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Late blight on seedling?
Posted by CaraRose
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pasco(7)Updated It's pm not late blight.
New England Leaf Out Project
Posted by gumby_ct(CT it says Z5)
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pasco(7)Updated Bunch of bs...i remember years ago before gobal warming was a political tool and cash register, when on this very date in new england there was a much more progressed leaf out than there is TODAY! The sheep were smarter then too. ...
Cotyledons Yellowing/Fading
Posted by legend88ls
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pasco(7)Updated When they are at such a young stage, a very delicate seperation is easy, if you do it slowly and don't force them apart. Next time try multi cell starter flats and put one seed per cell, if you want 6 good agressive plants, start ...
What's wrong with my wilted tomato?
Posted by jennieboyer(8)
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jennieboyer(8)Updated So sorry this posted twice! I didn't see the other one as posted (I sent it a few hours ago), and wasn't sure I had clicked on submit.
hfyo
Posted by reginald_317
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digdirt2Updated Link below is to Tatiana's Tomatobase info on it. Hope it helps. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: TT - Homer Fike
First year growing tomatoes- results
Posted by gelatodave
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t-bird(Chicago 5/6)Updated argh! so so jealous! Still waiting on mine to "hatch" lol. put them into the paper towels saturday/sunday. @:^(
Stump of the World and San Marzano
Posted by coatfetish(z6 VA.)
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wcthomasUpdated Hi Cindy, I'm just north of the town of Floyd, eight miles up the 221. Our new "farm" is 25 acres, but the veggie garden is only 50' x 80'. I'm hoping to be vegetable self-sufficient in time. We split our time between ou...
Rocks In My Head...(and around my tomatoes).
Posted by eban(ZONE 10 (Los Angeles))
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sandy0225(z5 Indiana)Updated My sister and also my friend have had success in trapping skunks in live traps. You have to throw a blanket over the trap to carry it off and then they don't spray you, you put the blanket over you when you're walking up to the tr...
Flavor comparison- hydro/ aqua vs Al's mixes vs potting mix
Posted by gardenweb88(9)
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chuck1964(5a)Updated I grew two Willamette tomato plants last year. One in a five gallon planter with black gold potting soil and 25% perlite mixed in, and one in a five gallon bucket with 95% perlite and 5% grow rocks untop of the perlite. Both were ...
Tomato Plants Having Issues
Posted by kgolomb
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kgolombUpdated Here is a side view. I am using my phone to take these so it's hard to get a good one especially since it was overcast. They're embarrassingly pathetic looking in person. I don't think I potted them deep enough and I'm sure the po...
Is it ok to mix foliar treatment solutions?
Posted by ladon
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sandy0225(z5 Indiana)Updated go to three sprayers, one for weed killer, one for fungicide and one for pest killers. You can use either of the ones that aren't weed killer for fertilizer. But don't use the weed killer one for anything but weeds!
Wilt, frostbite or sunburn?
Posted by Solorya(7a)
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sandy0225(z5 Indiana)Updated it looks like sun and windburn. If it just went from the greenhouse to a sunny day, and then some wind, and then some cold, wow for all that it looks pretty good. I would just leave it alone. It will recover. if it looked good whe...
Tomato Seedlings Stronger or Die LOL
Posted by cebiginalaska(3a)
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cebiginalaska(3a)Updated I just planted some seeds outdoors in egg cartons. Will leave them out there and water when necessary so they can freeze over night and warm up during the day. We are might have some rain or snow tomorrow according to one forecast...
Frostbittten Tomatoes
Posted by happyhelper
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happyhelperUpdated There wasn't frost but it got down to about 32 or 33 degrees and my garden shed is missing half its roof. Storm last summer blew off half the roof and it hasn't been repaired yet. Your right, it does look like sunburn now that you...
Let's Talk Spacing (Please?)
Posted by jessicabauer84(Arkansas 8A)
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rwsactoUpdated My raised beds are 4 ft wide. I put 2 sweet 100 side by side at one end and 2 sungold at another end. Yeah they grow like crazy. I use 7 ft tall CRW cages and let them drape over the sides and ends of the bed. If you grow them lik...
Trouble rears it's ugly head again in my garden!!
Posted by Nathanf2013
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Raw_Nature(5 OH)Updated Seems like you did not harden them off enough.. You need to keep a fan on the seedlings indoors so they are used to the wind and growing conditions.. The plants are so used to being pampered the rain just flattened them.. They sho...
Need to Stake DIY Tomato Cages
Posted by KerenR(7)
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tn_gardeningUpdated My local orange store sells 18 inch pine wood stakes. 12 for $4. I routinely look in the cull bins for discounted/free wood that I can use in my garden to make A-frames or support stakes. They won't last forever, but they're cheap...
anyone heard of Momotaro Gold?
Posted by Need2SeeGreen(10 (SoCal))
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Need2SeeGreen(10 (SoCal))Updated Thanks for your help!
Another tomato newbie/ yellowing leaves
Posted by SortaOrganic(7)
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SortaOrganic(7)Updated Still under the grow lights, and the same nutrients for the other ones. We are going to take it out of the container tonight, and change the dirt. Hopefully that's all it is. Thanks for the replies.
purchase plants compared on stared with seeds
Posted by JeffNicolaysen
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JeffNicolaysenUpdated Thanks for the reply. I would be afraid to fertilize more because I put bone meal and kelp meal in the whole with all the plants. And the soil is very well composited. The purchased ones may have been in the sun more.
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