won't encourage bushing out. That's a bit surprising, as there are plenty of suckers, and I would have thought that topping would just encourage them to grow more. I wasn't expecting lots of n...
Neptune Harvest mixed with organic pesticides
Posted by alan_davis
1 Comment
digdirt2Updated As a general rule mixing different suspensions is not recommended. Without details from the manufacturer we can't know the effects the ingredients will have on each other or the effect the mix will have on the plants. In this case...
Here comes the sun
Posted by bigpinks
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sleevendog (5a NY)(5a NY)Updated Haha. Just carried my first tray out for some shady bright hot weather. Maybe a few more trays will get some nice weather...yesterday, after so much rain, during the rain, i was even wearing a scarf, and down vest under my raincoa...
Why do Home Depot tomatoes have fewer trichomes?
Posted by timomac(5)
9 Comments
boston3381(7)Updated I like seysonn theory !
Sungold & Supersweet 100 - tell apart?
Posted by quimoi
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Now that this topic is being discussed , I have a related side question: IF YOU HAD TO GROW JUST ONE OF THE TWO, WHICH ONE WOULD IT BE ?
Ideas for repelling rats and mice in tomato garden?
Posted by ladon
4 Comments
williammorgan(6b)Updated Yeah I was going to suggest that because it shoots out runners like lemon balm. Some times plants can do amazing things. Had a dirty pond, threw some straw on top...clear pond. Had mosquitoes...tossed a shovel full of lemon balm o...
Back 1980s or 90s Stokes pushing a "frost resistant" tomato.
Posted by albert_135(Sunset 2 or 3)
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digdirt2Updated It was named Wheatley's Frost Resistant tomato. Yeah seeds for it are still around from some sources. An indeterminate cherry type that is claimed to withstand temps down to 25 degrees if I recall correctly. It never really caught...
Branch curling at top of tomato plant?
Posted by eao2012
5 Comments
sharonrossyUpdated I agree with edweather, totally normal. Wouldn't worry about it.
Feeding Sweet Pepper and Tomato plants
Posted by char_35
3 Comments
digdirt2Updated You would want to dilute it to no more than 1/4 strength for peppers as they are less tolerant of excess N than tomato plants unless you happened to want giant bushy plants but only a few peppers. :) But then that strength is also...
overhead cherry tomatoes
Posted by growmor(6)
12 Comments
growmor(6)Updated I am planting for quality and taste first then growth. I will have 3 boxes with a combination of two in a box. It will be Parks Nectar, Sungold and Sweet Baby Girl. I am considering elevating the boxes. I also have a box with two ...
"Trails"
Posted by Deeby
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ncrealestateguyUpdated If you look close at the end of the trail, you can see the criter. If there is a hole in the leaf at the end of the trail, the critter has already pupated and "left the nest".
Diseased tomato seedlings or... ?
Posted by Earthlark(3b)
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Earthlark(3b)Updated ZachS, actually I used the anti-grav machine for a while, but got tired of drying my clothes on the line; they usually end up frozen here in MN. So instead, I've created a mini-star (easily done by initiating a small nuclear react...
Long term effect of cold on tomato seedlings
Posted by northernmn(3/4)
10 Comments
edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)Updated I think plants are way smarter than people. At least they're still in The Garden :-)
How is everyone doing after tornadoes?
Posted by 2ajsmama
4 Comments
tracydr(9b)Updated I saw that NC got hit hard. We're moving there this summer. To the far southeastern part of the state. I'm glad I'm already used to tornadoes, having lived in parts of OK for 13 years. That looked like a monster that hit NC,too.
Toms in Smart Pots with Black Gold Soil.Should I add some Coir?
Posted by purplehouseWY
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johns.coastal.patio(USDA 10b, Sunset 24)Updated I'm actually trying the tomatoes in a place where they say "don't try" or "needs 12 hours direct sun." I have learned that heat matters too though, and the west wall behind the tomatoes has helped in a cool ove...
Rock Phosphate
Posted by ronnie1
3 Comments
sheltiecheUpdated My simplified opinion that few areas do really need phosphate, the problem is in what is in the soil exist in such form that does not release easily into plants so by introducing compost and manure we help phosphate to be released...
Flowering Transplants?
Posted by xeno(6)
2 Comments
seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated I would not. If the plant cannot support them, will abort them itself. Some of my plants (planted out 3 weeks ago) have buds/flowers (sungold, Bloody Butcher ...) They are about 10" tall. I leave them alone. After all, I grow...
Mulch for potted tomatoes questions
Posted by nopeda123
9 Comments
DHLCALUpdated I use free city mulch from Los Angeles, made from shredded and (partially?) composted yard waste. http://www.lacitysan.org/srpcd/mulch_giveaway.htm It does have a small amount of plastic particles mixed in (due to people putting t...
Big Beef label ?
Posted by bggrows(6a/6b)
6 Comments
bigpinksUpdated Looked at BB plants today at my fav greenhouse. The labe said Big Beef but it also had two sets of numbers suggesting spacing between rows and plants...24-40. Coul that be what you mean?
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