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Traveler/Traveler 76/Arkansas Traveler
Posted by carolync1(z8/9 CA inland)
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authererayUpdated HoosierCheroKee, Did your Bradley/Cherokee purple taste more like one or the other.
Big Blossoms Aborting, WHY?
Posted by growneat
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Vantage thread ! Here is my $0.02 Megabloom might look like a MEGA single bloom but in reality they are a collection of several blooms under one shell. That is why sometimes we see one of them don't get fully pollinated or it is ...
KUMATO TUMATO ?
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Kumato is also similar to Japanese BT in size and color. The latter is slightly pear shaped. But JBT is tastier IMO. Usually when I see something in farmers market that I like (for seed) , I just buy one. Even if a single tomato c...
Strange growth pattern in young tomato plants
Posted by bookdesign
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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)Updated See this about herbicide carryover: http://smallfarms.oregonstate.edu/sfn/f09Herbicide
Tomatoes are green and winter weather coming
Posted by rsperry54
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated I use the same kind of batter that i make for shrimp, mushrooms.And I deep fry them. You can use Japanese style TEMPURA or CRACKER MEAL for seafood, per instructions. To make your own : mix flower (50%) + fine corn meal (50%) + so...
Surprise in the garden
Posted by mnwsgal(Hennepin, MN 4)
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mnwsgal(Hennepin, MN 4)Updated Nope, there are many better tasting tomatoes to grow in my limited space.
Juliett still producing...
Posted by rhoder551 zone 9b-10
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated I find it tasty, with more meat and less juice and NEVER cracks (big plus). It is perfect when sliced on all kinds of pasta, giving them a nice garnish effect and tastes good too . And also good for canning whole. YMMV Sey
Gathering The Seeds For 2016
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Max, I think mine was not anything you've described. Probably what I had was not genuine black cheery. I got the seeds from store bought OP tomatoes. The fruits were relatively small , it was late and the taste did not impress me....
Strange tomato shape
Posted by schneibs79
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schneibs79Updated This one definitely matured at two separate rates.
Free Spreadsheet - 400+ tomato varieties
Posted by containerted
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Anthony Gatlin(8)Updated If you still have this spreadsheet available, I would very much love to have a copy.
TheBeginning of Tomato Season in Miami
Posted by garf_gw
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pennypond USDA 10 Sunset 21 CAUpdated I'm not in Miami, but I'm also trying to grow winter tomatoes. For reasons unknown to me, they seem to grow much faster than the spring plants. Here is Big Beef in 25 gallon Smart Pot, started in Aug, planted out Sept 16.
Plant trouble
Posted by pikakiller89
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pikakiller89Updated Thank you both I think it is a combination of lack of light and overwatering. The soil may be constantly damp due to its placement and the sunlight because I was afriad may have been to hot and might have burned the plant. I'll mo...
Productive black or paste?
Posted by tjinpgh
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lindalana(z5 IL)Updated Jeff Casey of Casey's seeds got seeds of 1884 which is tasty pink beef and shared them with Tania of tatianatomatobase few years back. What grew was delicious dark beef. Tania named it 1884 purple to highlight color difference.
Problem Cat
Posted by garf_gw
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garf_gwUpdated Interesting ideas. Thanks all.
do I need to mulch my tomatoes? is it OK that they're growing on grass
Posted by shijitake
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garf_gwUpdated My first attempt at tomato gardening was also in a grassy area. They did very well because I dug a hole past the grass roots and put some fertilizer in the hole and mixed the soil and fertilizer. Each year was worse because of Nem...
A dwarf tomato question
Posted by nandina(8b)
7 Comments
LabradorsUpdated Good review! Linda
Marigolds
Posted by schneibs79
6 Comments
hudson___wy(3)Updated Schneibs - we look at the weather pattern and decide - but usually we leave them covered during the day too during a cold snap. We have left them covered for up to a week at a time because the cold snap also brought cold (and snow...
Frozen Tomato Seed Viability
Posted by pepperseedman(8)
18 Comments
Shule(about 4a)Updated Carolyn, same for your post on the tomato site. I was on the defensive there, too (partly why I was on the defense here). I was just irritated that you two both didn't seem to know what I was saying and were lecturing me on other ...
Not a fan of Black from Tula
Posted by ilodato(6b)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated As mentioned above, I suspended growing CP and JBT in 2016 season for being poor producers. I will grow more BFT and this brown heart instead. It has been the most productive. And I like the taste of it too.
Tomatoes and Eggplants growing fast
Posted by Peter (6b SE NY)
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Peter (6b SE NY)Updated I just wanted to update this thread for my own reference next year. The Fall peas I planted are doing great! In the same spot I planted the Spring ones. Nice nodules on the Spring ones. They are flowering and 4 feet tall, growing ...
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