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Cherokee Purples
Posted by VoiceofParadise(6)
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john11840(z6/CT)Updated CP has been one of my best performers this year, and the first to ripen. John A
I need some suggestions for next year!
Posted by joeorganictomatoes(6A)
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sheltiecheUpdated Seysonn, my real estate is limited not as much as yours, I do like your strategy though! I have few dwarf and super early det.- not that I like det. but they have their use- and indet. for earilness. I find that I am super happy t...
Tomatoes not flowering
Posted by LunaNegra(9a malabar Fl)
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digdirt2Updated Well it is awfully late in the tomato growing season in your zone to expect much blooming. Any fruit wouldn't have time to develop and ripen anyway. But if this has been an issue all season long then the most likely cause is exces...
stink bugs
Posted by ralph31558(z8GA)
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mikehamiltonUpdated What does summer pruning of peach trees benefit the tree?
Need some advice on next years plantings
Posted by kapt_karrot
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digdirt2Updated Or can I do 25 ft of BK and 25ft CP?? Like puting short people in the front and tall in the back when you take a picture the sun being the camera. Sure you can. Just don't intermix the plants. Like a photo? Exactly. Crossing isn't...
black krim
Posted by greengrass12(5)
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danzeb(7a long island)Updated My Black Krim was very bland tasting. Super Beefstake, grow in the same area, were delicious and had twice the number of tomatoes. Others are reporting success with Black Krim so I'm encouraged to try them one more time next year.
Which tomatoes you growing but have not tasted yet
Posted by sheltieche
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated BRANDYWINE.... scrapped, scratched , terminated and zapped for ever. LOL
Soil Block mixture?
Posted by beeman_gardener(5)
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beeman_gardener(5)Updated I did in fact eliminate all of the suggestions, still got leggy seedlings. So the question remains. Is adding fertilizer to a seed mix, a good idea or not?
Why aren't my Tomatoes turning red??
Posted by terrene(5b MA)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Tomatoes thrive best in a given range of temperature. It partially depend on the cultivars too. It is a know FACT that most tomatoes shut down at extreme heat (over 90F). I thin the optimum temp range is 70F to 85F. Tomato plants ...
Can you save seed from a tomato that ripens indoors?
Posted by clones2
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Advantage of fermentation Method: In the conventional method you cannot separate the good , viable seeds from the worthless one. Because of the gel around it. But when fermented, the seeds are freed from the gel. So when you proce...
Weird Tomato Texture Color
Posted by jeffreypresley
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chervil2(z5 MA)Updated This is calllus tissue which represents undifferentiated and immature cells . I am not sure of the conditions that favor this in a garden environment. In the laboratory, one produce callus tissue by manipulating nutrients and phyt...
Yellow tomatoes in Maryland
Posted by HotHabaneroLady(7a Central MD)
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated Off the top of my head here's some faves in the Orange/Gold/Yellow group. Aunt Gertie's Gold Orange Minsk and also the heart version Earl of Edgecombe Jaune Flammee Kellogg's Breakfast and its PL version KBX Lillian's Yellow Heirl...
Tomato BER
Posted by thirsty_dirt_77(3a)
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thirsty_dirt_77(3a)Updated It seems that whether its a calcium or potassium deficiency, it always seems to be made worse by inconsistent water and temperatures... Since this first tomato with BER I've been very careful of my watering practices and have only...
Chelated Micronutrients
Posted by growneat
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Unckle Dunkle and Growneat Corporation !!!
Brandywine or tie dye berkeley?
Posted by angiemwish
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angiemwishUpdated Thank you all so much! My black krim plant was picked over by a gardening buddy and I didn't get to see how they looked!! I must have planted one out of order :) I really appreciate all of your feedback! Thank you!
Found some marked down tomato seeds... can I get your thoughts
Posted by Prachi(6b (NJ))
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donna_in_sask(2b)Updated If I only had a choice of the three, I would pick Rutgers. I don't grow romas, but I have heard they are very susceptible to blossom end rot, and I've never heard anything good about Tigerella. I grew Rutgers for the first time th...
Mixed results
Posted by julieherb(8, UK)
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labradors_gwUpdated Could it have been as simple as the Sungold being utterly amazing and the other cherries paling in comparison? The Sungold plant that I bought wasn't, so I was happy with my Sweet Million, Super Sweet 100 and the non-Sungold that ...
Top tomatoe leaves curling
Posted by westie82
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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)Updated Herbicide damage, likely from drift via a breeze. That can occur even if the tomatoes are inside a greenhouse, the spraying outside. Also, most likely from 2,4-D. This post was edited by jean001a on Sun, Sep 15, 13 at 1:51
Need to shorten list for next year
Posted by sheltieche
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sheltiecheUpdated Not sure why system double posts. Wanted to add also that what I have been doing is growing varieties and giving them to people at plant swap as what I want to grow so often they will be trial for me as well. I think I might conce...
Volunteer Sweet 100 Tomatoes
Posted by fmouse
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fcivish(Zone 6 Utah)Updated Sweet 100s are a hybrid. This means that the seeds of a Sweet 100 plant will recombine from their hybrid parents and "re-assort" in many different and unpredictable ways. Perhaps many many Sweet 100 seeds stared out, but...
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