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Question?
Posted by evdpgh
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evdpghUpdated Thanks for your responses. I know it was a question that probably had been answered before, but I don't regularly follow this forum. For what it's worth we've had lousy weather here in Western PA. for tomato growing this year, but...
Birds & Hornworms
Posted by scorpgirl24(z7NJ)
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fireduck(10a)Updated 1 hornworm for me this year. They are gross. My container maters are really nice!
Tomatoes - Blossom End Rot or something else?
Posted by iluvmygarden99
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated In your picture, notice the lower right one where I see lesions in circles. Knowing that I'm going to give you two suggestions, but since you said nothing about any other symptoms such as leaf lesions, lesions on stems, these are ...
Saving seeds, Genetics in individual fruit or plant?
Posted by KGPoling
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yukkuri_kame(Sunset 19 / USDA 9)Updated To preserve a variety, you want more than one fruit from more than one plant. Ideally some fruit picked early in the season, some picked in the middle of the season and some picked late. (unless you are talking determinate tomatoe...
My tomaotes are not sweet
Posted by Jen59(4)
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ffreidlUpdated Often the first few tomatoes you get off a plant are not as flavorful as the later ones, so you might wait to see if your later tomatoes taste better. Just fyi, I did a google search on "factors that affect tomato sweetness&q...
Cold night temps in NE. What are you expecting?
Posted by ffreidl
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sharonrossyUpdated So I confess that I decided to give one last weak fertilization as I watered. It's going to be really hot over the next few days and I'll be watering plenty, but this is it, and its amazing to see from day to day. But black Krim i...
Pink Lady
Posted by hudson___wy(3)
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hudson___wy(3)Updated He said they tasted Great but he owns and operates a bakery so his opinion comes with that disclaimer - haha! I agree with you about the skin - there must be some thick skinned tomatoes out there but I have never planted or tasted...
repotting tomatoes with fruit and blooms
Posted by terryo2
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fireduck(10a)Updated I know what Ted... Sorry for duplicate... This post was edited by fireduck on Sun, Aug 18, 13 at 0:28
Centiflor type tomatoes?
Posted by fireweed22
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated No, they aren't commonly grown and you don't have to go to the UK to get seeds per your link. Did you?(smile) Best to search for them using hypertress tomatoes, and I've given a link below to a Googl esearch and here's another one...
Is ripening quite sensitive to temperature?
Posted by albert_135(Sunset 2 or 3)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated 90F is still pretty hot for ripening. fruits ripen in the order they started from flowers. It takes roughly 45 to 60 days, depending on the variety and temperatures. 90F is almost perfect temperature.
This stupid caterpillar! What is it?
Posted by ottk2007
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ottk2007Updated Thank you, Betsy!
Need help identifying this problem
Posted by Dave2945
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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)Updated Another opinion: Doubt it's a disease. Likely environmental. Some of the damage looks to be due to drying out. Remove the seriously affected bottom leaves Thin out excess foliage/branches to allow good air circulation. Water at th...
Volunteer Sungold
Posted by coconut_head(5b)
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Bets(z6A S ID)Updated "But Those "GENIUS" people in Japan keep making, F1, F2, .. F infinity." No, they are breeding for F1 only. They don't want F2 or later generations. You don't ever see commercial hybrid seeds labled F2 or later...
Limmony tomato (aka Lemmony)
Posted by dancinglemons(7B VA)
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dancinglemons(7B VA)Updated Carolyn137, Ah yes, Tatiana! I read her site before ordering the seeds - that is what convinced me to try this gem. My results a bit different but then that is how tomatoes behave - IMO. My Limmony did stay yellow at maturity whil...
Selbo's Ribbed Red Cherry
Posted by qaguy
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Need2SeeGreen(10 (SoCal))Updated Thanks, qaguy! Also, wow!!!!
Earls Hole Method of Growing Tomatoes
Posted by earl(SW Ohio 5-6)
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growneatUpdated Is Earl still around?
Help identify this tomato
Posted by icehime(7)
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digdirt2Updated There is no way to know what they are except for calling them a yellow paste variety - maybe cherry paste as you don't say how big they are and there is nothing to use for scale in the photo. They are one of literally hundreds of ...
Dry farming in the rain?
Posted by ffreidl
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ffreidlUpdated Unfortunately, I think people who do dry farming actually do get a lot of blossom end rot. They just do it anyway. I recall reading that a farmer said he gets smaller tomatoes, lower yield, BER, and the plants really struggle, but...
are these under watered or over watered?
Posted by actomatoes
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated First off, Those plants look about normal. Best judge to water or not to water is your index finger. Go about an inch or two down. If feels almost dry, then water. AND you did the right thing. One gallon per plant will be enough. ...
What type of tomato plant is this?
Posted by mcabrio(6)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated At the very first look at the picture, I thought it looks lik my SWEET_N_NEAT dwarfs. They are less than a foot tall, and span on the ground about one foot. A long shot of the plant can be helpful to better narrow down its variety...
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