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Hornworms....found em!!!
Posted by Kyody(8)
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fcivish(Zone 6 Utah)Updated Each hornworm comes from eggs laid by the Hornworm (or Tomatoworm) moth. The moth tends to be relatively large and brown. How many hornworms you get depends on how long the moths visited your garden before moving on to greener pas...
Tomato leaf question
Posted by gmanar(7 CLT-NC/ HZ 7)
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)Updated Delete double post This post was edited by edweather on Wed, Jun 26, 13 at 18:44
Does this Look Like Early Blight?
Posted by christy51274
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christy51274Updated Dave, I googled this disease and you're right. It looks exactly like that. Going to get some fungicide today. Thanks!
When will I know which one is Determinate & which is Indtrmnate?
Posted by Remodeller
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RemodellerUpdated weird- I posted a reply and it did not show up. I trimmed off the end rotted tomatoes, and I added a little more fertilzer, this time with a fertilizer more geared towards tomatoes and claims to reduce blossom end rot. I probably ...
Crazy amount of Rain in NJ
Posted by NJWVUGRAD
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uscjustoUpdated Fix the yellow color with some fertilizer or tomato food. Looks like lack of nitrogen.
My So Cal tomatoes so far
Posted by qaguy
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suncitylindaUpdated Just beautiful! The plants and the set up. I am getting a lot of leaf rolling here too, I think it is all the wind I have had lately.
mystery tomatoes
Posted by gretchenb(8)
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gretchenb(8)Updated I'm in New Orleans and here we grow Creole tomatoes, some of the best in the world- huge, squat and lobed with a large crown and very juicy, very ugly. Gardens here use types like Celebrity, Better Boy, etc. when planting, or what...
dying tomato plant :(
Posted by kingzero47
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jadie88(7 MD)Updated No idea why my last post repeated...sorry bout that. You know, with tomatoes, there is rarely ZERO chance of survival...they can be tougher than we think! Whether it will ever be productive and healthy is a different story. :) Wil...
first time mater planter
Posted by efaunt86
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated It looks very good. Your maters look healthy. If your mulch was wood chips, probably you did the right thing. However manure compost on the roots might be too strong. I like mulching with straw and pine straw. The purpose of mulch...
Tomato Plants Stunted, Tomatoes Small, Blossoms Not Fruiting
Posted by Alikhat
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Bets(z6A S ID)Updated "I did a soil test a few days ago and discovered that, aside from my cherry, which is at 5.5 pH exactly, all my tomatoes are ranging between and 6 and almost 7." How did you test them? (And why?) Home testing kits are no...
cherry tomatoes problems
Posted by cb-garden(6b heatzone 7 Perry county tn)
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northernmn(3/4)Updated Cherry tomatoes are prone to splitting. Sweet 100s seem very prone, especially when the get a surge of water when they are ripening. There are some varieties less prone to splitting. I think there was a fairly recent thread on her...
tomato leaf problem
Posted by piche413
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digdirt2Updated Here is a link to another discussion about it currently on the Vegetable gardening forum. See the pics there. dave Here is a link that might be useful: Herbicide damage discussion
Chipmunk burrow?
Posted by vladiz
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potterhead2(z5b NY)Updated About four years ago I grew a sun gold tomato in my home garden. I usually only plant tomatoes in my community garden plot. Well, as summer progressed I wondered why I was getting so few cherry tomaotes to harvest - until I saw a ...
does any1 else bring there tomatos in
Posted by michael1846(6)
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lucillleUpdated Tomato plants bought in the spring or started from seed are relatively inexpensive here compared with the work of bringing them in. I have had sweet potatoes as perennials left in the ground, and the occasional pepper plant. But I...
A new tomato leaf problem
Posted by 2ajsmama
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2ajsmamaUpdated I don't leave the pots (esp. the small ones) out in the rain since I had some blueberries in 2 gal pots almost drown last April. We've been having monsoon-like downpours. I took a couple of plants in to state lab today (1 Brandywi...
Moreton F1 or Ramapo F1 or both...??
Posted by tomatovator21
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tomatovator21Updated If anyone has grown both of these varieties I am curious how they compare in flavor, texture, productivity and the like. I am not a fan of Supersonic F1. I tried it twice with poor results. On the other hand Ramapo has been very d...
Sweet Pea currant tomatoes
Posted by formerly_creativeguy
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formerly_creativeguyUpdated lisound, I'm over in Ridgefield. My plants appear to have weathered the storms(s), just not the deer. I planted my tomatoes just before the monsoons started, and in the midst of their transplant shock I think they may have actuall...
Tomato Leaf Problem 1
Posted by nimitad
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)Updated 6 plants sounds like alot for a planter that size, 20" x 24" x 9" . That might be your problem. They are stressing from overcrowding and the bottom leaves are dying. I might have planted 2 plants max, not 6. The con...
Tomato Leaf Problem 2
Posted by nimitad
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Showing a few leaves selectively, cannot be conclusive. Need to see the whole plant to be able to come up with an opinion on the cause.
Something going on with one tomato plant
Posted by HeyJude2012(10b/24 San Diego)
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)Updated Sylvia, There are many different kinds of MG for many different purposes. MG is a balanced fertilizer and if used as per the instructions is a good fertilizer. I use MG all purpose liquid in the yellow bottle almost exclusively an...
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