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Leggy looking plants
Posted by Danielnc84(7b)
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Danielnc84(7b)Updated between Charlotte and Winston Salem... These things were leggy and leaves were kinda pale greenish color they have darkened two shades. i dont think these plants have been exposed to any Ferts and were probably grown indoors with ...
giving my seedlings some sun?
Posted by lisafrommaryland
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sidhartha0209(KY_6a)Updated "I try to have my plants under as much natural sunlight as possible as early as possible. I find I have a much easier time hardening off the plants that way." Ditto!
id tomato? And how to save seed?
Posted by coatfetish(z6 VA.)
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coatfetish(z6 VA.)Updated I've seen Procacci Bros. mentioned before on this site, what/who is it?
Tomato Seedlings and growth issues.
Posted by Drakemoore(8 - FL)
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Drakemoore(8 - FL)Updated Doesn't look like it but to be honest since it's been awhile since I've raised tomatoes and I don't recall these issues it could be. Another way to describe the issue since the ones that had this problem are long dead now and I di...
help-what is happening
Posted by babelsrus(7bNC)
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babelsrus(7bNC)Updated Thank you for your help. I think it probably had been overwatered prior to purchase as the lower leaves were more yellow green while the top were very healthy looking (and still are). I have taken your advice Danielnc8 and removed...
Tomato leaf spots/yellowing
Posted by kerplunkuga
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kerplunkugaUpdated Photo of the second plant
Break
Posted by TomAndJerryGardener
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digdirt2Updated They usually heal fine if not given any more stress until they have a chance to heal. Dave
Tomato seeds from fruit?
Posted by kissingfrogs2003
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nialialeaUpdated I think the specifically "draping" kind are often found under the label "tumbling"? I think there was a tomato fad a few years ago, of keeping them in hanging baskets. You can eat the tomato and still save seed...
Help! Brown spots on seedling leaves
Posted by cmplett
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helenh(z6 SW MO)Updated I don't use seed starting mixes anymore just plant in potting mix. I also had terrible luck with organic Jiffy mix; it holds too much water and has no fertilizer in it. Tomato seeds are not tiny seeds and will come up just fine in...
Fast germination!
Posted by ryseryse_2004
9 Comments
tempusflitsUpdated Sorry to intrude, but what are SIPS?
When to put tomato seedlings in hoophouse
Posted by compulsivegrower(8)
1 Comment
compulsivegrower(8)Updated Here's a photo
Injured tomato plants and outgrowing support
Posted by GreenSerenity(8)
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GreenSerenity(8)Updated Thank you very much for your responses! My tomato plant is doing great now, and is growing so vigorously it's as if nothing happened at all. I have decided to go with a support method I found online. I placed the tall stakes aroun...
Calcium Nitrate?
Posted by Danielnc84(7b)
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suncitylindaUpdated I grow tomatoes in Earthbox containers and use it almost weekly during my long growing season. It is a water soluable nonorganic source of calcium and nitrogen. At two tomato plants per Earthbox, I typically add a teaspoon down th...
How do you keep the squirrels out?
Posted by Suzy
16 Comments
Lesuko(5, Boulder CO)Updated There is a post on this site about someone who bought a Costco sized Irish Spring Soap package to sprinkle through his garden. In short, it didn't work and it took him years to use up all the soap. I would continue searching that ...
More light vs cooler temps
Posted by sue_ct(z6 CT)
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sue_ct(z6 CT)Updated Ooops, I was mistaken. I have 3 double lights over them, so 6 bulbs in all, 40 watts each. They are the larger cool bulbs, can't remember if they are T8, maybe? I will have to look another time if it is important, its bedtime. 5 a...
Grow Light Distance Tomatos
Posted by gelatodave
2 Comments
digdirt2Updated I have found that with T5 bulbs, given the much greater output, you can get by with a bit more height than with the T12s or T8s. Say 4", maybe 4.5" but I wouldn't push it beyond that and if you note some nodes stretching...
Identify Tomato Leave Spot
Posted by number2(USDA 9b/Sunset 14)
1 Comment
jean001a(Portland OR 7b)Updated Not a disease. Briefly ran short of water.
When to sucker intermediates
Posted by Bob_Mc(7b)
21 Comments
carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated If it's just the yellowing leaves with black ENDS that appear at the bottom of the plants and also later in the season, I'd suggest that those were just old leaves since they are the oldest ones so die first. Black ends alone do n...
Is this curly top virus?
Posted by nubiegardener
7 Comments
ncrealestateguyUpdated I agree. Let it grow.
Brown and Scaly along leaf veins
Posted by Lytic
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ncrealestateguyUpdated IME, that is not scale... scale will be individual waxy encapsulations that actually house the insects. This looks like edema to me too.
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