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Curling Tomato Leaves
Posted by KevinH_SATX
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ncrealestateguyUpdated It is not lack of water. It looks like herbicide damage to me too. And my experience says that even though it may grow out of it at some point, they never truly grow and produce correctly after this. Sometimes you will see creamy ...
Iron Lady...Who's trying it?
Posted by timmy1(6a ri)
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fusion_powerUpdated Quite a few of us are growing it this year. I got 1000 seed so I could sell seedlings. I don't expect much from it, but it has excellent potential in a crossbreeding program with some better flavored tomatoes. DarJones
Moving mates outside
Posted by Moorlord
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MoorlordUpdated Thanks for the advice. Ill probably just wait a few more weeks and use the GH for a nice place to harden off. I have used this GH for storage for a few mini palms and other assortments. Its just enough to keep the roots from dying...
Should I start over again?
Posted by ramie
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Bets(z6A S ID)Updated Another option would be to take cuttings from your current plants and root them to keep them going. I recommend rooting them in your growing medium that is kept fairly moist until the cuttings have established roots, usually 3 - 5...
Seedling Question
Posted by wingspings(5)
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Bets(z6A S ID)Updated If you have more than a few plants, a single shop light may not be enough. Most of us have two fixtures haning side by side and many have three fixtures. If I were starting over and building my plant starting stand over, I would m...
Feedback on my cherry tomato plants
Posted by sdevji
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sdevjiUpdated Currently using a vegetative growth solution from a hydro store. The current light is pretty cheap incandescent. I'm planning to put cfl lighting above the plants. This is a nighttime picture and in the day the plants get a strong...
hardening off
Posted by CaraRose
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digdirt2Updated Some put a small heater on a thermostat in them or you can provide some heat in those when needed just by putting a couple of clip on 60 wt. incandescent lights on inside. The real problem with them is in the daytime when heat get...
Hardening Tomatoes
Posted by Marshallkey
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MarshallkeyUpdated Maybe just a 20% mix of the compost, which is the percentage I used. My compost that I sterilized personally would greatly reduce the chances of damping off as opposed to 100% compost.Do you think I should save some of this compos...
Champion Tomatoes
Posted by JeffNicolaysen
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JeffNicolaysenUpdated Thanks I am in Sacramento.
Will plants harden off on cloudy days?
Posted by miggyl
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barrie2m_(6a, central PA)Updated If I had my choice I always move plants out on cloudy or rainy days. The transition is much easier to handle; no need for shade cloth or constant monitoring of plant condition. Granted that those days are involved in the hardening...
Good starting mix and potting up (slightly larger)?
Posted by 2ajsmama
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2ajsmamaUpdated Well, the Espoma does seem more like the Fafard potting soil (you can see the humus, not as peaty as the Jiffy or even the Burpee). Might be a little too dense for starting seed - we'll see next year, could be OK if not packed and...
Transplanting time
Posted by Creek-side(5)
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2ajsmamaUpdated I'm doing mine tomorrow, but since I have limited space indoors right now I'm just going from 72-cell flat to 50-cell flats and 1 plant per cell instead of 2 (or some cases, like cherries, as many as 6!). Had started seed March 16...
Fans on seedlings
Posted by sue_ct(z6 CT)
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sue_ct(z6 CT)Updated LOL, thanks Bets, I actually have a couple of those timers somewhere, I just have to fish them out. By the way, I have a ceiling fan in there but it is useless because the lights protect the seedlings from the fan. I have them in ...
Weather is going to break in the northeast.
Posted by timmy1(6a ri)
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lisafrommarylandUpdated Finally! Gonna be 79 here in MD on Tuesday. I think the abnormally cold weather is behind us!
Growing tomatoes in containers
Posted by augiedog55
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Ohiofem(6a Ohio)Updated I think 20 gallons would be good for most tomatoes. In spite of what I said I would do above, last summer I grew one tomato each in 25 gallon Smart Pots and had excellent results with most of them. I grew one goose creek in a 20 g...
Burpee Early Pick VF Hybrid
Posted by durant7(4)
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durant7(4)Updated Sounds like there is no clear "you should have done x". I honestly feel that for the first 14 days, they were in the same plastic flats, the same watering schedule (damp until dry and then water) and ... if current growt...
Liquid Calcium
Posted by ricker1958
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overdriveUpdated i use one ounce per gallon of the calcium chloride to clear up my blossom end rot problem, in my indoor growing tomatoes- this is the stuff you use to put on your sidewalk to melt the ice in winter - you water the plants with it -...
Leaf problems with my starts
Posted by eetchickn(7a)
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)Updated No, IMO just leave the leaves...whatever green is left on them will help the plants.
Matt's Wild Cherry Invasive?
Posted by nialialea
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nialialeaUpdated Oh, ok, thank you! I'm looking forward to having a tomato "shrub" in my front yard.
Tomatoes in conatiners?
Posted by Debbie Atkinson Brown
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sjklyUpdated Husky Cherry Red does great in the home depot buckers (most of my garden is in those). I grew Better Bush in the buckets last year as well and they did okay. Mr. Stripey did not. Even smaller, Sweet N Neat produced bountiful, very...
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