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Flats for Cups?
Posted by hoosier40 6a Southern IN
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yardenman(z7 MD)Updated I bought a big box of trays and a big box of 36-cells 15 years ago and they were cheap in bulk. I still have half of them, so they may last my gardening life. And I bought a gross of medical specimen vials too. They are great to k...
Sungold and sweet 100, do you let them grow crazy?
Posted by weew(Summer)
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hudson___wy(3)Updated Sweet 100 is our all time favorite - very hardy plant with good sized fruit - not many splits and very tasty. We grow in a GH out of necessity. I let them grow crazy but train largest branches laterally as well as vertically becau...
When to move tomatoes into outdoor hoophouse
Posted by robhan(8/PNW)
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hemnancy(z8 PNW)Updated I don't know how much a hoop house compares with tunnel covers that I use, but I have hardened off plants on my concrete porch then planted them in the ground under tunnels from April 1 to 15. They do bear tomatoes earlier than to...
The EarthTainer "Farm" Planted (mostly) April 16
Posted by rnewste(8b NorCal)
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sharonrossyUpdated I'm soooo impressed! You can come to Montreal too!
husky cherry red
Posted by ChicagoDeli37
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missingtheobvious(Blue Ridge 7a)Updated Another vote for Remy Rouge! I'd describe it as more full-flavored than sweet -- though of course everyone feels different about taste. It was a real survivor for me two years ago despite the Late Blight (I pruned affected foliage...
Opalka Production
Posted by hoosier40 6a Southern IN
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hoosier40 6a Southern INUpdated Thanks Carolyn, that was indeed helpful. If you say it is very productive that is good enough for me.
Determinate tomatoes -- getting more
Posted by macers(10/ sunset 20/21)
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centexan254 zone 8 Temple, TxUpdated Due to weather last year I had an awful year for tomatoes. The one plant that kept giving off fruit. Even in the dog days of 100 degree plus dog days was a det. plant. It was a husky cherry red. We got well over 150 of the tiny ma...
Steven Virgadamo- Neophyte gardner
Posted by StevenVirgadamo
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digdirt2Updated Looks like Guilford is 6b so last frost date is Apr. 30th with plant out around mid-May. So if you have the tomato plants - you don't say - then how do you plan to grow them? In the ground or in containers? If in ground, what gard...
Blossoms !
Posted by Deeby
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digdirt2Updated Lucky girl! All my plants are still sitting in the GH. Hard freeze the past 2 nights. Enjoy them for the rest of us. :) Dave
Yellow/Orange x Black Cult
Posted by reginald_317
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reginald_317Updated Maybe more like a ugly muddy brown. :)That represents an unblemished form of optimism and thereby promotes encouragement and enthusiasm on my part. May try Vorlon x KBX... I have babies of each and both are PL's. Maybe call it For...
NEW to Gardening: Tomato Leaf Edges & Fertilizer Composition
Posted by PassionIsPower
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digdirt2Updated Leaves as they age will often develop scars and damage but it isn't always possible to know the cause. In this case I would need much more info - what is your soil mix, is the white stuff perlite, what have you fed them if anythin...
Texas Wild Cherry
Posted by rdr115
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sundrop07(9b)Updated I got Tx Wild Cherry seeds from Native Seed Search several years ago and only planted one but it grew into a very large plant that produced profusely. They are a small tomato about 1/2 in. diameter and did taste very good imo and ...
Tomato plants too close together...
Posted by winstella(10b los angeles)
42 Comments
CrosStitching(9b)Updated So my response to the original poster would be: Do what floats your boat. I like your idea of making it a grand experiment to see how they do that close. And it sounds that, like me, you may be short on dirt real estate not trelli...
Tomato Pruning/Trimming Questions?
Posted by Swifty13
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CrosStitching(9b)Updated I think it also depends on the variety of tomato. My Super Sweet 100s are sprawling and crazy productive when left to their own devices. I only pinch off the first suckers and flowers until the plants are about a foot high to ensu...
What is going wrong with my tomato leaves? Bumps on leaves
Posted by rawley_gw
13 Comments
rawley_gwUpdated Thanks to everyone who took the time to help me! I ended up getting everything stabilized and they are mostly back to normal. I had a few things which all contributed to the edema issue and then a period of over watering after tra...
Mortgage Lifter , Great or What ?
Posted by seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)
23 Comments
seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Seyson, just for comparison sake, I will be interested to hear when you harvest your first tomatoes. My MLs usually go in the ground mid-May with my first harvest about mid July. Edie %%%%%%%%%%%% good to see you back. We like to ...
Any Tomato Tips? (growing from seed)
Posted by Swifty13
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zzackeyUpdated You might be planting the seeds too deep. I put the tomato seeds just barely under the soil, not much deeper for pepper seeds.
latest start
Posted by zucchini(5a ONT)
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zucchini(5a ONT)Updated I have not looked here since I posted last...that was April 3rd..today is April 14..still have not started any seeds yet. I plan on starting the oldest ones on the 27th..as I am going away until May 5th..that should give them a ch...
Nipping flowers question
Posted by woohooman San Diego CA zone 10a
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woohooman San Diego CA zone 10aUpdated Thanks all. Nipping it is! Kevin
Hardening off seedlings in hoop house?
Posted by TanyonD(5A)
2 Comments
jrslick (North Central Kansas, Zone 5B)Updated I agree and disagree. In mid May and beyond when the light is more intense, they will need to be hardened off. I have found that in March and April the plants don't seem to be stressed at all when we move them out of the house and...
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