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Salsa tomatoes
Posted by manny74
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated For fresh salsa (NOT CANNED) I like juicy, tangy, some sweet tomatoes. Now that I grow different varieties, colors, I can incorporate them. Same goes with the pepper varieties. I like to add cilantro, maybe little chopped basil to...
Some old seeds
Posted by cherig22(MO 6a/6b)
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cherig22(MO 6a/6b)Updated Carolyn, Yes I drove up to NC just for the tomato fest. I was so into tomatoes, I loved the fresh flavors! I have so much garden space compared to what I had in Fla. I have the seeds soaked and into soil, so I will let folks know ...
Finches (?) eating young tomato plants
Posted by Bob_B(Sunset 14, Ca.)
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zeuspaul(9b SoCal)Updated Sjerin, bird netting lets almost all of the sun through. If it had a shade rating it would be less than five percent. Zeuspaul
Best Fertilizer for Containers?
Posted by yumtomatoes(10a/FLA)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Because containers are watered more often and are shallower and smaller in volume, some good portion of the nutrients go down the drain (literally). For that reason two methods are more suitable, IMO. 1- fertilizing with a weak fe...
What's happening here? Garden/yard showing signs of what?
Posted by CentralCADad(9)
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CentralCADad(9)Updated Thanks
Tomato Tone
Posted by sierradayhiker1
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digdirt2Updated Is tomato tone anything more than just a fertilizer? No it is just an organic fertilizer like many others. Made by Espoma and has a rating of 3-4-6. Googling for ~ tomato "Tomato Tone" site:gardenweb.com ~ it seem there ...
Month old seedlings growing buds?
Posted by toxicbeer(ohio)
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barrie2m_(6a, central PA)Updated Early budding is very common with rooted suckers. I see hundreds of open flowers on 4" plants that likely barely have formed roots. I believe there may be stress involved in certain cases but other times the plant is just pro...
Yellowish spots on young tomato plant leaves
Posted by Ashish Kalani
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missingtheobvious(Blue Ridge 7a)Updated Thanks, CaraRose. Unfortunately my veggie growing area is way too far from the spigot for irrigation or even hose-watering, not to mention that I would need my own well (the current well I'm on supposedly can't handle a two-person...
Input on 'Jasper' cherry tomato?
Posted by jadie88(7 MD)
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carolync1(z8/9 CA inland)Updated I would say that a determining factor in choosing this tomato might be whether blight, especially late blight, is a problem in your area. Saw big, fancy 6-packs in a local nursery, in our area where late blight is only a remote po...
Germinating seeds outdoor?
Posted by winstella(10b los angeles)
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qaguyUpdated I only grow one variety from seed and I started them outdoors in a 6-pack (never know if they'll all sprout). I started them in a sunny spot similar to the garden location they'll eventually call home. This gives me the chance to ...
Pruning before transplanting
Posted by runswithscissors(MT 4/5)
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barrie2m_(6a, central PA)Updated Yes, any plant can be suckered but in some cases it doesn't help your cause and in other cases it is just futile. As an example I've suckered Determinate variety Florida 7514 to a single stem and it seemed to perform well but its ...
Deformed seedlings
Posted by tlyn589
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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)Updated Did you make your own media? Or did you "fix" a store-bought mix with something? If one or the other, what are the ingredients?
Pruning Revisited . Pros and Cons.
Posted by seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Thanks bmoser There seems to be two schools of gardening, in general: One: Plant and let the mother nature and the plant's grow habit do as they wish. Two: as a gardener/grower , get in there and interfere FOR YOUR ADVANTAGE. I be...
Determinate tomato seedling help!
Posted by Kalyn841302
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Keep them. They can grow back fuller.
watering question
Posted by mdy113
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated I agree. CONSISTENT soil moisture. Over watering can cause problems especially with soils that does not have good drainage. Furthermore , it can wash down the nutrients beyond the reach of plants.
Dwarf cherry toms
Posted by CaraRose
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sheltiecheUpdated minibel wonôt tumble
Plant Progress
Posted by suvoth(4B)
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2ajsmamaUpdated Check out Youtube for nctomatoman's videos, you may have to search for the dates since he uploads videos on peppers, etc. too but you can probably track the progress of a particular flat by going backwards from the most recent, he...
Caspian pink and curling leaves
Posted by socalgal_gw Zone USDA 10b Sunset 24
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Bruce74(9)Updated Boston, I was kinda thinking the same thing, I'm sure it happens from time to time. I'm just not sure if that would explain the twisting leaves... However the changes I have made this week seem to have helped, I changed to a stron...
Plant Deficiency Photos
Posted by suvoth(4B)
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missingtheobvious(Blue Ridge 7a)Updated Thanks, suvoth. I'm in a hurry at the moment, but it looks like that might become my new favorite. Here are some other links: http://5e.plantphys.net/article.php?ch=t&id=289
Plant Out, Plant Out, ... by Zone, LFD
Posted by seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated FINALLY HAPPENED Today I planted about 10 tomatoes. The seedlings had been hardened off already. Now tonight they are on their own, in their own home in the garden. Tomorrow is supposed to rain. So the day after I will plant some ...
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