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grass clippings used for mulch
Posted by ardee(6)
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ardee(6)Updated Thanks, derfy and lee for your responses. I had a feeling I had better not put the clippings down. Regards, Bob
Safe to add Agriculturial Gypsum to existing containers?
Posted by katkeeper36
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digdirt2Updated Your problem is what you have in the containers already. Adding more junk to it will only make it worse. Read here about BER and what causes it - and it isn't lack of calcium in the soil. Then do some reading on what growing mixes...
Smelly Drained Water.. What to do?
Posted by rosefei(7B)
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digdirt2Updated Yeah you need to ask the neighbor what they put in the pot for planting to know what is causing it. It sounds like they may have added some manure to the mix. Some do that. It won't hurt the tomatoes but if it is attracting flies ...
Soft tomatoes
Posted by sharonrossy(Montreal 5B)
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sharonrossy(Montreal 5B)Updated I'm not planting in the same place, that's what's so strange. Mostly in large containers and the growing medium is changed every year completely.imthinking that it might be just the frost few tomatoes.
Canning Cherry Tomatoes
Posted by mmp99
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spacetogrow(4 MN)Updated Last year, I made spicy dilly green tomato pickles for the first time from end-of-the-season cherries. A good friend of mine in his 50s said they are the best pickles he's ever tasted. It took me a while to acquire the taste, but ...
What should i call it?
Posted by colokid(5)
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colokid(5)Updated Yea Carolyn I know. Got you beat by 10 years. Born and raised around Greeley. Only knowledge of Denver is VA hospital for 30 days with staph from heart surgery 26 years ago--not many of us around. On my second ICD and trust it. We...
tomato problem. pics
Posted by ChicagoDeli37
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ChicagoDeli37Updated Here's a cherry tomato in a. 5 gallon. He has been doing well up until now. But also has started turning yellow. I used organic ferts few weeks back as well as fish and seaweed fert mixed in water can.
Long Keeping Tomatoes
Posted by Lady.love(5)
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fusion_powerUpdated Mine come in a jar. Home canned. Sandhill will be carrying Piennolo del Vesuvio for 2013 so add it to the list of storable tomatoes. DarJones
Early Girl Tomato Plant Wilting - Pruning?
Posted by cecropiia
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sharonrossy(Montreal 5B)Updated I recommend Mykes organic fertilizer. You should use something for tomatoes. It should have a higher K content than N(nitrogen). I would not use Miracle Gro because you could end up with more leaves than fruit. It's okay to water ...
The Great Tomato Taste Test Challage
Posted by newyorkrita(z6b/7a LI NY)
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newyorkrita(z6b/7a LI NY)Updated Superfantastic is a great plant and fuss free. But not much good that does me as I don't care for the flavor. There is a tomato named Fantastic, this I think is the improved version, therefore the name. I give lots of tomatoes awa...
Brandywine red or otv?
Posted by sandshifter
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated Yes, there are quite a few black varieties that are PL, whether what I call pink/blacks which have a clear epidermis or red/blacks which have a yellow epidermis. Here's just a few that I've grown: Southern Night Black Sea Man Blac...
black tipped flowers
Posted by new_b_gardener(8a)
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated I see the one blossom you refer to. Without doing some research online the only thing I can think of offhand is that the blossom has not been self pollenized and is about to fall off where the pedicle is. Another possible reason i...
Looking for a tasty heirloom tomato that would grow well here
Posted by Suzan Qsous
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jll0306(9/ Sunset 18/High Desert)Updated It, like all the tomatoes is happier if you can grow it in a spot that gets morning sun and afternoon, but I threw a light shade cloth on it in the REALLY hot stretch. If you decide to grow in a container, you have the advantage o...
Green Tomatoes best way to ripen
Posted by brewyc
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raisemybeds(SouthernCT)Updated I have a Cherokee Green fruit ripening up nicely in a paper bag right now. It fell from the plant while utterly unripe - completely hard and green - while I was harvesting the ripe ones. I hate it when that happens! Seems to work ...
Tomato horn worm...can there be just one?
Posted by emcd124(5)
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4hleader(5)Updated I tried the black light last night - extension cord, CFL black light in a shop light housing - and the hornworms did show up clearly against the tomato foliage. But they weren't like Elvis on black velvet type of glow-in-the-dark....
Gold medal tomatoes
Posted by sharonrossy(Montreal 5B)
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sharonrossy(Montreal 5B)Updated My gold medals just started and I'm worried they won't have time to grow and ripen. I don't know why it took them so long to have fruit. I planted them 2 nd week in June. All my other tomatoes have gone bonkers. I'm growing Mr. St...
What happened to my tomatoes? Rot? Insect? Disease?
Posted by enmnm
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capoman(5a)Updated About peat, There is a difference between peat-based soils, and bark based soils with peat in them. Peat based soils mean the majority of the medium is peat. I have no problem with peat - as a small component of a mix, and in fact...
Cape Gooseberries
Posted by babcia(6B)
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MasbusteloUpdated Keep babying the plants along including the tomatillos, it will cool off and rain one of these days.
orange blondkopchen?
Posted by fulton
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digdirt2Updated Given the name means "blonde girl" and that they were always yellow for me I'd bet on poor quality and/or mis-labeled seeds. Dave
Gorgeous plant, horrible tomatoes
Posted by Prairie_thunder
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noinwiUpdated "Either they have these ulcer-looking sores, or they only developed half a tomato, with ulcer-looking black bottoms." Dickie, I believe Suncitylinda was indeed addressing one of the OP's concerns.
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