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Planted Campari Seeds
Posted by kpev7hard(7)
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caryltoo Z7/SE PAUpdated I find Compari the best winter tomato sold in the grocery store, but give me my Black Krims, my Anna Russians, Great Whites, and almost any other home-grown OP any day. And in a week or two I'll find out if I can add Brandy Boy to...
How fast should transplants grow?
Posted by nhsuzanne(z5 SW-NH)
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hummersteveUpdated Mine are growing too fast maybe. Its been 3 weeks from seed planting and my plants are already 5" tall.
Tomato pruning question.
Posted by Christopher Hettinger
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated Ahh I see what you are referring to in this final pic. Didn't see it in the first ones, sorry. But I agree with the others that if you only want 1 stem growing them trim it off - just not too cloce to the bloom cluster. <make...
What variety is this?
Posted by Cynthia R.(7B (NYC,NY))
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated <I hope I didn't upset anyone with my thread. Happy harvesting everyone!> Not at all Cynthia. Don't worry about it. We just drug it off course into unrelated issues. But that happens. :) Glad you enjoyed your Lemon Boy. ...
How are your EARLY tomatoes?
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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carriehelene(5 Upstate NY)Updated Caryltoo, does your cat eat the tomatoes in the garden also, or just if they are on the counter? Looking good btw.
Grow University
Posted by lindalana(z5 IL)
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lindalana(z5 IL)Updated http://www.growuniversity.net/upcoming.html
Harvesting Black Cherry tomatoes
Posted by popamonian
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hudson___wy(3)Updated I think it is a trial & error process - early on - we had a hard time waiting to taste them (first year we grew Black Cherry too) and probably ate them before they were ripe - they tasted good anyway. We let them get darker a...
Should I bother buying soil to plant these tomatoes?
Posted by shijitake
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated They look fine to me but perhaps "Johny Comes Lately". I see some buds. If everything work fine, those buds can turn into ripe fruits in 45 to 55 days. Soil that you buy can be saved and reused next season. So it wont ...
spindly plants--too much rain?
Posted by matthias_lang
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lindalana(z5 IL)Updated Here we also have had a lot of rain. None of my tomatoes are spindly cept those that grown in shadier spots. When fruiting starts I have a habit of putting some soft rock phosphate substitute- am using fish bone meal, not sure if...
Help with yellowing San Marzano
Posted by pjgooch51
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated Didn't mean to imply that terms were an issue. Don't worry about it. But anything yellow I'd remove to reduce stress on the plant. Any green fruit on them might still ripen on the counter. Or you can always make fried green to...
Please help ID this tomato -pics below
Posted by ilodato(6b)
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated Since all of your plants are doing the same thing then best bet is mis-labeled plants. But that still doesn't mean they can ever be identified with any degree of accuracy. Even when ripe it will still just be guesses. Whether o...
Undersized tomatoes
Posted by winorchids(nor CA, USDA 9b, sunset 7/14)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated NPK Ratio: Not very long ago, any fertilizer with 1- 1 - 1 ratio ( triple 10, triple 16, etc) was called/considered " All Purpose". But I think they found out that N, P, K are not used in equal amounts by the plants. Now...
Feeding raised beds vs. containers
Posted by fireduck(10a)
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fireduck(10a)Updated thanks D
Brown, dried edges on cherry tomato
Posted by pjgooch51
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pjgooch51Updated I believe it's an 8-gallon container. I cut out the affected branches as well as some older yellowing ones, and am now refilling the reservoir twice a day. Picked off a few small suckers too. Thanks for the tips.
What is wrong with my tomatoes?
Posted by A S
6 Comments
digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated If you are using it full strength then yeah you need to cut way back on the frequency. But better approach for containers is to dilute it instead. The common recommendation for it is diluted no more than 1/2 strength max every 7...
Split stem....now what?
Posted by Grace (Sugi_C)(9a (Northern California))
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Grace (Sugi_C)(9a (Northern California))Updated Ahh, I feel better. Thanks, guys. I did end up just tying the two opposing sides to two bamboo stakes I had on hand so that they (hopefully) can't completely split. At this point, they can bend further down the branch but not from...
Big Beef Not Growing
Posted by Chelsey Preiser
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Update: More is growing on new trusses. Plus some of the nubs have started getting bigger. Couple of the big ones are reaching full size. No fruits on the OP yet. Sey
Brandywine Tomatoes/No Fruit/Blossom Shrivel
Posted by Stellabee(7, Atlanta)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated I have found out that Brandywine is hard to get it produce fruits. Down South it is too hot for her and up North too cool and short a season. I have tried both in Atlanta, GA and here in PNW. This year I am experimenting with a hy...
bugs, yellowing, and curling
Posted by jenny7c(5)
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jenny7c(5)Updated Thank you very much. Good to know that they are aphid shells - that was confusing me about whether they were the aphids themselves or left over. I've enjoyed the handful I've gotten to eat of the sungold and black pearl. Hope you...
Sent the wrong seeds
Posted by crewewayne
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Hi, wish we could figure out more about them. The thing about Sungold F1 is that it's the only tomato I'd be really (really!) be bummed out about if it didn't grow true, because it is pretty unique. The UK? Could it be like Thomps...
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