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White Poweder/Granules on Tomatoes!!!
Posted by Carole Westgaard
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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)Updated Powdery mildew wouldn't be on the soil. We need pictures! If none, everything is a guess.
Tomatopaloza
Posted by Nunyabiz1(7)
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sheltiecheUpdated I canôt help but drool over the pictures LOL so many to try... How does one goes around about finding local gatherings of similar origin? We have local small group of tomato peeps and I really would love to get to know more Chic...
First Time Growing Tomatoes
Posted by chilliwin(EU DK 7)
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dickiefickle(5B Dousman,Wi.)Updated The bags you are using are too shallow,... the large bag opening allows to for rapid evaporation ....., and you have two to many plants in each bag........check around the web for different bag/container ideas .....
Did anyone try "Sweet Zen"
Posted by braeburn040(2B/3 BC)
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braeburn040(2B/3 BC)Updated Further to my earlier posting on Marvel Tomato Here is a few photos of different stages. Chic Ready to eat ready to pick not quite ready to pick
die die die!
Posted by elgatoloco(8 Dallas)
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lkzz(7b)Updated Squash Vine Borers are worse, IMO. At least the hornworms can be picked off when damage is seen. SVB's do damage and are often impossible to remove and have plant recover. Hate them with a rather violent passion... At least the ch...
What I learned this year
Posted by serge94501
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cactusjoe1Updated 1. Set the mouse traps early 2. You can grow productive tomatoes in containers as small as 1 gallon as long as they are drip irrigated. 3. Don't pick a fight with nature - you will lose.
So many tomatoes!!!
Posted by HeyJude2012(10b/24 San Diego)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated In average, tomatoes are 90% water. Part of the remaining 10% consist of SEEDs , SKIN and bad pulp. So in effect, a can of tomato paste is reduce by more than 80%. Spaghetti sauce is reduced my more than 60%. Reducing above percen...
Watering end of season
Posted by springtogarden(6A)
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springtogarden(6A)Updated Not the right thread, but do you know if you can do the same for pumpkins? I have them in with my tomatoes in the same plot.
tomato ???
Posted by Lan1912
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Do a search on the net.Probably you will find lots of info on it.
Tomatoes Forming but not ripening
Posted by steve333_gw(5a)
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granitecUpdated i don't grow in a greenhouse,i live in northern alberta and my tomatoes are red and the plants are over 7 feet.no fertilizer,just rain
Help! Growing tomato plant for the first time .
Posted by Traceyb66
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Traceyb66Updated This image is the best I can get at the moment. The plant usually sits on a window ledge where the sun gets its all day. I water it every few days and use tomato feed once a week. I'm not sure what kind it is as I was given them b...
Are my plants terminally ill?
Posted by driftwoodtx(10 - Los Angeles)
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robertz6Updated Did your neighbor water the soil, or water the top of the plants? My neighbor watered the tops of his plants. I told him that spreads the blights at a much faster rate than if water was applied at the soil. Most of his plants were...
Fertilizing Tomatoes
Posted by bekellog
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robertz6Updated Seysonn: You don't think there is any chance that a indeterminate cherry tomato might benefit from fertilizer this late in the season? I have not used fertilizer on my tomatoes past the month of August, but mainly out of laziness....
Thin skinned
Posted by homegroan(3a)
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digdirt2Updated Do you grow from seed or buy your transplants? If you use store bought transplants your choices will be very limited. So you'd have to focus on adjusting the growing conditions to eliminate all they contribute to thick skins. Do y...
2013 Garden
Posted by Billyoscar(5 - 6)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Back on the subjec: Effects of rotten log: I think most organic matter can play similar role. Instead of a rotten log you can bury lots of coarse compost , mixed with some peat moss, underneath the top 8 inch standard soil. It wil...
Brandywine...cracks
Posted by fireduck(10a)
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fireduck(10a)Updated S....actually, my Cherokee Purples have had no radial cracks at all. For me, they are a better quality fruit.
Preventing birds.
Posted by thebutcher(6b (Philadelphia area))
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thebutcher(6b (Philadelphia area))Updated No luck this time but this can be a good thing. The battery cut out after 40 min and no birds, it should of lasted for about 2 hours but I forgot to charge it all the way. Anyway I made this out of a red cup with ductape and put m...
Septoria?
Posted by jenniedhs_7b_nc
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jenniedhs_7b_ncUpdated Update: Returned home today. I am almost positive this is Septoria Leaf Spot as the dark spots have grey centers and the fruit are unaffected. If it were bacterial Spot the fruit would be affected. And the hybrids finally succumbe...
I tried the phoenix tomato from bonnie plants this year
Posted by wertach zone 7-B SC
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jrslick (North Central Kansas, Zone 5B)Updated If you like Phoenix, try Florida 91. It is a "sister" variety to Phoenix. We have over 250 of these plants growing and harvesting from for the late summer/early fall. I like their predictability and uniformity. We harves...
Late Blight lesions on stems?
Posted by 2ajsmama
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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)Updated If you scraped the stem lesions a week ago, but the plants are still alive, it's not late blight. Please post pictures.
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