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Rozovyi Myod "Siberian Pink Honey"
Posted by ABlindHog(8a Tx Hill Country)
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digdirt2Updated ABlindHog - have you considered planting earlier under protection to extend your season. It works for many of us in the warmer climates, even warmer than mine, that have to 'beat the heat'. With something as simple as WOWs you can...
cherry tomato plant wilt /droop
Posted by gardennewbie420
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gardennewbie420Updated Betsy , the plant may have been root bound ? Not sure since this is my first time ever growing from seed. I did see the roots around the soil when I did the transplant. But I also transplanted the healthy looking one twice and its...
Is this septoria? Bacterial speck? It keeps getting worse :/
Posted by nubiegardener
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nubiegardenerUpdated Jean, definitely not aphids. Fusion, I'm hoping its not spotted wilt virus! I looked up photos and it certainly looks like it! I'm going to take samples to my extension office soon. I didnt take a photo of the entire plant because...
Did I waste my money?
Posted by lucillle
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sjetski(6b NJ)Updated Loomis, the original poster was concerned about the summer heat wave she gets in her area. Their summer heat often causes vegetable production to shut down, especially tomatoes, for a good two months out of their summer. The plant...
leaves turning lighter green
Posted by zone5-veg
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loomis(Z6a Western MA)Updated Generally when I plant tomatoes, I strip off the bottom leaves, dig a deep hole and add pulverized eggshells or bone meal at the bottom of the hole. Tomatoes love calcium and the eggshells provide this and help to prevent blossom ...
Cherokee Purple seems stunted
Posted by Vencuyot
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Danielnc84(7b)Updated well i live in your neck of the woods and my cherokee purple plant has done the same thing. it and mr stripey are the weakest looking varieties in my garden.
Is Miracle Grow Fertilizer alright?
Posted by tomatoes4ever(7 Fairfax VA (DC))
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated I agree with Bugdoc, To me the "Organic Issue" is mor of an environmental issue than botany and biology, food and heath. Here I am only referring to fertilizers, not hormones fed into chicken , cows amd pigs. The environ...
do i fertilize when i plant?
Posted by lisafrommaryland
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digdirt2Updated I do not fully understand the merrits of BOTTOM OF HOLE fertilizing. Just as with all the "magical cures" for BER that many insist on using, it is more for the gardener's benefit than for the plants. Sorry, I couldn't re...
Lordy, What is This?
Posted by sneezer2(5)
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sneezer2(5)Updated Here's my latest scenario; 1) I think it's pretty definitely a fungus. Which one is uncertain but according to Dave's reference it could be powdery mildew or something similar. 2) The indoor location is unusual for that but not im...
what is this with my tomatoes?
Posted by mayhem69(zone 6 SE PA)
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sjetski(6b NJ)Updated For some reason when i catch those brown bacterial spots on my peppers, i have trouble beating them back, and i've used every chemical under the sun. Some work better, some don't. It isn't the worst thing they can catch, but it is...
Not rootbound
Posted by sneezer2(5)
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sneezer2(5)Updated Does anyone now how to just get rid of it. Gardenweb's server responded strangely when I went to add to the other thread and this post resulted. I then edited the comment out but would have preferred to delete the whole entry.
Newbie question: what do you think about Clamp-it?
Posted by Prachi(6b (NJ))
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Prachi(6b (NJ))Updated Makes sense... thanks.... I ended up getting some gurney's tom cages 50% off with a coupon.
does anyone know what this is ???
Posted by captbobs763
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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)Updated Try posting in Hydroponic Forum. http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/hydro/ Here is a link that might be useful: Hydroponic Forum.
Leaves suddenly turning dark from the tips inward
Posted by kgolomb
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lgteacher(SCal zone 9b)Updated I would guess a mineral deficiency rather than a bacteria or virus. Phosphorus deficiency can cause purple leaves, but cold soil temps can do the same. If it's just cold soil, they should recover. They may have gotten chilled in t...
Tomato and pepper plants wilting..
Posted by ab2008(6)
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)Updated My experience with too much rain/water with tomato plants is that they don't wilt. When mine drowned they just became stunted and didn't grow. Sometime the leaves will turn yellow with too much watering. Yours is probably somethin...
are my Tomatoes determinate or indeterminate?
Posted by Remodeller
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Another reason, in addition to what Dave said, is the seasonal limitation. In zone 5, 4.. the plant would not have enough time to rais all the kidds that it wants so greedily. from the blossom to ripe tomato it takes 3 to 4 weeks....
Help me diagnose this problem... Desperate.
Posted by BigN_187(9)
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Bets(z6A S ID)Updated "I've been deep watering / flooding with a bubbler about twice a week, and spraying water until it pools up a bit, on the rest of the days." Sounds like way too much water to me too. That could account for the leaf roll,...
Heirloom plants all leaves
Posted by cymraes(8)
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Bets(z6A S ID)Updated The varieties you have listed are all midseason tomatoes except for Persimmon which is a late season variety. 75 - 80 days from transplant is the usual time frame given for midseason varieties, and 85-90 for late tomatoes. Yours h...
Help! What is happening to my tomato plants?
Posted by mmiesse
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sjetski(6b NJ)Updated Also, If you are still living in that complex next year, i would get their lawn maintenence schedule ahead of time, and clear your plants out of the area for at least a couple of days after a spray. Tomato plants are sensitive to ...
Purchased Tomato Plants
Posted by LynnMarie_(5 SW Kansas)
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LynnMarie_(5 SW Kansas)Updated We finally had a nice thunderstorm last night. It has been a long time coming! I don't have a rain gauge, but I bet we got at least half an inch. Generally the rain goes around us, so I'm pretty happy this morning. It was my mom's...
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