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seeds
Posted by berry_bob
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Barry_DeMarsUpdated ty for the reference sites they were very informative even the german language site lol. and yes it is a hybrid of the roma tomatoe for colder climates. I no longer have the seed we used with the heart shaped fruit and the fruit w...
Your thoughts on Wintersowing/Spring Sowing Tomatoes
Posted by sumith2008(9)
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated Trudi, It was juist a matter of time before you showed up here to post. And yes, I do know about wintersowing, you shared that info with everyone.Have I done it directly myself? No, just based on the appearance of volunteer plants...
hybrids
Posted by treeshaker
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sunnibel7 Md 7(7)Updated I also grow both heirloom and hybrids. I don't choose them based on their status as heirloom or hybrid, but instead other's recommendations or my own experience tasting them. And sometimes just plain curiousity.
Red Zebra
Posted by formerly_creativeguy
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formerly_creativeguyUpdated Great... thanks for the info
"Black Velvet" tomato
Posted by woodcutter2008
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carolync1(z8/9 CA inland)Updated Some of the names given to the varieties at the California Hybrids website, especially the "heirloom hybrids", seem to me to be invitations to a retailer to license a hybrid and choose their own name for it. This seems l...
Water Soluble Nutrients
Posted by growneat
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missingtheobvious(Blue Ridge 7a)Updated growneat, I will also suggest that most people aren't good at math and don't keep a lot of measuring implements in the garden. 1 tablespoon per gallon is easy to mix, whether you're stirring it around a 2 gallon watering can or le...
Benefit to potting up into large containers?
Posted by formerly_creativeguy
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wally_1936(8b)Updated For me each time I transplant I bury them deeper for more root growth, making sure all branches are cut off that will be buried before transplanting. There we have to get an early start due to our summers season reaching 95+ temps...
Tomato plant fertilizer
Posted by SweetSerenity
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sun622Updated That sounds much more reasonable. At least it's a mix of the big 3. I could put that on tomatoes without too much concern.
Optimum tomato-growing temperature
Posted by chrisms(MS z8a)
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fusion_powerUpdated Gulf coast MS can grow tomatoes just fine. You should be planting them now. I don't know why you would think you can't grow them. if you want large tomatoes, try Omar's Lebanese, Zogola, Mortgage lifter, or many others. DarJones
calculating time to start seeds, if you start them outside
Posted by Need2SeeGreen(10 (SoCal))
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Need2SeeGreen(10 (SoCal))Updated Wow, sorry to hear that! I hope you got lots of tomatoes from the plants that grew though. I don't know what went wrong, I am a new tomato grower. (Though it sounds like maybe the seeds weren't so good. Since all the other kinds g...
Oxhearts Without Wispy Foliage
Posted by susanlynne48(OKC7a)
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muleUpdated This post was edited by mule on Thu, Feb 7, 13 at 18:22
Dona plants available ???
Posted by sneezer2(5)
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sneezer2(5)Updated Sorry, Carolyn, I was too dumb to think of that and I've already told them. Let's see if they have the sense to take advantage of it. Actually, I don't know what their sales would be; I guess about the same as now but at least it ...
Starting Seed
Posted by hibiscusfan -Northwest Ohio(5 northwest Ohio)
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ryseryse_2004Updated Start your seeds April 1st in 16 oz. clear beer cups with holes in the bottom (I use a cheapo soldering iron but a knife is fine.) Put about 2" of seed starting mix in the bottom, plant about 4 seeds to each cup and cover wit...
When will 2014 tomato seeds be available for sale
Posted by maryann45(z8bGA)
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ryseryse_2004Updated I continue to plant seeds of two of these and many more that I collected in 2001. I keep thinking I should replenish my stock and will this year (yeh.) but they continue to germinate just as well as they did when they were first c...
Need advice about Roma Tomatoes
Posted by TheMasterGardener1(5B)
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missingtheobvious(Blue Ridge 7a)Updated Okay, I guess I didn't check the C's in Ventmarin. Ventmarin has it with a cryptic note I've seen before: Crovarese OP: Variety from Italy registered in the official journal of the European Union (which is called something along t...
Stunted Tomato Growth?
Posted by marissabee92(8)
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barrie2m_(6a, central PA)Updated From the picture my first instinct would be to get the seedlings transplanted to a different media ASAP. Sure, the Al pan is a "No-no" and temps or light may be undesirable but occasionally you just get a bad media mix. ...
Best tasting extra early variety ?
Posted by readheads(6)
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coolbythecoast(10b)Updated Glacier has my vote for the sweetest early tomato. It does ripen ahead of most of my tomatoes and I can plant it extra early as it tolerates cool weather very well. I also have to give a nod to Stupice. Neither Matina nor Kimberly...
Dumb question re: support for determinates
Posted by sunnibel7 Md 7(7)
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barrie2m_(6a, central PA)Updated I don't believe the issue is so much of the plant being able to hold the fruit because whether or not one stakes the plant may still have branches laden with fruit break over. But the percentage of quality marketable fruit will in...
Sowing seeds right in ground?
Posted by TheMasterGardener1(5B)
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TheMasterGardener1(5B)Updated Yea I looked that up and found the same thing. no cuttings with determinates...
Best Tasting Early Toms
Posted by adc14
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digdirt2Updated For starters: Best early tomatoes Early tomato varieties Best tasting early Dave
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