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Plant Science Day, Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Posted by gumby_ct(CT it says Z5)
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gumby_ct(CT it says Z5)Updated Linked below is a pic of a tomato hornworm someone brought to the event. I thought it was rather large and we could watch as it chewed the leaf down. That is a dime & a quarter in the pic. Here is a link that might be useful: ...
Black Tomatoes
Posted by homegardenpa
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winnjoe(MTL)Updated Black Cherry was the first to give me a ripe tomato this year. Maybe it was the wait, but they were great! I grew Black Plum a few years in a row in Winnipeg, where they got all the sun they could want, and they were invariably me...
I am a super sleuth!
Posted by Suzy
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newyorkrita(z6b/7a LI NY)Updated Humm, don't know were to get a black light.
thick skinned small tomatos
Posted by dixied(z5 colorado)
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)Updated I've been spitting out all of my thick Moravsky Division skins.......grown in a container in this hot NY summer.
Biggest One Yest
Posted by bigpinks
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ediej1209(5 N Central OH)Updated Granddaddy Estler routinely got 2+ pounders so it could easily be your ML. And, guess what? I found an ML hidden back in the back of the plant under all the foliage and it's about 1/2 ripe already. We'll be eating a BLT soon!! YAY...
Blotchy color with indoor-ripened toms
Posted by rt_peasant(5 CO)
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jeremywildcatUpdated Wanted to follow up on this - seems this is what I have again this year in Denver, as I'm again getting blotchy ripening tomatoes. Anyone else? Anything I can do to avoid it next year or minimize the effects this year?
Too late to plant?
Posted by tomatotomata
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robebUpdated I've never grown tomatoes in your neck of the woods, but what have you got to lose? Doubt that your highs for the next few weeks will be worse than what we've gone through for the last month or so here, and many of us are still ha...
alert; looking for john t of se michigan
Posted by carolyn137(z4/5 NY)
carolyn137(z4/5 NY)John, you sent me a message from GW but when I tried to answer I found out that the aol e-mail address you used was no longer valid. So I can't get back to you and that's why I'm posting here to find you. You said you knew me a few...
small little green bugs?
Posted by lizzslilies
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donna_in_sask(2b)Updated aphids?
Tomato update - DFW area
Posted by dfw_gardener(7b)
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dfw_gardener(7b)Updated Another update, after a month of brutal heat: beefsteak super sweet 100 Those super sweet 100s sure are amazing! Here is a link that might be useful: DFW Gardener
Where are all the stink bugs?
Posted by per2011(7)
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helenh(z6 SW MO)Updated I have them on my tomatoes. They hide at the bottom of the plant and deep inside where the foliage is thick. All my tomatoes are damaged by them but not as bad as last year. Mine are not orange I wish they were that easy to find a...
Removing leaves from a tomato plant
Posted by sharonrossy(Montreal 5B)
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capoman(5a)Updated Remove leaves from the bottom of the plant as a general rule, since those are the leaves that tend to get attacked and diseased from the soil. Most years, I haven't had to remove any leaves above, except for this year, where the p...
Celebrity tom
Posted by greengrass12(5)
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terrybullUpdated i have always grown them. its one of 10 varietys that i grow. and its one of the biggest tomatoes i've grown. 2 lbs.
tomatoes you don't understand
Posted by marullo1947
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newyorkrita(z6b/7a LI NY)Updated Humm, I never even though of using marker on the tomatoes as I picked them so as not to get them confused. I will have to try that. Sorry your markers faded and you will not be able to decide on a favorite. At least not know what ...
Spider mites on Green Zebra
Posted by onederw
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cole_robbie(6)Updated Neem oil and insecticidal soap are the two most common organic treatments. You will kill what you hit with the spray, but new eggs hatch out all the time. Good luck.
Fusarium wilt or...???
Posted by 2ajsmama
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2ajsmamaUpdated If it's wilt fungicide won't help, but I will spray tomorrow when it dries out a little (I hope) in the AM. I did pull the whole branch. I don't use herbicides, neither do my immediate neighbors, neither does the farmer I got my m...
Shade or not to Shade
Posted by Railroader(6)
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bubbaearly(Al 8)Updated Your plants are looking very good! I've learned too, that the shade will help keep the leaf-hoppers down.
Anyone else growing tomatoes in northern Ohio?
Posted by pantichd
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GardeningRook13(6a)Updated Hey, I'm from New London, OH. I have 12 plants and have harvested 23 tomatoes. That included the 4 Green Zebra which I am not a fan of yet, to me they lack flavor. The rest have been Early Girl, Pink Girl(my fav so far), and Golde...
What is this dude on my tomato plant?
Posted by enmnm
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garf_gwUpdated If you're going to put them on another plant, make it poison ivy.
Indeterminate Tomatoes Too tall for cages soon
Posted by crazyoldgoose(7a)
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digdirt2Updated It is perfectly normal for indeterminate plants to outgrow their cages - unless you use 10-12 foot tall cages. However topping them is not a standard practice since all that future production is lost. The branches just drape back ...
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