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Best Sources for tomato plants
Posted by jbarrow
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aloha10Updated Araujo's Garden Center is in Dighton, MA about thirty miles south of you. I have been dealing with them for years. They have an extensive collection of both tomato and pepper plants for sale each season. Probably 50 or 60 tomatoes...
Has anyone had luck growing them indoors over Winter?
Posted by HuskTomatoGC
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yukkuri_kame(Sunset 19 / USDA 9)Updated I have one that overwintered outdoors last year.
Please help me identify my problem
Posted by Antoniad2002
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)Updated Good catch Donna. Yes, 1 plant maximim in a container that size. Usually a 10 gallon container is recommended per plant.
BIGGEST tomato I've ever grown
Posted by LogyMcKae(7)
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LA_SunshineUpdated 17.2 ounces! Now, it may not sound like a record, BUT it was grown in a 6 gallon (maybe 7, I'm not quite sure) self-watering container on a balcony. It's Cherokee Purple. The name sounded pretty good when I was picking out a plant...
Does anyone grow Slavic Master?
Posted by ryseryse_2004
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sheltiecheUpdated yep, familiar with above, am transplant too LOL Someone in similar by weather area to Chicago, i.e. Ukraine, Ivano Frankivsk, reports that it is quite popular and well loved tomato midseason 110-120 days from seed start, indet. Ot...
cherry tomatoes
Posted by danzeb(7a long island)
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danzeb(7a long island)Updated Carolyn: The Sweetie I grew is this one from Burpee. Quote: Tomato, Sweetie Organic Deliciously sweet. Perfect for salads. Bite-sized tomatoes, deliciously sweet, are produced on vigorous plants. Fruits are good size for eating ou...
identifying several problems: part 2
Posted by pygmalion05
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated - Just remove ALL the yellowed leaves, with holes, damages. - Whiteflies are similar to aphids. an naturally they are WHITE ! - I would remove any yellow and/or suspicious and be on the look out for recurrence. Such leave harbor d...
Rambling VS staked?
Posted by ryseryse_2004
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated You have partially answered your question. NO stake, No Cage, the plant is low and its roots are shaded and cool.and the branched are all clumped together. When you stake(also do some pruning ?) the ground around the stem, over th...
Trouble making crosses...no pollen.
Posted by growneat
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growneatUpdated Dave: Thanks for your input. Had I thought more about it I probably should have figured it out on my own. But, I didn't. I have had blossom-drop before but never to the extent this year. Looking at my plants now I see there are ha...
can't reply to message
Posted by esbo
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Bets(z6A S ID)Updated "Also there is no quote facility here." Copy and paste still works. (grin) Stick a quotation mark at the beginning and end and Viola! you have a quote. Some people set the quote apart from their reply with a line of dash...
Blossom End Rot
Posted by labradors_gw
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated I mentioned Epsom Salts in my long post earlier in this thread. It's of use only if the soil is too acidic to allow for uptake of soil Ca++ b/c it raises the pH. But again,getting Ca++ into the plant does not ensure that BER will ...
What causes tough skins?
Posted by ryseryse_2004
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated I find a long, dry, heat wave can cause it. ********************* Make good sense. It is a defensive mechanism to reduce evaporation and retain moisture. It is also in general true about a lot of leafy veggies that tend to get tou...
When drying tomatoes --
Posted by ryseryse_2004
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digdirt2Updated Trying to dry them without the skins would be messy to say the least. Dave
cut yellow branches off an otherwise healthy plant?
Posted by njitgrad(6A/6B)
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)Updated You might as well remove the yellow, I do. They will never be green again, and the plant is done with them.
What is wrong with my plant?
Posted by JadeM4
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labradors_gwUpdated Jade, Are you using any manure in your garden? Sometimes farmers spray their hay with a broad-leaf herbicide, the cows eat the hay, and the herbicide is not completely deactivated and remains in the manure. I have read that it can...
Tomato identification
Posted by lr4ten(6)
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated @ ir4ten & Betsy As Dave mentioned, I also thought that the tomato in question has PL. But since we did not know of a ROMA with PL, then, I looked into other possibilities. I was not sure what color the ripe tomato will turn i...
Tomatoes as Companion Plants for Old Roses
Posted by tonytony2
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robebUpdated Not sure what you mean by "trouble free" tomato plants. I've never heard of anyone growing tomato plants for their attractiveness. Most grow them for fruit, not eye appeal. Even the most healthy and pest free plants look...
First Morton
Posted by lartomato(5 northern AZ 7000 feet)
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lartomato(5 northern AZ 7000 feet)Updated Picked these yesterday for my wife's RED HAT party
Black Krim Cross with 4th?
Posted by thebutcher(6b (Philadelphia area))
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thebutcher(6b (Philadelphia area))Updated Thanks both of you and thanks again for the support. Parmesan is great on top as well, and another great thing is fresh Mozzerella. I will show you some awesome Italian stuff to do with tomatoes soon. I got to go away on another t...
Hold on streetlight...
Posted by 1martyLove
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)Updated Not to go sideways, but back in the day I could get a charge of 0.1A from a full moon on my solar panels.
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