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?best tomato for indoor growing
Posted by overdrive
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pretty.gurl(5)Updated I found cherry tomatoes good for indoor growing. I have juliets and sun golds right now. I use a mix of lights and windows.
Hypothetical question
Posted by ediej1209(5 N Central OH)
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ediej1209(5 N Central OH)Updated Thanks ... our local store used to carry Kumato, which was also pretty tasty, but for some reason they quit carrying them (probably because other than me, there's only a handful of people in this area that know that a good tomato ...
Rooting Cuttings
Posted by growneat
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growneatUpdated Thank you Carolyn. You are the best.
Brandywine Red (Landis) question
Posted by kevinitis(5)
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated That is correct. At the time the person in charge at SBD knew practically nothing about anything other than hybrids, so when the Wayne Hilton who used to own TT and vt Bean, and seymours Seeds, etc, before they were sold to Jung's...
Crnkovic Yugoslavian Tomato
Posted by kevinitis(5)
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kevinitis(5)Updated I will purchase this tomato from SSE. Thanks
Best Tomatoes for Coastal BC
Posted by slazin(z8 BC)
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kevinitis(5)Updated You might try a few cooler weather varieties. Also, here in the intermountain west (Utah) VR moscow does really well. We have tempermental weather, often cool springs, turning rapidly to hot (95-105 degrees) and dry for extended p...
Heat Resistant Tomatoes for So. Cal
Posted by behlgarden(9)
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MaryMcP Zone 8b - Phx AZUpdated I'm trying Super Sioux this year. Cannot report results yet but it's advertised as heat tolerant and this variety is mentioned a few times in the link provided above by digdirt. I could send you a few seeds to try if you like. ema...
Growing tomatoes overhead with Aviator Wire
Posted by foodeefish(z8SC)
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digdirt2Updated As to your original question, yes, if you want to do all the required pruning then growing tomato plants up a string (regardless of the wire used to hold the strings) is a fairly common method. All that pruning to a single stem co...
Please ponder on this...
Posted by skeip
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helenh(z6 SW MO)Updated I think the soil is the problem. A soil test would be good but I think it may be the texture of your soil that makes you more successful. I haul in rotted cow manure and hay every year and it doesn't make the nitrogen too high. Wh...
5th Annual Tomato & Pepper Seed Exchange - Part Two
Posted by hmacdona1
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slo_garden(9 CA Coast)Updated Heather, I'm so sorry but I realized that I forgot to post that I received my seeds (around December 18th)! I thought I had posted, but must have gotten side-tracked with something else....Thank you so much for the awesome assortm...
ultrasonic or monte carlo tomatoes anybody tried either of these
Posted by marcantonio
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marcantonioUpdated yeah its true ultrasonic is a commercial variety,i don't know about monte carlo because its indeterminate and sold as a home garden variety by italian seed companies (franchi and bavichi) i've had pretty good luck with some commer...
Looking for "Pearly Pink" cherry
Posted by heygeno(z5 oh)
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heygeno(z5 oh)Updated yeah, I was surprised it posted here ... I was on the exchange page when I sent it......
Early flower buds on Orange Minsk..is something wrong?
Posted by ticodxb
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ticodxbUpdated carolyn137 he he he in fact you are the one that gave me advice in that previous thread :D I am sad it's not OM now... but I guess I had a good reason for giving the house maids a different variety seed packet... I just don't reme...
Which would you grow of these 3?
Posted by roper2008(7b)
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jtmacc99(z5/6 NY)Updated Cool! I have grown both Red Barn and Box Car Willie, and would grow both again (with a slight nod to Red Barn I think if push came to shove.) Now, apparently, I need to give this Indian Stripe variety a try. It's been a while sinc...
high acid tomato
Posted by direnda
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pappabell(6)Updated Druzba
Why the poor tomato season
Posted by ryseryse_2004
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bigpinksUpdated 2011 and 2012 my tomatoes did very well. Makes me uneasy thinking of 2013 as three in a row seems too much to hope for. The really wet summers are my enemy as my clay soil will not drain and only grows weeds. I am building a small...
Ramapo F1 - Saving Seed
Posted by aloha10
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated I don't know about Moreton Hybrid but I dehybridized Ramapo F1 many years ago and last I knew many folks were using the F6 or F7 generation and perhaps more and all was well. Below I linked to the page of Ramapo, the OP, at Tania'...
Does Florida Weave = more Sun Scald?
Posted by timomac(5)
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Cdon(7a)Updated I grew in 2 locations this year, one florida weave, one regular. I had a bit of sunscald on the regular ones, but none on the FW. Perhaps not surprisingly, the biggest difference was sun exposure - the FW plants had 6-7 hours a da...
Cherry tomatoes inside in winter
Posted by ryseryse_2004
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barrie2m_(6a, central PA)Updated You answerered your own Q with this last post. Starting seed now will basically give you a month lead over my starting date for greenhouse planting. By early March you might have plenty of light depending on your setting. However ...
canning tomatoes mistake made need advice
Posted by sox839
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robebUpdated by the way if they go bad when you open the jar there is a stench. You can become ill or even die from eating improperly canned foods that have no "stench" at all when opened.
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