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Misouri Pink Love Apple
Posted by labradors_gw
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated Gary, but in looking for background info on your SNFLA, don't you remember the PM's you sent me at the other place re Missouri PInk Love Apple itself? I remember. ( smile) Carolyn
Tomato ID?
Posted by bettycbowen(7)
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated Hearts, such as Bull's Heart and several hundred other hearts are large at the stem end and then taper down towards the blossom end to one degreer or another, meaning some have blunt tips and others have acute tips. While Piriform...
Attack of the alien tomatoes.....
Posted by mjhuntingtonbeach
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated BTW, did the barcode also grow on it ? (SMILE) This post was edited by seysonn on Fri, Aug 23, 13 at 2:19
Cherokee Purple tomatoes - When to pick?????
Posted by Garden_Hobbit
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Yeah. They are the real thing. Enjoy!
Chief Ramapo Getting Ready
Posted by thebutcher(6b (Philadelphia area))
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated FORGET the tomatoes ! $4.99 /lb New England Lobster ? I used to live in Connecticut. Cheapest I could get them(from the guy who had traps) was about $5/lbs. That was more than 20 years ago. Some Hamburger meat around here cost abo...
Mountain Fresh tomaotes
Posted by esteban_2009(6)
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2ajsmamaUpdated They are doing well for a farm down the road - he said he had heirlooms but there weren't many at his stand and I didn't see them on his table at market last week. Johnny's says it's able to tolerate cool and wet conditions, must ...
Tomato Fertilizers...
Posted by fireduck(10a)
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fireduck(10a)Updated Actually, my 3 containers (Cherokee Purple, Brandywine, and Early Girl) are all healthy and giving good fruit. I am a bit surprised that the height of these only remains around 3-3 1/2 feet...with slow growth now (not complaining)...
When Does The Fruit Quit Growing
Posted by Marshallkey
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MissMoss(5)Updated seysonn, your answer made me smile. This is exactly what I observed. I always grow the indeterminate kinds and they keep growing and growing and growing...... putting out flowers out in November, if weather is on a warmer side....
Roundup Contamination?
Posted by DKTomato
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barrie2m_(6a, central PA)Updated It's a good idea to know how various herbicides act on different plants. In the case with Roundup you need to have the actual herbicide contact the green plant. I spray roundup between tomato rows of hundreds of plants all the tim...
Earl's Planting Hole
Posted by growneat
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated OK Gary, me friend, you are summarily kicked out of the MOST group. LOL But as I posted above, the woman who sent Earl the Red Brandywine seeds, when contacted by Earl said it was Brandywine that she sent, by mistake, or whatever....
tomatoes still not red
Posted by thw1
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)Updated Yeah, mine are really putting out with this awesome weather lately. I'm still waiting for my Hawaiian Pineapple bi-colors though. There are some green monsters on the vine, but no blush yet. One must be 1.5lbs. At least the should...
pepper tomotoes
Posted by Lorna1949
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digdirt2Updated Yeah the thing with sauce (if you pull up the many previous sauce discussions here and over on the Harvest preserving forum) is that far far better sauce results from using a mixture of varieties and types rather than just paste t...
spoiled by Sungold... others though.
Posted by nugrdnnut(6a n-c WA)
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foose4string(z7 MD)Updated I was able to try Sungold this year for the first time. Obtained seed through trade. I am not a fan of cherries but my daughter is, so I grew it in a topsy turvy as an afterthought. I was very impressed. Great tomato flavor in a s...
sweet lemons for tomatoe juice
Posted by tim45z10
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tim45z10Updated This forum was the first to come to mind. Thank you for the quick response, I needed it. Tim
Unpollinated or pollinated?
Posted by florencemercier
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containertedUpdated The first four pictures are of a "heart" tomato which "Coeur de Boeuf certainly is. So everything is absolutely normal. That is how they should look at this early stage in their growth. They're also quite healthy lo...
Underripe Paul Robeson
Posted by coconut_head(5b)
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coconut_head(5b)Updated I have to say, even though the fully ripe one I just ate was pretty good, it wasn't like the under ripe one. Now I have to eat an under ripe one from each of the varieties I have grown. CH
Diseased Tomato Vines
Posted by charlieboring
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fireduck(10a)Updated tomatoes are very subject to fungal diseases. However, yours could be soil disease....without pics or a very descriptive ID....we are guessing.
Pollination problem due to heat, or something else?
Posted by megan_anne(TX U.S. z8a)
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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)Updated More info, this time from Aggie Horticulture http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/newsletters/hortupdate/2013/mar/protecting-tomatoes.html With all the info I found online, sounds like most folks in your area had serious challenges ...
Smoky Mountain prone to blossom end rot?
Posted by fireweed22
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fireweed22Updated Hoping I haven't just killed smokey mountain as an heirloom, making other feel it's prone to disease! This was just one seedling planted of the variety- surely it was simply a poor specimen of the variety!
Any luck using red film under tomatoes
Posted by napapen(ca 15)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated " That particular statement is from Johnny's Selected Seeds page where they sell the red plastic mulch. Betsy **************************************************** OK. Very good Besty, Thanks
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