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Transplanting question
Posted by garystpaul(4)
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ncrealestateguyUpdated Cetompkins... looks like you used Plant Growth Regulators on those things. They look like little rocks!
problem with seedlings
Posted by tinabanana
17 Comments
tinabananaUpdated i cant believe it but all my tomato plants look amazing already! all the leaves have uncurled, they have a nice bright green and they are just beautiful! i left a few things in paper and peat pots and sure enough they are sooo dry...
Are they terminal?
Posted by davessels
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davesselsUpdated Thanks all for the replys! I know the soil looks really dry, but it's only the top half inch of soil. The top 2" are a raised bed garden mix that I thought would also work as a mulch, It is well watered 6 or more inches deep....
Tomato leaves yellowing
Posted by renzokukin(8)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated With regard to the topic question and based on my observation of your picture I THINK, also as Edwaether said, it is normal for new growth to be of lighter color. That can be partly because of fast grow rate and low level of Nitro...
Indigo series tomatoes
Posted by girlbug2(z9/10, Sunset zone 24)
1 Comment
digdirt2Updated Here you go. Several previous discussions about them including reviews. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: Indigo varieties discussions and comments
Orange Minsk and Sophie's Choice - slow to start?
Posted by 2ajsmama
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2ajsmamaUpdated I did start 4 more SC and 3 more OM on the 17th, 2 of the OM (placed on diagonal crossing the old ones so I know at least 1 of them is from the 2nd planting, middle one could be either but I'm pretty sure it's from the 17th) are u...
Do these look ok for 5 weeks?
Posted by sunshine9
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tlhouser123Updated I have dug up peat pots a year later and they had not broken down. I could have re-used them.
KB seedlings need advice!
Posted by sharonrossy(Montreal 5B)
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digdirt2Updated bump
Caged my tomatoes... finally.. do these look ok?
Posted by winstella(10b los angeles)
11 Comments
digdirt2Updated You'll have to make do this year with some hodge-podge supports for those cage things. But before next year I suggest reading through at least some of the many discussions here on cages and stakes and other methods of support. You...
Please Identify the tomato
Posted by ju1234((8 Dallas TX))
4 Comments
digdirt2Updated Agree. We get at least 1 "ID this tomato" request per week and the answer is always the same. It is not possible to do. Even holding the tomato in hand and eating it would still be impossible. DNA testing might narrow it...
Tomatoes in Cages - One, Two, Three or Four Stems?
Posted by thadius856
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thadius856Updated OP here. Thanks for all the inputs, everybody. :) We're definitely Zone 9, smack dab in the center of California's Sacramento Valley. Major agriculture everywhere around me -- almonds, walnuts, olives, rice, livestock feed. We hav...
KB seedlings! need advice!
Posted by sharonrossy(Montreal 5B)
2 Comments
sharonrossy(Montreal 5B)Updated Yes, they are now under lights since yesterday for 16 hours and they are in a bright room as well. I was wondering about fertilizing. It's interesting because these seedlings look way better than the one I potted up and the few la...
Gah! Help with tomato seedlings
Posted by Brett-CpG
4 Comments
renzokukin(8)Updated Is it possible to see a photo of them? I don't have any experience with the problem your having, I'd just like to see what it looks like and see what the census ends up being.
Cut Worms are Killing Me!
Posted by jrb451
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yardenman(z7 MD)Updated I've found that toilet paper tubes placed over the seedling and pressed in slightly always seem to work. Not that other enclosures don't. And I make a 6" hole of good composted soil so I am removing any cutworms from close to...
Annual MidAtl Swap May 10
Posted by sujiwan_gw 6b MD/PA
1 Comment
HotHabaneroLady(7a Central MD)Updated I would love to come to something like this! It would be fun to meet some of my fellow gardenweb posters, and I have a huge over abundance of tomato plants I could share! But I could not find the Exchanges on MidAtl forum. Could y...
tomatoes tops broken off
Posted by bluedragon2k9(6a)
10 Comments
cold_weather_is_evil(9)Updated Because I've been very lucky, lazy, and cheap I have collected scads of five gallon buckets. They are very easy to take off and to put over plants, even those of some good size, and they are far sturdier than any other method I've...
WOW- how early is early
Posted by sheltieche
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sheltiecheUpdated Seysonn, that is about what I did for years, I plant one of each variety into WOW and then later plant same variety without, so yeah, I do have more robust plant and better- earlier yield with WOW, no questions about it in my expe...
Volunteers: what would you do
Posted by MK
5 Comments
afishlady(8b)Updated Looks like you have flowers already. You can taste test some in just a little bit and decide to pull them later if they are yucky. I too would have a hard time pulling such healthy plants :)
Tomato seedlings and blossoms
Posted by joeorganictomatoes(6A)
3 Comments
joeorganictomatoes(6A)Updated Thanks for the replies. My air-temp is in the mid 60's. Don't think they are root bound yet as my containers are 3" square and about same for the depth. I don't let the soil dry out to the point where they wilt (which they ha...
Looking icky?
Posted by greengoblin72
18 Comments
digdirt2Updated i meant that i use miraclegro half and half with old soil or garden soil when repotting new plants, unless im planting them in the ground where the soil is good quality. I think you missed the point missingtheobvious was making ab...
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